The AHL has confirmed plans to add an expansion team for the 2018-19 season, a decision that is bound to affect the league on multiple levels. (more…)
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NHL Expansion Also Means Potential AHL Expansion
The decision by NHL owners to add Las Vegas as an expansion team in 2017-2018 means that AHL expansion is likely to happen as well — and there’s already plenty of chatter as to where a new team would play. (more…)
Is Quebec Snub Open Invite for New Seattle NHL Team?
With Quebec City’s NHL bid put on hold because of geographic and financial decisions, insiders are saying the snub is directly related to the issue of a new Seattle NHL team — but any bid has some huge challenges. (more…)
Residents: Quebec City NHL Team Still Possible
Despite being passed over in the latest expansion round, a Quebec City NHL team is still considered to be an inevitability by area leaders and fans, who say they’re in line to land a National Hockey League team — but it may take a few years. (more…)
NHL expansion attracts Las Vegas, Quebec bids
A rather hurried process to gauge potential interest for NHL expansion may have backfired, as the league received only two bids from interested parties in Las Vegas and Quebec City. (more…)
New Markham arena moves forward
After an impassioned debate and plenty of local residents speaking out against the plan, a proposed new Markham arena survived another vote on the $325-million project — albeit by a slim 7-6 margin. (more…)
Is NHL expansion on the table?
Whispers around the league indicate that Commissioner Gary Bettman is looking at NHL expansion to 32 teams as a way to address potential new markets like suburban Toronto and Quebec City. (more…)
Orlando approves ECHL lease for Amway Center
When we visited Amway Center, we expressed hope that a hockey tenant would be forthcoming someday in the impressive facility. Our wish came true: Orlando has approved a three-year lease for an ECHL team, beginning in 2012-2013. The Orlando City Council approved the Amway Center lease today. The team will be owned by Orlando Pro […]
ECHL expands to Hoffman Estates
Pro hockey returns to Hoffman Estates’ Sears Centre in 2011, as a new ECHL franchise will set up shop in a place where hockey can work. The ECHL announced on Thursday that the Board of Governors has approved the Expansion Membership application of Chicago for admission to the ECHL. Chicago is scheduled to begin play […]
NAHL expands to Amarillo
The junior North American Hockey League) (NAHL) has awarded an expansion franchise for Amarillo, Texas, to begin play for the 2010-11 season. The team, which is owned by a group headed by Bill Yuill, president of Consolidated Sports Holdings USA, Inc., will play its home games out of the 4,870-seat Cal Farley Coliseum in Amarillo. […]
