Other Teams Maybe

[Thunder God]

What other teams do you think would fit in the ECHL for the 2016-17 Season

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[No Fun Shogun]

I'll continue to have my fingers crossed for Peoria, whether it be via expansion or relocation.

 

[Nerdlinger]

What other teams do you think would fit in the ECHL for the 2016-17 Season

I'll second Peoria and suggest Worcester and Oklahoma City.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Eventually Binghamton and Albany seem possible.

 

[Nightsquad]

Utica for sure, riding high now with a great team but if they had the same teams Albany has had those hockey smart fans wouldnt bother to support. If Vancouver bails on Upstate NY Utica would be a good market. Strong AA market in an ever shifting developmental ECHL team. I think Albany is going to someday land the Rangers AHL team. If that happens Albany would become a much stronger AHL city. Elmira, Glens Falls, Utica, Binghamton, Manchester, Worcester, would make one heck of a strong ECHL northeast pressence. Heard even Lowell wants to be out Worcester for a Bruins ECHL club.

 

[Nightsquad]

Burlington vt, new arena on horizon, was floated before.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Lol didn't Vermont have an FHL team?

 

[Nightsquad]

Lol didn't Vermont have an FHL team?

Not in Burlington (states largest city), but almost forty minutes away in a small town playing out of a rec rink. The FHL team was supposed to be located at Jay Peak playing out of the Ice Haus arena lol but relocated to Morrisville VT I believe.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Not in Burlington (states largest city), but almost forty minutes away in a small town playing out of a rec rink. The FHL team was supposed to be located at Jay Peak playing out of the Ice Haus arena lol but relocated to Morrisville VT I believe.

Wasn't the team supposed to play at some resort?

 

[Predarat]

Memphis had a good thing going for a long time in the CHL, would they ever be able to jump into the ECHL or are they probably going to be SPHL for the foreseeable future?

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

Memphis had a good thing going for a long time in the CHL, would they ever be able to jump into the ECHL or are they probably going to be SPHL for the foreseeable future?

The Mississippi RiverKings (who represent the Memphis area) only averaged 2500 per game this year. Highly doubt they do that much better in the E.

 

[mk80]

One day Peoria will be back in, although it doesn't look like they're jumping up this year. After that my other list of cities I've mentioned in other threads contains: Houston, New Orleans, Sacremento, Worcester, Oklahoma City. Now some of those cities (Houston, NO, Sacremento) either need viable arenas, or would need to work out deals with local NBA ownership groups. So really for now the only likely additions on my list are OKC, Worcester, and Peoria

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

One day Peoria will be back in, although it doesn't look like they're jumping up this year. After that my other list of cities I've mentioned in other threads contains: Houston, New Orleans, Sacremento, Worcester, Oklahoma City. Now some of those cities (Houston, NO, Sacremento) either need viable arenas, or would need to work out deals with local NBA ownership groups. So really for now the only likely additions on my list are OKC, Worcester, and Peoria

OKC LIKELY won't see pro hockey again md 80, AND NO, the Barons/Blazers didn't have any connection with the Thunder, hence why there were 2 arenas there because there likely won't be any deal between any successors to Prodigal and the Thunder.