AHL fans favourite NHL team

[saskriders]

Are you a fan of your NHL affiliate, or your closest NHL team?

[adsfan]

Nashville Predators. They are the Milwaukee Admirals' NHL affiliate since 1998.

[fordaith]

What about vice-versa?

I'm a Bruins fan after growing up in Boston, but living in the Hampton Roads area, I've a fan of the Norfolk Admirals.

[Rumblick]

I'm a "neither" as well. I'm a Hershey Bears fan, living in Hershey, but a NY Ranger fan, having grown up in New York.

[LightningCRUNCH Fan]

I'm a Fan of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the (Syracuse CRUNCHES NHL Affiliate), #TampaCuse.

[MinWild1]

I'm from and live in Wisconsin.

I'm a Milwaukee Admirals fan, and have been a Minnesota Wild fan since there existence(I became a fan of Hockey right around the time the Wild were an expansion team)

I guess I never became a Predators fan(The Admirals Affiliate), because it is so far from Wisconsin and even though they have been affiliated with the Admirals since 1998, what if an AHL team would relocate to Knoxville, Memphis, or Chattanooga? I am sure the Predators would want to affiliate with them in a heartbeat and then there would be no point in being a Predators fan for me anymore.

[No Fun Shogun]

Yeah, vice versa for me as well. Hawks fan first and foremost, but I'm also a Wolves fan. If I lived closer to Rockford or Peoria, they'd probably be my AHL team.

[Disengage]

The closest NHL team is also the affiliate of my local team.

[OKHoosier41218]

Count me as a neither, as OKC is my AHL team and the Stars are the closest NHL team. I have developed an interest in the Oilers, but its because of the Barons.

[MM658]

Springfield, Mass. is my home market.
I've been a Boston Bruins fan for 30+ years.
I've been a Springfield Indians/Falcons fan for even longer.

During that time, the Indians/Falcons have had probably about a dozen parent clubs. If I changed my NHL allegiance based strictly on Springfield's affiliate, by now I would need psychotherapy for multiple personality disorder.

So, for me, it has always been "local NHL team." (Ignoring the fact that the Hartford Whalers were actually more local for me when they existed...)

[Misfit Semin]

It so happened to work out for me when the ECHL Checkers became the AHL Checker and affiliated with the Hurricanes.

I live about 30 mins from the Checkers and 3 hours from the Canes.

[Jackets Woodchuck]

closest team. fan of the Lake Erie Monsters and Columbus Blue Jackets.

[Shrimper]

I read the title wrong. I read it the other way round.

But If I was purely an AHL fan then It'd still be the affiliate NHL team.

[go_leafs_go02]

I'll go to about 5 Heat games, including 2 games against the Marlies.

Don't hate the Heat, cheer for them when the Marlies aren't playing, but cheer for the Marlies when they're in town.

[WranglersFan1017]

Chicago Blackhawks are mine!