itsjustsurvival
These are my last, last words
Richmond had great minor league teams in the ECHL, AHL, and others before city mismanagement (lack of arena maintenance, terrible lease-terms, and other stuff) drove them away.
I live in Richmond and have played hockey here for quite a while. There still a pretty good amount of hockey players/interest. But I just don’t see us getting a team back (ECHL or better).
In regards to local hockey we have two rinks and like 40 adult league teams that play on both rinks.
Our south side rink is falling apart. The west end rink is a bit nicer but does not really focus on hockey as much as it should. For example: at neither rink can you show up for a game and expect to get your skates sharpened. They don’t keep people on staff that know how most of the time. Just seems lazy. But I pay to play on two teams and have done so for almost a decade, so I guess I’m a sucker.