Buffalo Stampede (PBL)

Buffalo Stampede (PBL)

ABA team
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founded = 2008
league = Premier Basketball League
history = Buffalo Dragons 2008 Buffalo Stampede 2008-present
arena = Koessler Athletic Center, Canisius College
city = Buffalo, New York
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owner = Vincent Lesh
coach = Richard Jacob
championships = 0
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The Buffalo Stampede is a franchise in the Premier Basketball League which will begin play for the 2009 season. The team was originally the NexxNow Buffalo Dragons (called Buffalo Dragons in shorthand) cite web | url = http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080430/law041.html?.v=101 | title = NexxNow Brings Professional Basketball Back to Buffalo | date = 2008-04-30 | accessdate = 2008-05-01 | publisher = Yahoo! Finance ] The team was first owned by NexxNow Inc. [cite web | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3587825 | title = Buffalo joins Premier Basketball League | date = 2008-02-01 | accessdate = 2008-05-01 | publisher = Our Sports Central ] However, Vincent Lesh, the owner of the modern American Basketball Association Buffalo Sharks (the team formerly known as the "Silverbacks" and "Rapids") folded that club, left the ABA, and bought the Dragons from NexxNow, renaming them the Buffalo Stampede. [cite web | url = http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/442242.html | title = New minor-league basketball team will be called Stampede | last = McKissic | first = Rodney | publisher = The Buffalo News | date = 2008-09-18 | accessdate = 2008-09-18]

The team was to play their home games at the Burt Flickinger Center at Erie Community College, however with Lesh's purchase they moved to what was going to be the Sharks venue, the Koessler Athletic Center at Canisius College.cite web | url = http://www.buffalonews.com/291/story/442767.html | title = Teams merge to form Stampede | last = McKissic | first = Rodney | publisher = The Buffalo News | date = 2008-09-19 | accessdate = 2008-09-19 ]

References

External links

*http://www.buffalostampedepbl.com


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