Gov. Jeff Landry said Thursday he supports an NHL hockey team coming to New Orleans. "It’s time Louisiana has an @NHL Team," Landry said on the social media site X. "The economic impact would ...

Could New Orleans land an NHL expansion team? NHL reporter Kevin ... New Orleans played host to minor league hockey from 1997-2002 when the New Orleans Brass called the city home.

Landry shared the report in a tweet, saying that an NHL team would be an economic driver for the state. New Orleans played host to minor league hockey from 1997-2002 when the New Orleans Brass ...

New Orleans once had an East Coast Hockey League team called the New Orleans Brass, a minor-league team of sorts for the NHL. The team was briefly affiliated with the San Jose Sharks and existed ...

New Orleans has had professional hockey before. The New Orleans Brass, a minor league team, played in the Smoothie King Center—then called the New Orleans Arena—from 1999 to 2002. It remains ...

Hockey History: In 1999, the New Orleans Arena’s first tenant was the ECHL’s New Orleans Brass team. The Brass operated from 1997 to 2002 when they folded after the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets ...