San Antonio Dragons
Shop retro San Antonio Dragons tees, long sleeves, hoodies, crewnecks, mugs and more. The Dragons arrived from Peoria in 1996 and moved into Freeman Coliseum alongside the Iguanas, a rare case of a team sharing a building with a rival, then went 45-30 and made the playoffs in their first IHL season. Celebrate San Antonio's IHL years by browsing all of our Dragons gear, then read the team history below. As an American small business, we're proud to keep the names, logos and stories of hockey's lost teams in circulation.
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San Antonio Dragons History
The San Antonio Dragons originally moved to Texas from Illinois in 1996 where they had been the original Peoria Rivermen. Playing in the IHL, they moved into Freeman Coliseum for the 1996-97 season, which was a bit odd since the arena was also home to the San Antonio Iguanas. This has to be one of the rare times (maybe the only time?) that a team moved to a new location and actually moved in with another team.ย
In their first season, the Dragons went 45-30-0 and made the playoffs. In the process, the Iguanas went out of business although the Dragons weren'tย overly dominant in the market as theyย averaged about 5,000 fans to the Iguanas' 3,000. The Dragons would have the arena to themselves for 1997-98 but struggled, going 25-49. Theyย would be sold at the end of the season, rebranded into the Iguanas, and moved on for the 1998-99 campaign.ย The second coming of the Iguanas would last until 2002 when the franchise folded for good.ย
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