AHL team names - what do they mean?

[alko]

Hi. I recently readed an artice about NHL team names and how the teams came to them. can you please say me something else with AHL teams?
Or does anybody know some link?
thanks

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[Heat McManus]

wikipedia.org

 

[alko]

wikipedia.org

there is not much about it.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

As a last resort, send an e-mail to the AHL. They are generally swift with responses. The communications people are probably your best option. Maybe they can assist or direct you.

http://www.theahl.com/theahl/directory/

Franchises that had a relationship with their parent club got similar names: Cincinnati Swords and Buffalo Sabres, for instance, has a similar theme.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Swords

The Cincinnati Swords are a defunct American Hockey League team, founded in 1971, when the newly created NHL expansion team, Buffalo Sabres, exercised their option to create their own AHL farm team. Originally the Sabres wished to place the team in Florida but this was voted down by the AHL, so the Sabres instead put the franchise in Cincinnati. Although they were only in existence of three years, the Cincinnati Swords were immensely popular with their fan base.

 

[cupcrazyman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Marlies

Toronto Marlies

The AHL had a strong presence in Atlantic Canada in the 1980s and 1990s, but by 2004 the St. John's Maple Leafs were the only remaining team in the region. Although the team was extremely popular and had excellent attendance, the desire of the parent Toronto Maple Leafs to reduce travel costs and have a tenant for its Ricoh Coliseum resulted in the team's relocation to Toronto for the 2005–06 season. Previous minor league and junior ventures in Toronto had not met with success, and there was a general feeling that Toronto fans were only interested in the Toronto Maple Leafs, and not other levels of hockey. With the Marlies as the Leafs top affiliate, it was felt that this obstacle could be overcome, however, attendance of barely 2,800 for the Marlies first home playoff game in April 2006 again raised questions about the viability of the franchise.

The team is named after the former Toronto Marlboroughs junior hockey team, but the abbreviated "Marlies" name was chosen to avoid any potential association with the similarly named cigarette brand.