The Long Beach Hornets (and subequently the Long Beach Paramounts, Long Beach Buccaneers, and Long Beach Gulls) were an minor league hockey team that played in the California Hockey League (1957-1963) from 1959 to 1963. The team was based out of the Long Beach Polarink from 1959 to 1962 and the newly opened Long Beach Arena for the 1962-63 season. The team and league would fold following the 1962-63 season as the Western Hockey League (1951-1974) had established a team in Los Angeles based out of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
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