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Old 07-12-2016, 04:35 PM   #1
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Default Matt DeBlouw signs with ECHL Wichita Thunder

Treliving confirmed the Flames wouldn't be offering DeBlouw a contract at development camp.

Would have been a free agent on August 15, but I believe the Flames gave him permission to talk to other teams.

Not this is the Wichita Thunder, not to be confused with the Flames ECHL affiliate Adirondack Thunder.

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I'm excited to be a member of the @Wichita_Thunder next season! I am extremely blessed for this opportunity.
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Old 07-12-2016, 04:48 PM   #2
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Last I knew, Wichita was the only ECHL team without an NHL affiliation. I haven't been to a game in several years but maybe I should go to a few this year.

I haven't been since they joined the ECHL, I imagine the hockey is a little better than in the old Central Hockey League days.
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Old 07-13-2016, 12:26 AM   #3
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Glad to see him sign with a team. He seemed like a really good kid, and I couldn't help but pull for the kid after I heard his story (his father's passing). Will be rooting for this kid to continue making strides.
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Wichita is now affiliated with the Senators, btw.
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Note this is the Wichita Thunder, not to be confused with the Flames ECHL affiliate Adirondack Thunder.
Wait, wut? There are two teams called the "Thunder" in the ECHL?

Is this like a Roughriders and Rough Riders type of thing?
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Old 07-15-2016, 11:24 PM   #6
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Wait, wut? There are two teams called the "Thunder" in the ECHL?

Is this like a Roughriders and Rough Riders type of thing?
I don't know the story behind the Roughriders names but when the ECHL absorbed the Central League thw Wichita Thunder were one of the teams that were kept.
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