The Yellowstone Quake is a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior ice hockey team playing in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The team plays their home games at Victor Riley Arena in Cody, Wyoming. The franchise is a non-profit corporation operated by the Park County Junior A Hockey Program.
The franchise was previously located in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, originally known as the Kootenai Colts and then the Coeur d'Alene Colts as part of the Northern Pacific Hockey League (NorPac). While in Coeur d'Alene, the franchise won the NorPac's 2001–02 Cascade Cup Championship.[2]
In 2012, the Quake joined the American West Hockey League (AWHL) for the league's second season.[3]
In March 2014, the AWHL joined the North American 3 Hockey League as the new Frontier Division for the 2014–15 season.[4]
During the 2023-24 season, the Yellowstone Quake achieved an achievement that no team wants to achieve: a winless season. During the 2023-24 season, the Yellowstone Quake went 0-44-3, also getting outscored 60 goals to 328. They've been beat 16-0 at home before. And in a 47 game season, they got beat by 5 or more in 26 games. The season started with a close 5-4 loss on the road to the Great Falls Americans and ended with losing 10-0 on the road to the Sheridan Hawks. In the last 5 games of the season, the Yellowstone Quake were kept off the scoreboard. Including that, they were shutout 12 times that season.
The Quake have had a number of alumni move on to collegiate programs, higher levels of junior ice hockey in the United States and Canada. In 2013, former Quake player Jacob Doty signed a three-year deal with the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.[5]