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Oilers Break it off with the Barons
by Lisa Brown on 12/18/14 at 03:44 PM ET
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From Mike Johnston at Sportsnet:
The Oklahoma City Barons, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers, announced Thursday it will cease operations at the end of the 2014-15 season.
The decision comes after the Barons were unable to complete a new affiliation agreement with the Oilers. The Barons have been the Oilers’ AHL affiliate since the 2010-11 AHL season.
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It’s unfortunate for the hockey fans in OKC that it has to end this way. While unlikely, I hope the organization can find a way to continue to operate. The decision to shut down sounds rather hasty.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 12/18/14 at 05:20 PM ET
Alan, the AHL is planning to move a bunch of teams west, so this is probably the first of many of this type of news.
Posted by NHLJeff from Pens fan in Denver on 12/18/14 at 05:42 PM ET
OKC supported the shit out of the old Blazers hockey team of the CHL, regularly leading league attendance with ~9k per game. After they lost the Blazers and picked up an AHL team I thought it would take off, but they never seemed to grab ahold of the city like the Blazers did.
Posted by aerodude on 12/18/14 at 08:07 PM ET
Oilers don’t need an AHL team. That’s what the big club is for.
Posted by bigdee89 from The Great White North Eh? on 12/19/14 at 12:17 AM ET
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