Binghamton Black Bears to FPHL
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Barclay Donaldson
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You have to hand it to the Fed. For a league that should have folded 50 times over, they keep on going...
JMCx4
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So THIS is what it took to wake up the Bus League Hockey Boyz? A sad commentary.
CrazyEddie20
Hey RuZZia - Cut Your Losses and Go Home.
royals119
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I doubt it ends the speculation about the future of Binghamton hockey.
bleedblue94
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The arena has an opt out for the ECHL or AHL. I'm fairly sure this will be a one and done if the ECHL is really looking at the area.
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hurricanesfan123
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sounds like tom mitchell wants nothing to do with non-ahl hockey. It will be interesting to see if this is just a 1 year option for the echl to come in.
Binghamton Black Bears to play in Federal Prospects Hockey League
Binghamton Black Bears to play in Federal Prospects Hockey League
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I am sure Mitchell is pulling out all the stops to see a return of AHL hockey. The AHL has truly grown from cities like Binghamton, and their aging arenas. Truthfully the ECHL has outgrown cities like Binghamton and their arena which doesnt meet standards he average arena in the E league.
CrazyEddie20
Hey RuZZia - Cut Your Losses and Go Home.
Don't be surprised if the jerseys are the same...
JMCx4
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Slightly used...with the old name badges ripped off the back...
CrazyEddie20
Hey RuZZia - Cut Your Losses and Go Home.
JMCx4
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Maybe even hi-tech dye sublimation. It's all the rage these days, and is actually cheaper in volume. That way fans get "authentic gear" as souvenirs of another historic season of Bingo Hockey.
ETA: If this thread draws another FPHL team owner into the HFB web, I hereby publicly declare that I'll owe @CrazyEddie20 a beer.
CrazyEddie20
Hey RuZZia - Cut Your Losses and Go Home.
Yes, the season will no doubt be "historic..."
The HV Bears used so many players they'd have gone bankrupt trying to make nameplates for each one. Maybe we'll see the same amount of turnover in Binghamton?
Hey SargeR, do the players have suitable insurance?
Johansson has been around these teams for years, so to speak I think he tried another market before but couldn't complete it..... Southhaven, MS, the southern suburb of metro Memphis....
Barclay Donaldson
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Would match the playing style of most guys on the ice...
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Minor League Rando
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Interviewed him when Memphis was a possibility, and from my time talking to him, he seems like a guy that cares about both the fans and players. I'm interested to see how he does with 2 teams and a full season.
Centrum Hockey
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With all due respect to Tom Mitchell, Binghamton should really be sending a group of people to
Adirondack to study and observe how a echl team operates in a long time AHL city.
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Absolutely, the Albany-Adirondack market adjusted well. Losing the AHL Devils wasn't a catastrophic loss for this area. I enjoy ECHL hockey as much as the AHL. Haven't enjoyed the AHL since early 2000s anyway.
I would bet almost anything in my life that the ECHL goes to Binghamton after this one season in the Fed. There’s a ton of insiders around here who have all but confirmed it.
mk80
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It's easy to make league wide decisions when 3 owners own all the teams, and 1 owner controls over half the teams
Barclay Donaldson
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It's even easier when the league is so financially accessible that a few white collar buddies can be an ownership group.
bleedblue94
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I do think sometimes we and everyone downplay what goes into the process of getting a team. We all just say so and so will get a team and the fingers snap but reality just isn't that way.
