With Evansville/Owensboro on hiatus and Worcester not ready to enter the league, the ECHL will play with 27 teams in 2016-2017 — a year that will undoubted be considered by most insiders as a transitional one for the circuit. (more…)
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Franke: Hockey needs to be more like baseball
With the CHL in rough shape and the Fort Wayne Komets looking to move to the ECHL, owner Michael Franke says more structure is needed in minor-league hockey — with the NHL’s involvement. His solution is simple: there needs to be a more organized structure to minor-league hockey, mimicking the tiered structure used in Minor […]
Hold your horses: CHL/IHL merger hitting obstacles
It probably was a scenario too good to be true: the merger between the CHL and the IHL is hitting several obstacles and could end up being scrapped by the end of the month. The issues, predictably, revolve around money, beginning with a disagreement over the length of the season and ending with disputes over […]
