((HT: Howlings.net/Cantlon))
Gerry Cantlon says that the formulation of a Pacific Division in the AHL could go down by the 2015-16 season...
When the CHL's Denver Cuthroats and Arizona Sundogs pulled out of their upcoming season, it set off a new set of alarm bells. Two sources to Cantlon have those two teams bought by the Avalanche and (another team). They go immediately into the American.
Here's the rest of the West as of now from Cantlon:
The original five would be LA (from Manchester to Ontario, CA), San Jose (Worcester to Fresno, CA), Winnipeg (St. John’s to Thunder Bay), Phoenix and Anaheim.
Anaheim who will go to San Diego and play out of the Valley View Casino Center (12.920) is said to be the last team that needs to buy an AHL franchise and then apply to relocate as per AHL standard franchise rules.
Expect the merger talks of what's left of the CHL and the ECHL to pick up speed now- Allen, Brampton, Quad City, Rapid City, St. Charles, Tulsa, and Wichita could feasibly slide- if they all are alive. But, the Central would have to live on its own for the 14-15 season since the ECHL schedule is already locked in place.
Here's what Allen did to get into the CHL history books at the end of last season...
((HT: CHL/Todd Carr))
Remember, in our initial report of the ECHL/CHL merger, faithful readers pointed out St. Charles might be out of commission and that would put the CHL at the 6-team minimum for official league designation.
As a bit of a trade, Cantlon continues, the eastern franchises in the AHL would drop to the ECHL for 15-16: Utica, Glens Falls, Worcester, Springfield, Portland and Manchester.
So, then, the ECHL in 2015-16 would go like this under the Cantlon variant... a 31-team monster of a league that would have a one-team affiliation with NHL franchises across the board with one team left over...
Northeast
Utica
Glens Falls
Worcester
Springfield
Portland
Manchester
Brampton
Midwest Division
Reading Royals
Wheeling Nailers
Elmira Jackals
Kalamazoo Wings
Cincinnati Cyclones
Toledo Walleye
Southeast Division
Fort Wayne Komets
Evansville IceMen
South Carolina Stingrays
Orlando Solar Bears
Greenville Road Warriors
Florida Everblades
Gwinnett Gladiators
Indianapolis (expansion)
Central Division (All CHL)
Allen, Texas
Missouri
Rapid City
Quad City
Tulsa
Wichita
Western Division
Alaska Aces
Utah Grizzlies
Idaho Steelheads
Colorado Eagles
Showing posts with label merger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label merger. Show all posts
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
ECHL and CHL To Merge...???
((HT: Pro Hockey Talk/Mahiban))
The HQ finds this interesting on a few fronts...
Dhiren Mahiban is rolling off a Tweet from agent Darryl Wolski that says the two leagues are in talk to come together.
Mahiban is maintaining that the Western Division of the ECHL- long an odd situation with regular season and playoffs with their four teams- could be losing them all to the American Hockey League so they could have a true Western Division base.
Which makes sense...
In return, the Central Hockey League, with ten teams of their own could help squinch the geography of the ECHL if they merge leagues.
It would project out to something like this in the ECHL/CHL of 2015-2016.
Northeast Division
Brampton
Reading Royals
Wheeling Nailers
Elmira Jackals
Kalamazoo Wings
Cincinnati Cyclones
Toldeo Walleye
Southeast Division
Fort Wayne Komets
Evansville IceMen
South Carolina Stingrays
Orlando Solar Bears
Greenville Road Warriors
Florida Everblades
Gwinnett Gladiators
Indianapolis (expansion)
Central Division (All CHL)
Allen, Texas
Missouri
Rapid City
Quad City
Tulsa
Wichita
St. Charles
Western Division
Denver
Arizona
Alaska Aces
Utah Grizzlies
Idaho Steelheads
Colorado Eagles
And they'd all be chasing what Alaska did last season
((HT: Alaska Aces their own selves))
This is contingent on the Western Division currently all being taken as a block- leaving the four teams currently in the projected West.
And it also presents an interesting issue when it comes to talent. The Central Hockey League is considered, in some circles to be more like single-A baseball while the ECHL is double-A. How would the ECHL front offices mesh with their triple-A brothers and how would the single-A front offices mesh with their double-A brothers...???
Both financially and in personnel matters...
Food for thought for all of the teams in the three leagues to figure out if this comes to pass...
The HQ finds this interesting on a few fronts...
Dhiren Mahiban is rolling off a Tweet from agent Darryl Wolski that says the two leagues are in talk to come together.
Mahiban is maintaining that the Western Division of the ECHL- long an odd situation with regular season and playoffs with their four teams- could be losing them all to the American Hockey League so they could have a true Western Division base.
Which makes sense...
In return, the Central Hockey League, with ten teams of their own could help squinch the geography of the ECHL if they merge leagues.
It would project out to something like this in the ECHL/CHL of 2015-2016.
Northeast Division
Brampton
Reading Royals
Wheeling Nailers
Elmira Jackals
Kalamazoo Wings
Cincinnati Cyclones
Toldeo Walleye
Southeast Division
Fort Wayne Komets
Evansville IceMen
South Carolina Stingrays
Orlando Solar Bears
Greenville Road Warriors
Florida Everblades
Gwinnett Gladiators
Indianapolis (expansion)
Central Division (All CHL)
Allen, Texas
Missouri
Rapid City
Quad City
Tulsa
Wichita
St. Charles
Western Division
Denver
Arizona
Alaska Aces
Utah Grizzlies
Idaho Steelheads
Colorado Eagles
And they'd all be chasing what Alaska did last season
((HT: Alaska Aces their own selves))
This is contingent on the Western Division currently all being taken as a block- leaving the four teams currently in the projected West.
And it also presents an interesting issue when it comes to talent. The Central Hockey League is considered, in some circles to be more like single-A baseball while the ECHL is double-A. How would the ECHL front offices mesh with their triple-A brothers and how would the single-A front offices mesh with their double-A brothers...???
Both financially and in personnel matters...
Food for thought for all of the teams in the three leagues to figure out if this comes to pass...
Friday, April 25, 2014
OSG NAIA: Southern Poly's End Of The End...
The HQ does some television programming for the premier conference in the NAIA- the Southern States Athletic Conference...
And, as is the case these days, mergers and acquisitions can't even escape the land of colleges and universities...
The University System of Georgia had a round of mergers and dissolves within the past year that had an effect on two Atlanta-area universities: Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University. Southern Poly ranked highly in a lot of categories state-wide including enrollment increases, test scores, and all those academic-type things that keeps you desirable and profitable in a university system.
But, at the end of the day confusing a lot of people, Southern Poly was told THEY were the ones who were going to be merged with Kennesaw and not going to be left to their own devices as a technology university.
That meant one thing- a lot of people were going to lose their jobs...
And even more students were going to be displaced athletically in four sports...
The Hornets have a history: The baseball, soccer, and basketball teams have won conference titles and made plenty of post-season appearances in the NAIA tournaments. This season alone, the women's basketball team under LaQuanda Dawkins won the SSAC Eastern Division title and made an appearance in the NAIA tournament in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Here's that story about leaving a legacy in the "Southern States Showcase" TV program from early March
The segment airs at the 9:45 mark...
((HT: Workhorse Video Productions))
And the baseball team is ranked in the top-20 in the country...
The issue with the transition in the first place is always the "when..."
Initially, the thought was that SPSU players, coaches, and personnel would have another year to figure out their futures. But that idea got squashed and put the slow fade of the Hornets on a fast track. As a result, when teams would lose their last game of the 2013-2014 season, it would be their last loss ever.
Like the last home game for the men's basketball team...
((HT: Taylor McDonald))
And, this weekend, the last home game for regular-season baseball... a three-game, two-day series against the University of Mobile. The two teams split the Thursday double-header which led to Senior Day on Friday.
The outgoing president, Dr. Lisa Rossbacher, was there with her husband and pit bull mix- wearing a Southern Poly hat that was given out to all who wanted one. Her husband, a St. Louis Cardinals fan, had as a condition to them getting married that she had to learn how to score a baseball game.
She can do that, by the way...
The day had more of an Irish wake feel to it than a baseball game if you knew what was going on. People could have lunch, take their picture taken with the Hornets' mascot (who, from the looks of things, was well on his or her way to losing a good ten pounds in water weight), play side-show games, or watch the game itself. And, by the transitory nature of the crowd, it seemed like people would come by. They just couldn't stomach hanging around for the end.
Both literal and figurative...
After the last regular season game with the Rams, all that is left of a six-decade athletics program is the conference tournament and a possible trip to regionals-slash-nationals...
And that's it...
No more nothing... except alums and a Hall of Fame-to be...
And it also makes you wonder... do you claim your alma mater with a sense of pride or hide from it once your school is eaten up in today's view of colleges and universities...??? All the banners in the gym get rolled up. The floor gets put somewhere unless Kennesaw wants to use the facility for intramurals and the same goes for baseball...
All you're left with are memories because you're history...
As both an imperative and an adjective...
UPDATE: So you know, naturally, the last game on campus lasted a while... especially near the end...
Mobile broke out to a 6-0 lead, but Southern Poly scored three in the 7th and 10 in the 8th...
Southern Poly sent 15 hitters to the plate in the 8th inning, scoring 10 runs on six hits after the inning started with a walk, two hit-batsmen, a walk and a grand slam. There were 14 pitchers used in the game, including eight by SPSU. Mobile pitchers issued 18 walks and hit five batters in the game. Southern Poly left 15 runners on base and the Rams nine.
It was Senior Day for Southern Poly’s eight senior players - Chris Dykes, Forrest Garrett, Chad Livingston, Dalton Martinez, Reese Patten, Tyler Roach, Zach Smith and Khirus Ware
Southern Poly finishes their last regular season going 38-16 and will play Wednesday in the conference tournament in Montgomery.
And, as is the case these days, mergers and acquisitions can't even escape the land of colleges and universities...
The University System of Georgia had a round of mergers and dissolves within the past year that had an effect on two Atlanta-area universities: Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University. Southern Poly ranked highly in a lot of categories state-wide including enrollment increases, test scores, and all those academic-type things that keeps you desirable and profitable in a university system.
But, at the end of the day confusing a lot of people, Southern Poly was told THEY were the ones who were going to be merged with Kennesaw and not going to be left to their own devices as a technology university.
That meant one thing- a lot of people were going to lose their jobs...
And even more students were going to be displaced athletically in four sports...
The Hornets have a history: The baseball, soccer, and basketball teams have won conference titles and made plenty of post-season appearances in the NAIA tournaments. This season alone, the women's basketball team under LaQuanda Dawkins won the SSAC Eastern Division title and made an appearance in the NAIA tournament in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Here's that story about leaving a legacy in the "Southern States Showcase" TV program from early March
The segment airs at the 9:45 mark...
((HT: Workhorse Video Productions))
And the baseball team is ranked in the top-20 in the country...
The issue with the transition in the first place is always the "when..."
Initially, the thought was that SPSU players, coaches, and personnel would have another year to figure out their futures. But that idea got squashed and put the slow fade of the Hornets on a fast track. As a result, when teams would lose their last game of the 2013-2014 season, it would be their last loss ever.
Like the last home game for the men's basketball team...
((HT: Taylor McDonald))
And, this weekend, the last home game for regular-season baseball... a three-game, two-day series against the University of Mobile. The two teams split the Thursday double-header which led to Senior Day on Friday.
The outgoing president, Dr. Lisa Rossbacher, was there with her husband and pit bull mix- wearing a Southern Poly hat that was given out to all who wanted one. Her husband, a St. Louis Cardinals fan, had as a condition to them getting married that she had to learn how to score a baseball game.
She can do that, by the way...
The day had more of an Irish wake feel to it than a baseball game if you knew what was going on. People could have lunch, take their picture taken with the Hornets' mascot (who, from the looks of things, was well on his or her way to losing a good ten pounds in water weight), play side-show games, or watch the game itself. And, by the transitory nature of the crowd, it seemed like people would come by. They just couldn't stomach hanging around for the end.
Both literal and figurative...
After the last regular season game with the Rams, all that is left of a six-decade athletics program is the conference tournament and a possible trip to regionals-slash-nationals...
And that's it...
No more nothing... except alums and a Hall of Fame-to be...
And it also makes you wonder... do you claim your alma mater with a sense of pride or hide from it once your school is eaten up in today's view of colleges and universities...??? All the banners in the gym get rolled up. The floor gets put somewhere unless Kennesaw wants to use the facility for intramurals and the same goes for baseball...
All you're left with are memories because you're history...
As both an imperative and an adjective...
UPDATE: So you know, naturally, the last game on campus lasted a while... especially near the end...
Mobile broke out to a 6-0 lead, but Southern Poly scored three in the 7th and 10 in the 8th...
Southern Poly sent 15 hitters to the plate in the 8th inning, scoring 10 runs on six hits after the inning started with a walk, two hit-batsmen, a walk and a grand slam. There were 14 pitchers used in the game, including eight by SPSU. Mobile pitchers issued 18 walks and hit five batters in the game. Southern Poly left 15 runners on base and the Rams nine.
It was Senior Day for Southern Poly’s eight senior players - Chris Dykes, Forrest Garrett, Chad Livingston, Dalton Martinez, Reese Patten, Tyler Roach, Zach Smith and Khirus Ware
Southern Poly finishes their last regular season going 38-16 and will play Wednesday in the conference tournament in Montgomery.
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