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Up to & including awarding the Stumble Bees the Commissioner's Cup?
They'll reward them with something, all right. Maybe an automatic playoff spot.
Up to & including awarding the Stumble Bees the Commissioner's Cup?
They'll reward them with something, all right. Maybe an automatic playoff spot.
Many FHL/FPHL teams folded in its short history and most of them in better markets, so let alone in Battle Creek, alright. But I guess owners and potential owners want to give a try no matter what.Is there a big market for hockey in Battle Creek? Let alone a bad team? Kalamazoo isn't far. Grand Rapids isn't far. Detroit isn't far. Good NCAA hockey isn't far.
some are not making the distinction here between Battle Creek and Port Huron, which is the scorched market, just as Elmira is still trying to recover after how the Jackals ended, and Louisville, and why no league has looked at Kentucky since 2006.Many FHL/FPHL teams folded in its short history and most of them in better markets, so let alone in Battle Creek, alright. But I guess owners and potential owners want to give a try no matter what.
The funny thing is that maybe Battle Creek would fit better in the SPHL — and probably fold anyway.
LOL LOL LOLsome are not making the distinction here between Battle Creek and Port Huron, which is the scorched market, just as Elmira is still trying to recover after how the Jackals ended, and Louisville, and why no league has looked at Kentucky since 2006.
Rumble Bees’ goalie Jacob Mullen faced 83 shots last night, and stopped 79. ...
What are the Red Wings waiting for to sign this guy?Rumble Bees’ goalie Jacob Mullen faced 83 shots last night, and stopped 79.
some are not making the distinction here between Battle Creek and Port Huron, which is the scorched market, just as Elmira is still trying to recover after how the Jackals ended, and Louisville, and why no league has looked at Kentucky since 2006.
Not a solution for the FPHL's Battle Creek problem, which is the topic of this thread. Barry Soskin pushed hard for a BC franchise placement - as he did for Mentor, OH - to shorten travel distances for his Port Huron Growlers. The Louisville discussion would be better suited for this other thread.The Central Hockey league took a strong look at Louisville in 2014
Central Hockey League Eyes Louisville for Possible Expansion Market
The Central Hockey league took a strong look at Louisville in 2014
Central Hockey League Eyes Louisville for Possible Expansion Market
Where is the Central Hockey League today?
The answer pretty much says it all.
In the ECHL.
And what is your point?
So would you just prefer minor leagues to cease operations and that's it?Actually, the CHL is out of business, and its teams joined the ECHL as expansion members en masse.
At the time the Central was looking at Louisville for a potential expansion, the league had seven teams and was not really a viable concern going forward. They were scratching and clawing for any market they could place a team into to potentially keep the wheels on the bus going round and round for another season.
Despite having 10 teams, the FPHL is not much different. They're trying to solve economic problems in good markets with zombie teams that only mitigate losses and have no real chance of success.
So would you just prefer minor leagues to cease operations and that's it?
Rumble Bees’ goalie Jacob Mullen faced 83 shots last night, and stopped 79.
Not good enough for one of the 3 stars, though.
Just to set this part of the record straight: The St. Charles Family arena has hockey seating capacity of 9,643 vs. Denver Coliseum at 8,140. And the Family Arena is definitely not "out in the sticks"; it's in the 2nd largest county by population within the STL Metro area, and less than a 25-minute drive from Downtown. As for the fates of the Chill & the Otters franchises, they differ in all aspects beyond home arena & the prevailing St. Louis hockey community's bias toward the NHL product (which may never change). The Otters lasted seven UHL seasons, before League contraction & failing attendance shut off their lights. The CHL's one-n-done Chill were simply a half-arsed attempt by the owners of the Missouri Mavericks to prop up the rest of the League while the core team owners worked a deal with the ECHL. In the latter motivation, I see shades of Barry Soskin & the FPHL's most recent expansion efforts.... The end of the Central Hockey League saw them trying to solve the issue of team losses by randomly putting teams anywhere and everywhere. The Denver Cutthroats was them playing a new team in a crowded market in an aging arena. ... The St. Charles Chill was a similar issue to Denver (but instead of an aging arena, it was a smaller venue out in the sticks), and ultimately ran into a similar fate not unlike the Missouri River Otters. ...
Just to set this part of the record straight: The St. Charles Family arena has hockey seating capacity of 9,643 vs. Denver Coliseum at 8,140. And the Family Arena is definitely not "out in the sticks"; it's in the 2nd largest county by population within the STL Metro area, and less than a 25-minute drive from Downtown. As for the fates of the Chill & the Otters franchises, they differ in all aspects beyond home arena & the prevailing St. Louis hockey community's bias toward the NHL product (which may never change). The Otters lasted seven UHL seasons, before League contraction & failing attendance shut off their lights. The CHL's one-n-done Chill were simply a half-arsed attempt by the owners of the Missouri Mavericks to prop up the rest of the League while the core team owners worked a deal with the ECHL. In the latter motivation, I see shades of Barry Soskin & the FPHL's most recent expansion efforts.