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The Baton Rouge Kingfish were a minor professional ice hockey team in Baton Rouge Louisiana as a member of the East Coast Hockey League. The franchise arrived in Baton Rouge in 1996 after relocating from Erie Pennsylvania where they had played as the Erie Panthers since 1988 as one of the ECHL’s charter teams. After a team-naming contest they were renamed the Kingfish in honor of legendary Louisiana governor and U.S. Senator Huey P. Long who shared the nickname.