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Category Archives: Franchise moves
Central Hockey League facing big questions about its future
Thursday has to be considered one of the low points in the Central Hockey League’s history. The Fort Wayne Komets and Evansville IceMen announced they are leaving the CHL for the ECHL. (Click here and here.) Meanwhile, the Dayton Gems … Continue reading
None (or not many) Aboard! ECHL franchise folds
Well that was fast. The AA-level ECHL announced Friday that the first-year Chicago Express are ceasing operations. The league’s five-paragraph release said the “Express’ withdrawal occurs at the end of their current Affiliation Agreement, and was done in accordance with … Continue reading
Going the distance in the AHL
Players who are called up by Pacific division NHL teams travel 15 times farther to their home city on average as players called up by Northeast division teams, a Shooting for the Show analysis finds. Check it out for yourself … Continue reading
Posted in AHL, Business, Franchise moves
Tagged AHL geography, AHL travel, AHL western teams
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Struggling low-level league loses another franchise
Vermont’s first professional hockey team is no more. After touting that it was making history with its Oct. 29 home opener, the Morrisville, VT.-based Vermont Wild of the Federal Hockey League lasted 10 games before closing shop. The league wrote … Continue reading
With new teams, ECHL suddenly looking like the old IHL
I went off topic this week to address an important issue in my immediate sphere. I’m still reflecting and am anxious to see what happens with the PSU football scandal. There were only so many stories and Tweets I could … Continue reading
Posted in ECHL, Franchise moves
Tagged ECHL, Hockey expansion, International Hockey League, Orlando hockey, San Francisco Bulls
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The race (or crawl) for a real western minor conference
Like journalists and bloggers far and near, TSN’s Darren Dreger has scooped me. Dreger reported Thursday on the growing concern among western NHL teams about travel for their American Hockey League affiliates. I had kicked around a post for a … Continue reading
Posted in AHL, Business, ECHL, Franchise moves, NHL
Tagged AHL western teams, hockey travel, IHL
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Seattle’s route to NHL should not go through AHL
There is chatter about Seattle landing an NHL team as Chicago-area businessman Don Levin is apparently exploring the possibility of a new arena in the city. Seattle Times columnist Steve Kelley thinks it’s a good idea and so do I. … Continue reading
Posted in AHL, Business, Franchise moves, NHL
Tagged AHL, franchise move, new building, Seattle
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