Billings Bulls
| Billings Bulls | |
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| City | Billings, Montana |
| League | NA3HL |
| Division | Frontier |
| Founded | 1993 (In the AFHL) |
| Home arena | Centennial Ice Arena |
| Colors | Blue, Red, White, and Vegas Gold |
| Owner(s) | Chris Dunbar Joe Robilard |
| Head coach | Michael Richardson |
| Media | Billings Gazette (Greg Rachac) |
| Website | billingsbulls.com |
| Franchise history | |
| 1993–present | Billings Bulls |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 5 1993-94, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2002-03, 2003-04 |
| Gold Cup appearances | 5 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2002-03 |
| Borne Cups | 5 (AFHL/AWHL/NAHL) 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 |
| Cascade Cups | 0 (NorPac) |
The Billings Bulls are a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team currently playing in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The Bulls are based in Billings, Montana and play home games at the 550-seat Centennial Ice Arena. Due to the arena's small size, the Bulls frequently sell out games and broadcast their games on internet radio. They previously played their home games in the Metrapark which had a max capacity of 9,000 for hockey games. However, a negotiating dispute with arena officials and local county commissioners resulted in the team losing its lease.
The Bulls joined the American Frontier Hockey League in 1993 which became the America West Hockey League (AWHL) in 1998. The Bulls joined the Tier II Jr. A North American Hockey League in 2003 when the AWHL merged with the NAHL (keeping the NAHL name). The team played in the NAHL from 2003 to 2006 until the team and their rivals, the Bozeman Icedogs and Helena Bighorns, left to join the Northern Pacific Hockey League (NorPac), a regional league in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. When they joined the NorPac, the league was Tier III Junior B but promoted to Tier III Junior A by USA Hockey in 2007. In 2011, the Montana teams in the NorPac left the league to form the new regional American West Hockey League, made up of teams in Montana and Wyoming, including the Bulls. In March 2014, the new AWHL joined the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) as the Frontier Division.
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