Initially called the 'Cowboys', the team held a vote on October 21 and allowed attending fans to select the new name for the franchise.
The next day the team was rechristened as the 'Kansas City Royals' and played the remainder of the year under that banner.
The team was not very successful on the ice but, their situation was even worse in the ticket office.
The same economic difficulties that had doomed the Mohawks persisted and, without the following that the previous franchise had built over 22 years, the Royals were in dire straits by season's end.
The team was dealt two bad turns in the offseason, first, when the USHL dissolved following the summer meeting and then when the Pla-Mor Arena, the only viable ice rink in the city, closed.