Las Vegas Wranglers

The Las Vegas Wranglers are a professional ice hockey team based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Wranglers are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL. The Wranglers were founded as an expansion franchise in 2003 following the East Coast Hockey League's takeover of the West Coast Hockey League to form the ECHL.

The Wranglers have won held many accolades over their eight-year span. They have the highest winning percentage in ECHL history and hold six other ECHL records. The Wranglers have made two appearances in the Kelly Cup Finals, in 2008 and 2012 and have won the Brabham Cup once and the Pacific Division title twice. Former Wranglers who have reached the National Hockey League include Brent Krahn, Adam Pardy, Dany Sabourin, Tyson Strachan, and Tyler Sloan. The Wranglers play their home games on the west side of the city at the Orleans Arena, which opened in 2003.

The Wranglers had been the ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Calgary Flames since the team's inaugural season in 2003 until 2009 before announcing that they were switching their affiliation to the Phoenix Coyotes for the 2009–10 ECHL season.

The Wranglers have garnered many accolades from the local media, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal naming the Wranglers "Best Local Sports Team" three times (2005, 2006, 2009) and head coach Glen Gulutzan "Best Local Coach" (2007, 2009).