UPDATE : Trois-Rivières Lions are still alive with a potential new owner. Newfoundland Growlers are FOLDING!
- Thread starter Martin Veillette
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Faith of both teams with the same owner will be decided at the league meetings next week.
Teams may fold next tuesday
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Teams may fold next tuesday
ECHL: Two Franchises in Jeopardy? | Inside The Rink
There has been plenty of talk and speculation throughout the last few months about the Newfoundland Growlers and Trois-Rivières Lions’ financial woes. As the end of the season is quickly approaching, the future for both franchises is starting to take shape. The Trois-Rivières Lions have been...
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CANADIENSFAN90
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They should both move to Manchester, and there can be 72 games a season there!
GindyDraws
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Travel expenses are a pain, likely.
But on the plus side, this may open the way for two teams in the US next season.
But on the plus side, this may open the way for two teams in the US next season.
JMCx4
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Yeah, baby, Manchester NH & St.Charles MO announcements to follow. Stay tuned.
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I just had to wish on that monkey's paw, didn't I?Yeah, baby, Manchester NH & St.Charles MO announcements to follow. Stay tuned.
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Guy commenting on the Inside the Rink article getting the ECHL confused with the FPHL. I'm not saying the ECHL pays good, but at least there is some money to be had.
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*holds phone to computer screen*
"Hey, Mr. ECHL board member! It's ya cousin from New Hampshire! You know that new franchise location you've been looking for? Get a load of this!"
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GindyDraws
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Here's the Hockey News on it.
Should be noted that Iowa was owned by the same person before they were sold, so thankfully they survived the culling.
JMCx4
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Time for the ECHL to tear a page from the tattered FHL hockey business strategy manual: the League takes ownership of the TR & Newfoundland franchises, makes each of them a traveling team for the remainder of the season (making sure neither club makes the playoffs because the optics would be blinding), then quietly liquidates the two businesses & proceeds as if they never existed. If the Fed can pull it off, the E can certainly do it. 
GindyDraws
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I mean, the ECHL already pretends teams that folded mid-season never happened in the record books.Time for the ECHL to tear a page from the tattered FHL hockey business strategy manual: the League takes ownership of the TR & Newfoundland franchises, makes each of them a traveling team for the remainder of the season (making sure neither club makes the playoffs because the optics would be blinding), then quietly liquidates the two businesses & proceeds as if they never existed. If the Fed can pull it off, the E can certainly do it.
The problem is that they just don't want to have to manage two teams, even if it's just to get them to the finish line. They'll pay the players, but they don't want to deal with the logistics.
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JMCx4
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Players in that situation have to focus on their hockey, as they are essentially "auditioning" for their next job.
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In this situation, they want to ensure that they find new employers next season. So it behooves they to play good.
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TROIS-RIVIERES --) NEW OWNER & CONTINUE
NEWFOUNDLAND --) OFFICIALLY FOLD
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