JOURNAL SPORTS

The Shreveport-Bossier sports phenom that is the Shreveport Mudbugs hockey team starts another run at home Saturday night.

The Mudbugs open their 2024 season when they host the Corpus Christi Ice Rays at 7:11 Saturday at Georges’ Pond in Hirsch Coliseum.  The Mudbugs are one of the great success stories in the North American Hockey League, with average attendance closing in on 3,000 a game for many seasons now.

Saturday’s action begins a three-game homestand continuing next weekend with a two-game series against the El Paso Rhinos.

The Mudbugs will host an “Opening Day Pond Party” with tailgating festivities beginning at 3:30, a “Player Parade” at 5, and magnet schedules given away as fans leave the coliseum.

Last season ended with a series loss to the franchise’s biggest rival, the Lone Star Brahmas, in the NAHL South Division Finals last May.