His wife Michelle Dannin was named Vice President Of Communications, and his father Richard Snyder handled the team's legal matters.

The team's leading scorer was former Brown University center Michael Flynn, with 20 goals and 50 assists.

Among other notable Matadors were veteran minor leaguer Sheldon Gorski and goaltender Brent Belecki.

The team played in the 14,823-seat Miami Arena, whose capacity for Matadors games was cut to 6,351 by closing the upper bowl.

When the Matadors could not afford the rent at the Arena, owner Robert Snyder moved the games to a local public skating rink.

Upon the folding of the IHL, the ownership relocated the Matadors' franchise and bought the rights to the Cincinnati Cyclones name that had been used since 1992.