Shreveport Mudbugs

The professional Mudbugs would eventually fold in 2011 citing low attendance and financial issues even though the team had just won the league championship.

[1][2] In October 2015, it was announced that a new Mudbugs team would return for the 2016–17 season after signing a 12-year lease agreement with the Louisiana State Fairgrounds and returning to Hirsch Coliseum but as a member of the Tier II junior North American Hockey League.

[4] Former Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs player, Karlis Zirnis, was named the team's first head coach.

[6] On April 22, 2023, the Shreveport Mudbugs traveled to North Richland Hills, Texas to play the Lone Star Brahmas for Game 1 of the South Division semifinals.

At 1:38 am the next day, the game finally ended with a 2-1 victory for Lone Star in quadruple overtime.