AHL NEWS
The American Hockey League announced today its Conference and Divisional Alignment for the 2001-2002 season.
The realignment features nine new American Hockey League cities, bringing the League’s membership to 27 teams in six divisions and two conferences.
Western Conference
West Central South
Houston Rochester Philadelphia
Utah Syracuse Hershey
Chicago Cincinnati Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Grand Rapids Cleveland Norfolk
Milwaukee
Eastern Conference
East North Canadian
Albany Lowell Hamilton
Hartford Worcester Saint John
Springfield Portland St. John's
Providence Manchester Quebec
Bridgeport Manitoba
Each AHL club will play an unbalanced 80 game schedule featuring traditional and regional rivalries. The schedule format detailing the frequency of games between opponents will be announced Tuesday June 19 at noon est.
AHL FASTFACTS
The 1999 Providence Bruins set a League record as they tallied a combined regular season and playoff win tally of 71 games, including another League record of 10 playoff home wins, en route to the Calder Cup Championship.
TODAY IN HOCKEY
June 18, 1992 the Ottawa Senators make goaltender Peter Sidorkiewicz the first overall pick in the NHL expansion draft.
|
