04-05 City changes, league by league

[jb4725]

OK, so like last summer, I will keep a posting of the franchise transfers in the key hockey leagues. If there is a "*" by a city name, then it is a rumour, or at least uncomfirmed:

WHA
In - Dallas, Detroit, Florida, Halifax, Quebec City, Hamilton, Toronto, and one of: Cincinnati, Vancouver & Winnipeg

AHL
In - Edmonton
OUt - Toronto Roadrunners

ECHL
IN - Victoria Salmon Kings
out - Cincinnati Cyclones, Columbus Cottonmouths, Greensboro Generals, Roanoke Express

WHA2
Out - Alabama, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Macon, Miami, Orlando

SPHL
in - Asheville, Cape Fear, Columbus, Huntsville, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Macon, Orlando*, Winstron-Salem

UHL
In - Danbury Trashers, Kansas City, Motor City (Fraser MI)

CHL
Out - Indianapolis Ice
In - Topeka Tarantulas

SEHL
suspend operations (probably)

LHNA (Ligue de Hockey Nord-American (formarlly QSMHL))
Out - Pont-Rouge Caron&Guay, Trois Rivieres Vikings, Sorel, St Jeasn, Riviere-du-Loup
In - Trois Rivieres (new franchise), Sorel-Tracey


USHL
Out - Danville Wings, St Louis Eagles
In - Indiana Ice

NAHL
Out - Fernie Ghostriders, Central Texas*

OHA Jr A
In - Huntsville Otters

AJHL
In - Spruce Grove Saints
Out - St Albert Saints, Crowsnest Pass

MJAHL
in - Pictou County Crushers, Halifax Wolverines (new franchise)
out - Halifax Team Pepsi

LHJAAAQ
in - St Lawrence College Lions

There will be plenty more news on the SEHL, EHL and NAHL to come. Keep looking, I'll post more as I find it.
JB

[SBarrett39]

Is the WHA the new World Hockey Association and the WHA2 is defunct? Also I though Huntsville and Winston-Salem were playing in the South East Hockey League again.

[jb4725]

WHA = World hockey association
The WHA2 has morphed into the EHL (Eastern Hockey League) after a falling out between David Waronker and the WHA.
Huntsville pulled out of the SEHL April 23rd, and Winston Salem followed suit on May 18. The EHL though has a few problems already, as the Orlando Seals owe the city of Orlando a fair chunk of change. The Lakeland Loggerheads website no long is in operation, if that means anything. The Alabama franchise is a bit different. Some reports have the Pelham AL franchise going to the SEHL, so that may mean the Birmingham team is the Pelham team, and the Alabama Slammers will be in Birmingham instead of Pelham (which I guess is close by, I can't say I really know That much about Alabama geography...)
There are reports still that have the Asheville franchise in the SEHL, in the EHL and not existing at all. The SEHL is said to be looking at Columbus GA for this season, and Savannah GA, Huntington WV, Cincinnati OH for 0506.
From reading some of the debate on the Hunstville message boards, there is a fair bit of skepticism in the South about the leagues.
JB

[bigm16]

I thought winnipeg is going to be in the new wha.

[jb4725]

not accoding to the WHA website, and it is not even listed as a potential site:
Birmingham, Alabama
Cincinnati, Ohio
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Montréal, Québec
Phoenix, Arizona
Toledo, Ohio
Don't ask me, I'd put a team there.

JB

[Yooper Hockey]

NCAA

FINDLEY OILERS OUT

ROBERT MORRIS IN CHA

[jb4725]

EHL will go by SHL to avoid confusion with ECHL.

UHL - in - Kansas City
JB

[jb4725]

Updated at the top...
JB

[KCSCOUTS]

Add Frasier, MI as a maybe to the UHL

[TDHarvey9]

It looks like Orlando, and Jacksonville have dropped out of the WHA.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=88202

[johnstown jets]

anyone have an update about the kansas city entry into the UHL?

wondering if it was gonna happen for the upcoming seaon.

thanks

[KCSCOUTS]

Originally posted by johnstown jets
anyone have an update about the kansas city entry into the UHL?

wondering if it was gonna happen for the upcoming seaon.

thanks


There will be a annoucement around July 8

[johnstown jets]

thanks for the info .

i was hoping for the ahl but at least its a start in the right direction.

[jb4725]

update

[Theo]

I heard that Toronto Leafs' AHL team was going to move to Toronto from St-John (Newfoundland)

[KCSCOUTS]

Kansas City's team names it the Outlaws.

[johnstown jets]

was hoping they would dig into the past and call them the
SCOUTS. but at least we have hockey back in KC.