Jamestown Rebels

The Jamestown Rebels are an American junior hockey team based in Jamestown, New York. The team is based out of the Northwest Arena.

The team was based out of the Penn Ice Rink at the Class of 1923 Arena on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 2017-18 season and prior to that Aston Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The had team relocated from Hidalgo, Texas in 2015 where they were known as the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees where they played for two seasons. Prior to this they were based out of Wenatchee, Washington where they were known as the Wenatchee Wild. The franchise relocated to Hidalgo after unsuccessfully attempting to join the British Columbia Hockey League in 2013.



The team was sold to interests in Pennsylvania after failed attempts to sell the team to someone who would keep the team in Hidalgo. The Killer Bees were official out of existence on June 8, 2015 after an extension of two days failed to produce a sale in Texas.

On July 24, 2017 the team announced that they were relocating to the Penn Ice Rink at the Class of 1923 Arena on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania and would be renamed the Philadelphia Rebels.

On June 13, 2018 the franchise was relocated to Jamestown, New York.