{"product_id":"central-texas-stampede-hoodie-premium","title":"Central Texas Stampede Hoodie (Premium)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Central Texas Stampede were an original WPHL team and started play in that inaugural season of 1996-97 at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton, Texas. The Stampede made a splash with their first head coach, as they hired former New York Islander and Stanley Cup winner Bob Bourne. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t Bourne’s first foray into Texas hockey. About two decades earlier Bourne spent time in Fort Worth as a player for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageicehockey.com\/collections\/chl-fort-worth-texans\"\u003eFort Worth Texans\u003c\/a\u003e when they were an Islanders farm team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder Bourne, the Stampede were solid, going 35-27-2 and making the playoff final. While making the playoff final sounds impressive, for the WPHL’s first season it was a six-team league where four teams made the playoffs. So the Stampede beat the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageicehockey.com\/collections\/new-mexico-scorpions\"\u003eNew Mexico Scorpions\u003c\/a\u003e in the first round before losing to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageicehockey.com\/collections\/el-paso-buzzards\"\u003eEl Paso Buzzards\u003c\/a\u003e in the final in five games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOddly enough, the Stampede had a revolving door of coaches, with four different coaches in five seasons. However, that didn’t seem to change the on-ice success! The team had 40 wins in their second season and an impressive 50 wins in 70 games during their fourth season. As far as the playoffs went, the WPHL expanded quickly to 18 teams, and making the finals wasn’t quite as easy, so the Stampede never made it that far again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike many WPHL teams, the Stampede weren’t able to keep up financially. They attracted about 2,000 fans per game, which isn’t terrible for a team at that level, but it wasn’t enough to sustain the team. Belton was also a very small city as far as pro sports go, as even in 2020 it only had about 20,000 residents. Compare that to Fort Worth at around a million and Abilene at around 120,000, and there likely wasn’t much corporate support for the team. The Stampede would fold in January 2001, halfway through their fifth season. The WPHL wasn’t far behind, as it merged with another league rather than folding itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis would make a unique gift for the hockey fan in your life or a neat find for yourself of a vintage hockey team from Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree standard shipping on all orders shipped to the USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nQuestions about us or our products? Check out our FAQ.  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageicehockey.com\/pages\/a-note-about-ship-times\"\u003eLearn more \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the hoodie from the manufacturer:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho knew that the softest hoodie you'll ever own comes with such a cool design. 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