Cross posting from another thread discussing this topic:
It's hard to figure out that is going to work given that even the best-attended teams charge no more than $20/ticket for games. Even with that, they still struggle in the markets that they need to make it look attractive. Even with the AJHL teams, they get much more. Brooks is the only one that...
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My apologies to those participating in both threads but I wanted to share some possible reasons with those here to speculate why the AJHL is only cancelling games between the departing five and the remaining eleven but not games solely among the departing five or solely among the remaining eleven.
An AJHL statement from yesterday indicated that the league has not suspended any of their 16 teams::
AJHL STATEMENT – JANUARY 22, 2024 . This suggests the AJHL is still consulting with Hockey Canada and is trying to buy time.