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Mississippi Riverkings

Mississippi RiverKings
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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