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Will delay in Palm Springs arena cause AHL scramble for NHL Seattle?
By Andy Eide The groundbreaking celebration was set for February 18th in the California desert. Free tickets had been distributed and presumably ceremonial shovels were acquired for various photo ops as the excitement for a new hockey arena in Palm Springs was building. Five days prior to the event, it was cancelled. The arena in […]
Palm Springs it is!
The American Hockey League announced Monday that NHL Seattle and the Oak View Group has been awarded the 32nd AHL franchise to be NHL Seattle’s minor league affiliate. The franchise will play in a new arena located on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in Palm Springs, California slated to open September 2021. This should not come […]
NHL Seattle and OVG apply for AHL expansion in Palm Springs to go with new arena
By Andy Eide Oak View Group, along with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, announced Wednesday plans to build a 10,000 seat arena in Palm Springs, California. Further, OVG and NHL Seattle have jointly applied to the American Hockey League for an expansion team, beginning play in 2021. NHL Seattle had previously said it […]
American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Final has a distinct Northwest flavor
By Andy Eide Chicago and Charlotte are two cities that sit thousands of miles away from Seattle. Yet, as the Chicago Wolves get set to play the Charlotte Checkers in the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Final, both teams have a distinct Northwest flavor. Game 1 of the Final gets underway Saturday night in Charlotte […]
Quick Hits: GM, AHL, and the WHL Bantam Draft
Yesterday proved to be a relatively newsworthy day for Seattle hockey fans. General Manager After the Vegas Golden Knights were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs last week, the Seattle fan base was keeping an eye on Vegas Assistant General Manager Kelly McCrimmon’s next move. McCrimmon had been widely speculated as one of the top […]
What to look for in 2019
As we recover from our NHL franchise awarding hangover of December, it’s time to start looking forward. Here are some of the topics we should be tracking in 2019. It is a bit speculative and it is unclear if and/or how the delay from 2020-21 to 2021-22 will impact some of these topics. A Team […]
Part 2: The AHL Candidates
Last week I posted the first part of the two-part series. If you would have asked me a month ago where I thought the AHL franchise would be, my list would have been totally different than what I am posting here. It wasn’t until I did the research on the current AHL landscape that I […]
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