However, a negotiating dispute with arena officials and local county commissioners resulted in the team losing its lease.

The team played in the NAHL from 2003 to 2006 until the team and their rivals, the Bozeman Icedogs and Helena Bighorns, left to join the Northern Pacific Hockey League (NorPac), a regional league in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

In March 2014, the new AWHL joined the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) as the Frontier Division.

[3] On the opening weekend of the 2017–18 NA3HL season, the Bulls announced they would be going dormant due to lack of players.

The franchise developed a number of collegiate and professional players, but only two have played in the NHL[5] Stormy Knight, LW last played for Seattle Totems of the NPHL (current commissioner of The Mad House fantasy football league)