on june 1, 2015, nahl insiders began reporting the killer bees franchise was about to relocate to the philadelphia suburb of aston, pennsylvania and the killer bees would subsequently announce that the team was ceasing to operate for the 2015–16 season unless the team president, gilbert saenz, could find a local alternative to save the team. however, on june 9, the nahl announced that the franchise was relocating to become the aston rebels.