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Originally Posted by pelts35.com
While there is nothing on the Nailers website, there is an article in this weekend's NY Times that references the affiliation...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/sp...8aviators.html
"The Aviators recently became an official rung on the ladder to the N.H.L. The Federal Hockey League is an independent minor league, roughly equivalent to Class A in baseball. The Aviators became an affiliate of the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL" |
If the Aviators are getting press in the Times, no matter how few column inches they're getting, that's absolutely a plus for the Federal League. It'd be nice if they had an actual 3-4000 seat arena to play in, instead of just a community ice rink with barely 1000 seats.
If/when the AAHL goes belly-up, if the Federal League can build a strong NY franchise and bring the Troy Bruins in, they might be on to something.