Mississippi RiverKings
| Mississippi RiverKings | |
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 2016–17 SPHL season
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| City | Southaven, Mississippi |
| League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Founded | 1992 (In the CHL) |
| Home arena | Landers Center |
| Colors | Black, white, gold |
| Owner(s) | Maddox Foundation |
| Head coach | Derek Landmesser |
| Franchise history | |
| 1992–2007 | Memphis RiverKings (CHL) |
| 2007–2011 | Mississippi RiverKings (CHL) |
| 2011–present | Mississippi RiverKings (SPHL) |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | None |
| Division Championships | 3 (2000–01, 2001–02, 2008–09) |
| Conference Championships | None |
| Ray Miron President's Cup | 2 (2001–02, 2002–03) |
The Mississippi RiverKings are a professional minor league ice hockey team. The RiverKings are a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League, playing their first nineteen seasons from the 1992–93 season to the 2010–11 season in the Central Hockey League. In July 2007, after 15 seasons as the Memphis RiverKings, the name was changed to Mississippi RiverKings. The RiverKings are the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in the Memphis Metropolitan Area.
For their first eight seasons, the team played their home games in the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee. Since 2000, their home has been the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis.
On June 13, 2011, it was announced the RiverKings had left the CHL to join the SPHL.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties/Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
From 2001 to 2006, the RiverKings were affiliated with the Toronto Maple Leafs organization. This involved accepting some players on assignment from the National Hockey League club.
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