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Off Season Changes in the AHL

August 3, 2009 - By

Just in case you’ve been enjoying the summer, here’s what has been going on around the American Hockey League in terms of changes in cities, affiliations, divisions, and rules.

New Cities / New Team

The Quad City Flames moved from Moline, Illinois to Abbotsford, British Columbia and and are now called the Abbotsford Heat.  They are still the affiliate of the Calgary Flames.

The Philadelphia Phantoms moved from Philadelphia to Glens Falls, NY and are now known as the Adirondack Phantoms.  They remain the affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers.

A new team joined the league called the Texas Stars located in Cedar Park, Texas.  Cedar Park is about a half hour North of Austin.  They are the affiliate of the Dallas Stars.  The team was granted limited membership into the league.  The limited membership is conditioned on the completed purchase of an existing AHL franchise within one year, by April 2010.

The Iowa Chops was involuntarily suspended by the league for the 2009/2010 season.  “The Iowa franchise has unfortunately been unable to remedy certain violations of the provisions of the league’s Constitution and By-Laws,” said American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews.

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Glens Falls, Austin, and Abbotsford Join AHL

April 29, 2009 - By

The American Hockey League announced on Wednesday that three new cities would be joining the league for the upcoming season.  The Quad City Flames are moving from the Quad Cities region to Abbotsford, British Columbia.  The Philadelphia Phantoms are moving to Glens Falls, NY.  The Dallas Stars have their wish with a new team in Austin, Texas.  All three cities will begin play in the upcoming 09/10 season.

All of this change brings up hopes that the divisions will be realigned to put the Rochester Americans back into the Eastern Conference and all of the New York teams (Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Glens Falls, and Binghamton) into the same division.

With two teams (Austin and Abbotsford) playing further West than Rochester and Syracuse, the idea does not seem that far fetched.  The topic won’t officially be discussed until this summer so any changes at this point are just a hope.

The only other issue that needs to be addressed other than division alignment is the schedule format.  Even if a division of New York teams is established it will still be frustrating if two teams play each other 12 times during a season.  The dedicated still go to games but one [...]Read More

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