During the summer of 1994, the Knights ownership capitalized on the roller hockey fad by purchasing a Roller Hockey International franchise and bringing it to play in the Omni.

The Atlanta Fire Ants played just one season in Atlanta before leaving for Oklahoma. They drew well at the Omni but not well enough to justify a second season. Several Knights, most notably Jeff Madill, suited up for the Fire Ants during their sole season.

The Fire Ants finished a half-game under .500 for the 22-game RHI season and qualified for the playoffs as the eighth and final seed in the Eastern Conference.  The team was swept in the best-of-three first round by the Minnesota Arctic Blast.  The next season, the team packed up and moved to Oklahoma City, where they competed as the Oklahoma Coyotes.

Their most notable contribution to the IHL Knights was not a player, but a coach. John Paris Jr. had originally been hired by the Knight brain trust to coach the Fire Ants for 1994. That circumstance made him the right man in the right place when the Tampa Bay Lightning promoted Gene Ubriaco during the 1993-94 ice hockey season. When the Knights needed a coach, Paris was there, and he ultimately led the Knights to the 1994 Turner Cup title.