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Old 01-28-2015, 01:06 PM   #1
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The AHL will hold a news conference in San Jose on Thursday and the Adirondack Flames will hold one locally on Friday. It would make sense for those announcements to be about the new Pacific Division of the AHL. The league could announce those moves and then the Flames could announce a new ECHL team.

Under threat of being fined, no one is talking about what happened at the AHL Board of Governors meeting on Sunday. However, league president Dave Andrews alluded to a vote having been taken and passed.

He said the board can vote to approve a proposal contingent on conditions and it will not have been passed but another vote does not have to be taken to approve the proposal.

Therefore, it is conceivable that the board voted to approve the creation of a Pacific Division contingent on something like the sales of a few organizations. Anaheim is reportedly buying its AHL affiliate in Norfolk and Calgary is in the process of buying the ECHL team in Stockton, California. That would give the league the loophole of saying the proposal had not been approved after the meeting and then it could approve it and announce when it wanted.

That is the announcement expected in San Jose on Thursday. The Adirondack Flames would then be open to announce that they are moving to the ECHL on Friday.
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#Flames are set to move their AHL affiliate to Stockton, California. The ECHL's Stockton Thunder will become the Adirondack Thunder.
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Come on lightning bolt mascot. Don't screw this one up Adirondack!
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Old 01-28-2015, 03:52 PM   #4
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I hope they just change the colour of the vikings beard and keep the rest. Something like



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Following Calgary’s purchase of the Stockton Thunder and the approval from both the ECHL and the AHL Board of Governors, the Flames have made a transfer of teams between the two leagues. Stockton will become the newest market in the American Hockey League and will operate as Calgary’s primary development affiliate. The Flames new ECHL franchise will relocate to Glens Falls beginning the 2015-16 season.

“We are excited that we have been able to structure agreements that allow us to secure both markets to play an important role in the development process of the Calgary Flames,” said Flames President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke. “Glens Falls has been a tremendous partner in the first season of our relationship and it was vital for us to maintain such a hockey rich environment for our prospects. At the same time, we have been able to move our AHL program closer to home on the west coast. In a short period, Stockton has become a very successful hockey market and we look forward to building on that success with the American Hockey League.”
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reports are that the lease between the arena ownership group and the ECHL group is 3 years starting next season.
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The Ontario Reign have told their season ticket holders the Pacific Division is expected to play 68 games next year.

Rest of AHL plays 76.
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How does that possibly work with regards to playoffs etc..
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How does that possibly work with regards to playoffs etc..
If I had to guess I'd say 4 point games against some East coast opponents.
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