Superior RoughRiders
Superior RoughRiders | |
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City | Boulder Valley, Colorado |
League | WSHL |
Division | Mountain |
Founded | 2007 |
Home arena | Boulder Valley Ice at Superior |
Colors |
Green, White, Black |
Owner(s) | RoughRiders® Hockey Club |
General manager | Paul DePuydt |
Head coach | Paul DePuydt |
Franchise history | |
2007–2009 | Colorado Outlaws |
2009–2014 | Boulder Junior Bison |
2014–2015 | Colorado RoughRiders |
2015–Present | Superior RoughRiders |
The Superior RoughRiders are a AAU-sanctioned Tier II Junior A ice hockey team based in Superior, Boulder County Colorado. The team plays in the Mountain Division of the Western States Hockey League at Boulder Valley Ice at Superior. The Superior RoughRiders are owned by the RoughRiders Hockey Club.
Team history
Under previous ownership, The RoughRiders were formerly known as the Colorado Outlaws from 2007–2009. The Colorado Outlaws played in Westminster, Colorado. From 2009–2014 the team were the Boulder Junior Bison playing out of Boulder Valley Ice in Superior, Colorado but will move to a new complex called Boulder Valley Ice & Indoor Sports starting with the 2015–16 season. On April 15, 2014 the RoughRiders® Hockey Club purcahsed the Jr. Bison and renamed the team the RoughRiders after their junior hockey team in the USHL, the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.[1] On June 9, 2015, the RoughRiders announced that in order to connect better with their community, the team would be known as the Superior RoughRiders.
2009–10 inaugural season
The Boulder Junior Bison founded in 2009 came off its inaugural season after going 40-18-2 good for second place in the Division and winning the Midwest Conference. The Bison also qualified for the USA Hockey Tier 3 Junior A Nationals which was held in Marlborough, MA. The Bison moved 10 total players either up on call up or to NCAA.
2010–11 season
In its sophomore year as a franchise, the Boulder Junior Bison franchise earned its second playoff berth in two seasons after finishing the regular season with a 33-12-3 record. During the first round of the WSHL Playoffs, the Bison swept the Texas Jr. Brahmas with victories in both games 1 and 2 (8-7 OT and 11-5). They were then eliminated from the cup chase in the Mid-Western Division Finals, losing the series 0-2 to division rival El Paso Rhinos. 11 players from this Bison roster have moved on to higher levels of hockey.
Statistics
Regular season records
Season | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | ||||||||||
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Colorado Outlaws | |||||||||||||||||||
2007–08 | 51 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 53 | 192 | 219 | 1261 | 4th of 6, Midwest[2] | ||||||||||
2008–09 | 49 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 35 | 195 | 275 | 1734 | 4th of 6, Midwest[3] | ||||||||||
Boulder Bison | |||||||||||||||||||
2009–10 | 52 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 71 | 262 | 163 | 1364 | 2nd, Midwest | ||||||||||
2010–11 | 46 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 220 | 135 | 878 | 2nd, Midwest[4] | ||||||||||
2011–12 | 46 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 69 | 234 | 189 | 809 | 2nd of 5, Mountain | ||||||||||
2012–13 | 46 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 61 | 177 | 128 | 845 | 2nd of 6, Mountain | ||||||||||
2013-14 | 46 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 48 | 174 | 147 | 836 | 4th of 6, Mountain | ||||||||||
Colorado RoughRiders | |||||||||||||||||||
2014–15 | 46 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 62 | 207 | 117 | 620 | 3rd of 7, Mountain | ||||||||||
Superior RoughRiders | |||||||||||||||||||
2015–16 | 52 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 55 | 172 | 159 | 616 | 4th of 7, Mountain | ||||||||||
2016–17 | 52 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 36 | 144 | 212 | 656 | 6th of 6, Mountain |
Playoff records
Season | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Finish | |||||||||||||
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Colorado Outlaws | |||||||||||||||||||
2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | Lost in 1st round | |||||||||||||
2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | Lost in 1st round | |||||||||||||
Boulder Bison | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 24 | Lost in Finals | |||||||||||||
2011 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 24 | Lost in 2nd round | |||||||||||||
2012 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | Lost in 2nd round | |||||||||||||
2013 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Lost in 2nd round | |||||||||||||
2014 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 17 | Lost in 1st round | |||||||||||||
Colorado RoughRiders | |||||||||||||||||||
2015 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | Lost in 1st round | |||||||||||||
Superior RoughRiders | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | Lost in 2nd round | |||||||||||||
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | Lost in 1st round |
Playoffs
- 2008 – Lost Midwest Division Semi-final
- El Paso Rhinos defeated Colorado Outlaws 2-games-to-0
- 2009 – Lost Midwest Division Semi-final
- El Paso Rhinos defeated Colorado Outlaws 2-games-to-0[5]
- 2010 – Lost Thorne Cup Finals
- Boulder Bison defeated Tulsa Rampage 2-games-to-0
- Boulder Bison defeated El Paso Rhinos 2-games-to-1
- Phoenix Polar Bears defeated Boulder Bison 2-games-to-1
- 2011 – Lost Mountain Divisional Finals
- Boulder Bison defeated Texas Jr. Brahmas 2-games-to-0
- El Paso Rhinos defeated Boulder Bison 2-games-to-0
- 2012 – Lost Mountain Divisional Finals
- Boulder Bison defeated Cheyenne Stampede 2-games-to-0
- Idaho Jr. Steelheads defeated Boulder Bison 2-games-to-1
- 2013 – Lost Mountain Divisional Finals
- Boulder Bison defeated Cheyenne Stampede 2-games-to-0
- El Paso Rhinos defeated Boulder Bison 2-games-to-0
- 2014 – Lost Mountain Divisional Semifinals
- Phoenix Knights defeated Boulder Bison 2-games-to-1
- 2015 – Lost Mountain Divisional Quarterfinal
- Salt Lake City Moose defeated Colorado RoughRiders 2-games-to-1
- 2016 – Lost Mountain Divisional Semifinals
- Superior RoughRiders defeated Salt Lake City Moose 2-games-to-1
- Colorado Jr. Eagles defeated Superior RoughRiders 2-games-to-0
- 2017 – Lost Mountain Divisional Quarterfinals
- Utah Outliers defeated Superior RoughRiders 2-games-to-0
Alumni
The Bison have had a number of alumni move on to NCAA Division III, ACHA Division I and II, and higher levels of junior ice hockey, and professional ice hockey, including:[6]
References
- ↑ "RoughRiders Hockey Club welcomes the WSHL Boulder Junior Bison". RoughRiders Hockey Club. May 22, 2014.
- ↑ "2007-08 WSHL Standings". WSHL. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ↑ "2008-09 WSHL Standings". HockeyDB. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ↑ http://stats.wshl.timetoscore.com/display-stats.php?league=1
- ↑ "Rhinos 5, Outlaws 2". El Paso Rhinos. March 10, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.jrbison.com/page/show/97412-alumni