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This is a subject that has somewhat fascinated me over the years and since we're still in the off-season, I thought this would be a good time to bring this up.
So currently there are 3 professional teams in North Carolina. Hurricanes, Checkers, and the Fayetteville FireAntz. But did you guys know that as recently as 2001 there were 5? (Hurricanes, Checkers, Greensboro Generals, Asheville Smoke, and the Fayetteville Force) And in the 80's and 90's Greensboro and Winston-Salem both were icing teams at the same time? I can only imagine the rowdiness and the fights going on both on the ice and in the stands.
Currently South Carolina has two, the South Carolina Stingrays (Charleston) and the Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL. Unfortunately it seems we'll never see the Columbia Inferno again and the Pee Dee Pride who played in Florence were supposed to become the Myrtle Beach Thunderboltz but it seems that plan has gone out the window as well.
For the future I think Greensboro could become home to an ECHL team again, if this happens I think it would be cool to have them be the Hurricanes ECHL affiliate.
So currently there are 3 professional teams in North Carolina. Hurricanes, Checkers, and the Fayetteville FireAntz. But did you guys know that as recently as 2001 there were 5? (Hurricanes, Checkers, Greensboro Generals, Asheville Smoke, and the Fayetteville Force) And in the 80's and 90's Greensboro and Winston-Salem both were icing teams at the same time? I can only imagine the rowdiness and the fights going on both on the ice and in the stands.
Currently South Carolina has two, the South Carolina Stingrays (Charleston) and the Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL. Unfortunately it seems we'll never see the Columbia Inferno again and the Pee Dee Pride who played in Florence were supposed to become the Myrtle Beach Thunderboltz but it seems that plan has gone out the window as well.
For the future I think Greensboro could become home to an ECHL team again, if this happens I think it would be cool to have them be the Hurricanes ECHL affiliate.