Amarillo Wranglers

Starting in the 1968-69 season, the Amarillo Wranglers were the city's first professional hockey club, competing in the Central Hockey League (CHL). The Wranglers, as one might assume, featured a cowboy logo, a break from their professional affiliate's Penguin. The Wranglers folded after one season due to poor box office results. Their professional affiliate also strengthened ties with the Baltimore Clippers, anticipating that a minor league club closer to home would be more helpful. However, that wasn't the case, and the Wranglers were resurrected for the 1970-71 season. It was one of the few instances when a team that had been suspended actually returned to business. However, another season did not help the Wranglers, who won only 14 of 72 games and disbanded.

The name Amarillo Wranglers was revived in 1975 for the Southwest Hockey League (SWHL). This was a junior league comprised of teams from the southwest and the mountains. Instead of a cartoon cowboy, the emblem depicted the horns of a bull. In 1975-76, the squad won the league with 40 victories in 72 games. The league, however, was not sustainable and folded in January 1977, before the end of its second season.