| Team: | Minnesota Blue Ox | ||||||||||||||||
| Colour: | blue | ||||||||||||||||
| Colour Text: | yellow | ||||||||||||||||
| Logosize: | 125px | ||||||||||||||||
| Conference: | Eastern | ||||||||||||||||
| Founded: | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Operated: | 1995, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Arena: | Aldrich Arena (1995) Mariucci Arena (1999) | ||||||||||||||||
| Colors: | Red, Black, White (1995) Blue, Yellow, Grey, Black, White (1999)
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| Name1: | Minnesota Blue Ox (1995, 1999) |
The Minnesota Blue Ox were a professional roller hockey team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, that played in Roller Hockey International.
Formed in the wake of the former Minnesota Arctic Blast, who played at Target Center in 1994, the Blue Ox joined RHI and were placed in the five-team Central Division (Buffalo Stampede, Chicago Cheetahs, Detroit Motor City Mustangs, St. Louis Vipers).[1]
After a 13–11–0 in the 1995 regular season (second in the Central), Minnesota was the fourth-seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.[2] The Blue Ox were quickly eliminated in two games (best-of 3 series) by the fifth-seeded New Jersey Rockin' Rollers.
The Blue Ox finished the 1999 season with a record of 11–15–0, ranked third in the Eastern Division. The team's average home attendance of 304 was the lowest in the league.[3] The Buffalo Wings knocked off the Blue Ox in the first round of the playoffs.[4]
| Season | W | L | OTL | Pts | Result | Playoffs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 2nd, Central Division | Eliminated in 1st Round by New Jersey Rockin' Rollers, swept in two games[5] | |
| 1999 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 3rd, Eastern Conference | Eliminated in 1st Round by Buffalo Wings | |
| TOTALS | 24 | 26 | 0 |