Change Coming in Norfolk

[JimB]

New ownership apparently.


As Norfolk Admirals limp to the finish line, a former player is interested in buying the team

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[Centrum Hockey]

New ownership apparently.


As Norfolk Admirals limp to the finish line, a former player is interested in buying the team

They should try for a capitals affiliation

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

They should try for a capitals affiliation

and South Carolina does what, Centrum, that is the only franchise left standing since Greenville is an independent....

Washington tried Richmond after Chicago bought Norfolk 18 years ago (yes, the same franchise now in San Diego)

Monumental has other properties other than the Capitals..... in fact, Hershey replaced Portland and SC joined about that same timeframe of 2005/06....

Norfolk/Hampton Roads has already been a Capitals affiliate, 1993-2000

 

[Centrum Hockey]

and South Carolina does what, Centrum, that is the only franchise left standing since Greenville is an independent....

Washington tried Richmond after Chicago bought Norfolk 18 years ago (yes, the same franchise now in San Diego)

Monumental has other properties other than the Capitals..... in fact, Hershey replaced Portland and SC joined about that same timeframe of 2005/06....

Norfolk/Hampton Roads has already been a Capitals affiliate, 1993-2000

Echl affiliations matter much less than you think they do.

 

[crimsonace]

Echl affiliations matter much less than you think they do.

They're very good for marketing (and, in terms of player movement, proximity to the AHL team makes players going up/down a little bit easier). Indy & Wheeling go out of their way to help reinforce that connection (but there are a LOT of Hawks fans in Indy & Pens fans in Wheeling). Helps grow interest in the parent club as well as the ECHL one.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Echl affiliations matter much less than you think they do.

no they don't..... how much interest did you have in Bridgeport when Worcester wasn't the affiliate.

 

[Nightsquad]

They're very good for marketing (and, in terms of player movement, proximity to the AHL team makes players going up/down a little bit easier). Indy & Wheeling go out of their way to help reinforce that connection (but there are a LOT of Hawks fans in Indy & Pens fans in Wheeling). Helps grow interest in the parent club as well as the ECHL one.

I agree affiliations do add some value, but affiliations nowadays can also be a curse. There is no more evidence of this then the AHL. You look at many AHL cities with their affiliates past and present and can see how depending in their NHL clubs correlates to local interests at the AHL level. Whereby the ECHL plays a role not just for the NHL organization depth but the local team as they sign and pay their own players. That advantage doesn't happen in NHL team owned AHL clubs. The ECHL would be smart to allow perhaps a dual affiliation in a saturated market.

 

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