Division Western Date founded 1993 | League WSHL Arena The Rinks - Lakewood ICE | |
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Home arena The Rinks - Lakewood Ice Colors Black, White, Gray, & Blue Owner(s) Bombers Hockey Group, Inc. Color Black, White, Gray, & Blue | ||
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The Long Beach Bombers are an Amateur Athletic Union-sanctioned Tier II junior ice hockey team in Western Division of the Western States Hockey League (WSHL). The team plays their home games at the The Rinks - Lakewood Ice in Lakewood, California.
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- History
- Alumni
- References
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History
Before moving to Tier III Junior A hockey, the Bombers competed in Junior B hockey from 1994 until 2007 when the team and WSHL were upgraded to Tier III Jr. A status. In 2011, the league left USA Hockey sanctioning and joined the Amateur Athletic Union and in 2012, the AAU-sanctioned United Hockey Union. In 2015, the Bombers and the WSHL were promoted to Tier II under the AAU sanctioning.
The team was a founding member of the WSHL in 1993 as the Anaheim Jr. Ducks and won the first two Thorne Cup Championships of the league's existence. The franchise then changed their name to the Southern California Jr. Bombers in the 1996 offseason, became the Bay City Bombers in 2006, and then revised their name once more becoming the Long Beach Bombers in 2010. The Bombers are currently the only founding franchise of the WSHL still playing in the league.
Alumni
The Bombers have had a number of alumni move on to higher levels of junior, college, and professional ice hockey.
