Sound Relocate to Houston

Shortly after the 2005 Lewis Cup Finals, the news the hockey world had been waiting for finally became official. The New Orleans Sound would relocate for the second time in franchise history, this time to Houston. Billionaire Bernie Cratt had bought the franchise a year earlier with the intention of moving it to Texas. When asked about realignment, commissioner Darryl Byrd said the alignment would stay the same at least for 2005-06, keeping Houston in the east.

Because Cratt had intended to move the team all along, the new name and logo were already prepared. The team would be known as the Houston Roughnecks. The primary logo features a silver oil derrick with an oil drop in the background in the Texas state colors of Red, White, and Blue. Uniforms were not unveiled but Cratt did confirm that the home uniform would be red.

"Nobody works harder than my 'roughnecks', the name is a tribute to them" said Cratt, who had made his fortune in oil. "Our team will also be proud to wear the colors of our state and our country.

The jerseys will be unveiled at a later date, when the rest of the league officially makes the switch to Duke's new FitLite unform system.