The "Future AHL?" thread, 2012-13 season edition

[Shrimper]

Imagine the travel in that Western Division.

 

[HansH]

Question by somebody who doesn't follow minor hockey all that close.

I remember a few years back, people said Fort Wayne would never move out of the CHL due to some issue with the PHPA. Anybody know what changed?

People were saying that Fort Wayne would never move out of the _U_HL (and it's renamed successor the IHL) because of the PHPA situation -- the CHL is actually already represented by the PHPA.

Apparently some money changed hands once the Frankes decided to play in/with the CHL, and the PHPA issue went away -- which is probably all the PHPA wanted in the first place, was monies they felt they were owed that were not paid when the Frankes left the IHL (the original one, not the recent "resurrection") back in 1999.

So, clearly no longer an issue, as the Komets played in both the CHL and ECHL in the last three seasons, both of which are represented by the PHPA.

 

[adsfan]

Keep in mind when you bump those ECHL teams up to the A, attendance will drop with the increase in ticket prices. Just look at OKC. Barons attendance is half or less what the Blazers' was.

Why use the data from 3 months ago, instead of 3 days ago?