The Kingfish are back: will the team stick this time? BATON ROUGE - The new Kingfish mark another attempt at professional hockey in Baton Rouge after the Baton Rouge Zydeco, who played from 2023-2026, folded back in May. With the new Kingfish to begin playing in October, the question remains whether or not this new ownership group can get this team to stick in the Baton Rouge market in a way the previous Kingfish and Zydeco didn't. Something the Kingfish have that the Zydeco lacked is a Baton Rouge local in the ownership group. The Kingfish will play in the FPHL (Federal Prospects Hockey League), the same league that the Zydeco did.