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AHL is working on adding a 31st team
http://www.mcall.com/sports/hockey/phantoms/mc-ahl-state-league-david-andrews-20170130-story.html
Andrews said there are no expansion applicants but the league is in discussion with a few different markets. He expected more news to come on that within the next four to six weeksFrom what I've read on the internet, Colorado moves up, becomes affiliated with the Avs while San Antonio becomes affiliated with St.Louis.
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On 5/16/2017 at 3:42 PM, MBurmy said:
Interesting to see they decided to forgo a West Coast team (Reno would've been a perfect location, but how do you put an ice plant in the Events Center?)
Wondering who #31 will be for the AHL (if they even do expand?)Rumor is that the Colorado Eagles are looking to join the AHL.
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/14/colorado-eagles-avalanche-ahl-affiliate/
The Avalanche might move its primary minor-league interests from San Antonio to less than an hour drive north of Denver, to Loveland, joining forces with the Colorado Eagles, who could become the Avs’ American Hockey League affiliate as early as 2018-19.
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Norfolk announced that their new affiliate is with Nashville.
New Logo & Jersey coming soon.
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Looks like Elmira is done as well....
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Alaska Aces may be done after this season
http://www.ktva.com/alaska-aces-ownership-considering-ceasing-operations-727/
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Looks like it's finally happening.
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/canadiens-farm-team-moving-to-laval-1.2979563
The Montreal Canadiens are expected to confirm on Monday they will be moving their farm team to Laval.
The American League IceCaps will play one more season in St. John's, Newfoundland, after which Place Bell in Laval will be the new home for the farm team for the 2017-2018 season.
Place Bell is a 10,000 seat arena, with two smaller rinks, that is being built near the Montmorency metro station, and is projected to be complete next year.
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So... here's what happening recently
University of Memphis President M. David Rudd sent a promotional publication — highlighting the finer points of the city and its major university — to University of Texas president Dr. Gregory Fenves in December, showcasing the University of Memphis as a possible Big 12 expansion candidate.
Rudd said the publication, entitled "Memphis Soul of a City," captures “the passion and proud history of Tiger athletics including a historic run by our football program.”
Rudd also told Fenves he would “welcome the chance to connect via phone and discuss in more depth some of the great things going on in Memphis.”
Memphis, Cincinnati, Central Florida, UConn and Houston from the American Athletic Conference are among the schools reportedly lobbying for Big 12 inclusion, along with BYU.
Meanwhile, out of left field....
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/25576548
Individuals representing Wichita State's athletic interests have approached the Mountain West Conference about membership, multiple sources told CBS Sports.
Led by president John Bardo, Wichita State has been exploring its conference options in both basketball and football. Last year, Bardo commissioned an ongoing feasibility study to bring football back to the athletic program. The school dropped the sport in 1986.
Other possibilities for the Shockers, including the American Athletic Conference and Conference USA, have been mentioned by various sources.
Texas-El Paso has been mentioned as a possible 12th MWC member in basketball (13th in football). Many of the Miners' former WAC partners reside in the Mountain West. The Miners have been in Conference USA since 2005-06.UTEP officials have stressed there is no formal interest on their part in the Mountain West.
Now, I could see Memphis or Houston or even UCF go into the Big 12 but Wichita State kind of came out of nowhere. I think they won't move without putting football back in but that will cost them a pretty penny if they do. Then again, it could be the whole big fish in a small pond issue & hey, extra money if you can get it. -
On 3/11/2016 at 7:33 PM, Gothamite said:
I vote for "Angry Young Men." Put this guy on the cap.
Plus the theme song to boot
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I think someone beat me to it but I think Louisville's new set is good, I just wish it was still black & purple.
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Roanoke joins the SPHL....
http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=5061507
The Southern Professional Hockey League today announced the move of the Mississippi Surge to Roanoke, VA, who will return to the ice for the 2016-2017.
At a press conference held this morning at the Berglund Center, league president Jim Combs stated that in addition to the move, the SPHL Board of Governors last week approved the team's majority transfer of ownership from Surge Ice, LLC to Breakaway Sports and Entertainment, LLC.
Serving as majority owners of Breakaway Sports and Entertainment, LLC are Bob McGinn and his sons, Jamie, Tye and Brock, all three of whom are currently under NHL contracts with Buffalo, Tampa Bay and Carolina, respectively. In addition to the McGinn family, premier sports artist Rob MacDougall, SPHL Chairman Tim Kerr and several local investors are part of the group bringing hockey back to Roanoke.
Now if only Richmond can get back professional hockey....
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Phase 2 invites have been sent....
The groups bidding to bring NHL expansion franchises to Las Vegas and Quebec City are one step closer to making their expansion dreams a reality.
Wednesday afternoon, Bill Foley, the prospective owner of the Las Vegas team, released a statement through Vegas Wants Hockey saying the club had been invited to participate in the second phase of the expansion process.
“We are pleased to report that the NHL has invited us to participate in Phase II of the application process to secure an NHL team in Las Vegas,” Foley said in a statement. “In this phase, we will be providing the League with additional information, including information about the Las Vegas market and the MGM AEG Arena being developed between Monte Carlo and New York New York. We will also be permitted access to information provided by the League that it deems important to us.”
Hmmm, interesting....
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Meanwhile in Vegas....
The identity of Las Vegas' possible NHL franchise will be in the hands of season-ticket holders.
Bill Foley, president of Hockey Vision Las Vegas, said in a statement Friday that those who reserved seats to games of the prospective franchise will have a say in the team's name. However, Foley did not provide a specific avenue in which team names may be submitted.
Well, it's good to know that Foley is allowing the season ticket holders to choose, but in all honesty, what makes them think that the board will approve expansion in September? Sure they can't deny Las Vegas & Quebec, but what if they do? -
Meanwhile in Seattle....
So what happens now?
Well, for starters, the world didn’t end. The NHL has said this process is consultative and won’t automatically lead to the awarding of expansion teams, and the Arizona Coyotes and Florida Panthers still eventually could need relocation spots.
An NHL source tells me the league invited Bartoszek to its New York offices for a chat Tuesday. So there’s still a relationship there.
And yes, this region does have wealth the NHL still covets. Maybe not enough in one place to purchase teams and arenas simultaneously, but enough to warrant further looks.
Looks like they're holding out for Relo instead of Expansion....
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http://www.tsn.ca/2m-fee-scares-off-seattle-bidders-1.333774
Last month, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman stood at a podium in Las Vegas and said he hoped the formal expansion review process he was announcing would provide clarity for the league’s future in the Pacific Northwest.
“Perhaps the process will bring some certainty to the arena situation,” Bettman said. “No one has their arena act together yet in Seattle.”
Turns out, no prospective ownership group could get their arena act together in less than a month - though not due to any shortage of interest.
The NHL’s first deadline for applications to be included for review in the expansion process passed on Monday and three different camps in the Seattle area confirmed they did not submit bids.
Daly did, however, say the league will not consider any latecoming party who did not meet Monday’s hard deadline.
To engage only serious inquiries, the NHL set the application fee for prospective ownership groups at $10 million, with only $8 million of that being refundable should a bid not receive one of the league’s next franchises.
That $2 million non-refundable asking price likely scared off the three interested parties in downtown Seattle, suburban Tukwila and nearby Bellevue - the financial risk too big even for billionaires to bank on arena plans made up purely of hope at this point, not concrete.
The NHL seemed to be most interested in courting Seattle. All three camps in Washington said they will continue to push for an arena. The league said they will not be accepting late bidders. The real test will be if arena funding suddenly materializes in one of those three Seattle cities in the next four or five weeks and a prospective owner shows up waving a cheque for upwards of $500 million.
3 potential owners either make or break in the next couple of weeks.... Let's see what happens next.
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Is it over? After 4 years and over 5600 posts, is it all going to come to an end?
(Before we start heavily examining the Florida and Carolina situations, of course)
Nope, expect lawsuits coming, this is just getting started.
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5-2 in favor killing the deal....
So... It begins....
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Looks like the NHL expects Glendale to just bend over and ask for another...
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=770457&navid=nhl:topheads
Hopefully Glendale surprises them. Yotes fans are of course in full on blame Glendale mode. Nevermind this lease deal has been a disaster for Glendale.
I think it would be a miracle if they surprise them, I think the council will ask for a redo. Things will heat up if the Yotes say no.
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So... About Quebec...
https://soundcloud.com/choi-radiox-98-1/ron-maclean-nordiques
Ron McLean thinks the Nordiques will come back in 3 years.
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Simple and affective, I like it.
https://twitter.com/WVBlackBears/status/567360189779955712
Looks like Wednesday at 2pm will be the unveiling of the WV Black Bears logo.
It's a simple but good logo, I like it.
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Plan B for NHL Expansion?
http://www.si.com/nhl/2015/01/27/nhl-expansion-seattle-milwaukee-rangers-islanders-rivalry
As reported on Monday night in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is expected to announce on Tuesday morning a financing plan that includes bond sales to help build a multipurpose arena in downtown Milwaukee.
And that’s where this becomes an item of interest for hockey fans, particularly those who are hoping for an NHL expansion team in Seattle. That city’s hopes rest entirely on the construction of its own new downtown arena, but the deal to make that happen is dependent on the ability of developer Chris Hansen to land a relocated NBA franchise. The Bucks were seen not just as his best option, but also as maybe—in the wake of his failed bid last year to lure the Sacramento Kings north—his only hope. Now that the future of the Bucks is secure, the dream of a new arena in Seattle is officially on life support.
And with no new arena, there’s no chance for an NHL team. It’s that simple.
But with one window closing, could another open? Would a new multipurpose facility in a major city with a hockey background give the league a fresh option for western expansion?
Maybe.
Milwaukee fits a need geographically, and could quickly market rivalries with NHL teams in Chicago, Minnesota and St. Louis. The hockey culture is certainly in place. The six-time national champion Wisconsin Badgers have a massive following in the state, and the AHL Milwaukee Admirals have been a fairly consistent draw. Although attendance has been sluggish this season, averaging around 4,500 per game, there was a time when the Admirals routinely attracted upwards of 9,000 fans to the Bradley Center for IHL games.
So Milwaukee still appears to be a long shot. But here’s the thing: Big plans lead to big thinking. And plans don’t get much bigger than a half a billion dollars committed to a downtown arena in a major American city. With dates to fill and debt to service, a second anchor tenant will get serious consideration.
Don’t rule out the NHL in the Badger State just yet.
IMO, I dunno. I could see it happen but something tells me that the NHL wouldn't go for it. Although, i wouldn't be against it either, but hey, its speculation... -
Where are you reading that the Admirals are going to Bakersfield? There's nothing supporting that in your link and the strong rumors were SD, not Bakersfield. Bakersfield was going to Edmonton.Now it became official. Norfolk is going to California but they're getting Bakersfield & returning to the ECHL.
http://wavy.com/2015/01/23/norfolk-admirals-owner-forced-to-sell-team/
After weeks of rumors regarding the future of the Norfolks American Hockey League franchise, Norfolk Admirals owner Ken Young confirmed to WAVY Sports Director Bruce Rader that he is being forced to sell the team to the Anaheim Ducks.
It is not a happy week for Young, who 11 years ago was considered the savior of Hampton Roads hockey when he bought the AHL Admirals, keeping them in Norfolk. NHL owners, have decided they want their top minor league teams closer to home, so this weekend the forced sale will be announced. Young said the Anaheim Ducks will move the franchise to California at the end of this season.
We didnt have any choice, Young said. It was either keep a team that would not have an affiliation, so we would not have dates or have to sell to Anaheim, which if the Pacific division gets voted on by the American Hockey League this weekend then what we know as the AHL team will end up going out west.
That is the bad news, but here is the good news for hockey fans: Young has already cut a deal to bring the Bakersfield Condors to Norfolk. The Condors are a minor league team owned by the Edmonton Oilers.
No, the story is Bakersfield is going to Norfolk. While Norfolk is going to San Diego.
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Now it became official. Norfolk is going to California but they're getting Bakersfield & returning to the ECHL.
http://wavy.com/2015/01/23/norfolk-admirals-owner-forced-to-sell-team/
After weeks of rumors regarding the future of the Norfolk’s American Hockey League franchise, Norfolk Admirals owner Ken Young confirmed to WAVY Sports Director Bruce Rader that he is being forced to sell the team to the Anaheim Ducks.
It is not a happy week for Young, who 11 years ago was considered the savior of Hampton Roads hockey when he bought the AHL Admirals, keeping them in Norfolk. NHL owners, have decided they want their top minor league teams closer to home, so this weekend the forced sale will be announced. Young said the Anaheim Ducks will move the franchise to California at the end of this season.
“We didn’t have any choice,” Young said. “It was either keep a team that would not have an affiliation, so we would not have dates or have to sell to Anaheim, which if the Pacific division gets voted on by the American Hockey League this weekend then what we know as the AHL team will end up going out west.”
That is the bad news, but here is the good news for hockey fans: Young has already cut a deal to bring the Bakersfield Condors to Norfolk. The Condors are a minor league team owned by the Edmonton Oilers.
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I bet this will work out well...
Next winter, ice hockey at SAP Pavilion will have company: More ice hockey.
The Sharks will move their minor league Worcester franchise in Massachusetts to SAP Center for the 2015-16 season, this newspaper has learned. The team will play between 30 and 40 games in downtown San Jose, filling up currently vacant dates a
It also looks like Bakersfield will go through a name change?
But getting back to Bakersfield, which the Edmonton Oilers purchased a year ago, the burning question from this vantage point is the team name.
Will it remain Condors?
Or do the Oilers want Bakersfield to become Baronville and name the team the Bakersfield Barons? (Please, no).
I hope they keep the Condors name, also I hope Stockton keeps the Thunder name instead of using something Flames related.
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Well, add another to the list...
http://wavy.com/2015/01/07/norfolk-admirals-expected-to-be-sold-2/
Fourteen years after becoming an affiliate of the American Hockey League, it appears the Norfolk Admirals franchise will be sold to its parent team – the Anaheim Ducks.
10 On Your Side sources confirm that the move is inevitable as part of a new AHL Western Division that is expected to be created by five NHL teams. The Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, L.A. Kings, San Jose Sharks and Anaheim all have AHL affiliates on the east coast and moving those affiliates to the west would save time and money when players are sent up and down from the major league level to Triple-A.
Sources tell WAVY-TV and FOX 43 Sports Director Bruce Rader the sale of the Admirals may not be finalized but it appears to be a “done deal.” The AHL franchise would be sold by Young to the Ducks, and this would be its last season in Norfolk.
This does not necessarily mean the end of professional hockey in Hampton Roads. Sources say the city may attract a team from the ECHL – most likely the Bakersfield Condors, the double-A franchise owned by Edmonton.
Although the Oilers would own the team, there is speculation Young will manage the franchise and the team will switch its name to the Admirals and continue to play its games at the Norfolk Scope.
Minor League Hockey Shake-up...coming
in Sports In General
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http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/18/colorado-eagles-colorado-avalanche-primary-ahl-affiliate/
The Avalanche will announce an upgraded minor-league partnership with the Loveland-based Colorado Eagles next month, with the current ECHL team becoming the 31st American Hockey League franchise, according to two sources close to the situation.
Beginning with the 2018-19 season, the Avs’ top prospects and veterans on assignments will play for the Colorado Eagles out of the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. The Budweiser Events Center seats 5,289 for hockey but likely will be renovated to accommodate larger crowds.