Missoula Maulers

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{{Pro hockey team

|bg_color = #00008B

|text_color = white

| team = Missoula Maulers

| logo = Missoula Maulers.jpg

| logosize = 125px

| city = Missoula, Montana

| league = Northern Pacific Hockey League
American West Hockey League
Western States Hockey League

| division =

| founded = 2007

| arena = Glacier Ice Rink

| colors = Dark Blue, black, white, and gray
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| owner = Michael Burks

| coach = Marcus Baxter

| GM = Marcus Baxter

| media =

| name1 = Missoula Maulers

| dates1 = 2007–2016

}}

The Missoula Maulers were a junior ice hockey team from Missoula, Montana. The team played in the Northern Pacific Hockey League, the American West Hockey League, and the Western States Hockey League,{{cite news|url=http://www.kpax.com/news/maulers-change-to-western-states-hockey-league/#_|title=Maulers change to Western States Hockey League|date=April 12, 2013|accessdate=April 18, 2013|work=kpax.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509095405/http://www.kpax.com/news/maulers-change-to-western-states-hockey-league/#_|archivedate=May 9, 2013}} out of Missoula's Glacier Ice Rink.[http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/12/09/territory/ter82.txt Goal oriented: Michigan native has unique dedication, rituals as Missoula Maulers' goalie]

Michael Burks is the club's principal owner and president of operations. In 2016, Burks and the nonprofit Missoula Area Youth Association (MAYHA), the operator of Glacier Ice Rink, had a lease dispute and Burks decided to shut down the team rather than continue to fight the operators for a better contract.{{cite news |url=http://missoulian.com/sports/local/maulers-owner-explains-decision-to-disband-local-hockey-team/article_2be5c1a1-e393-5807-b053-b5191d356423.html |title=Maulers owner explains decision to disband local hockey team |newspaper=The Missoulian |date=May 14, 2016}} The Maulers were quickly replaced at the Glacier Ice Rink by a North American 3 Hockey League expansion team, named the Missoula Jr. Bruins, owned by Jason and Liz DiMatteo.{{cite news |url=http://mtstandard.com/sports/hockey/new-missoula-junior-hockey-team-approved/article_079a2c9e-443a-5247-bb4c-1f82f7fcd6a3.html |title=New Missoula junior hockey team approved |newspaper=The Montana Standard |date=May 21, 2016}}