Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Flyers have new minor-league affiliate



The Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday announced that they have signed an affiliate agreement with the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL, replacing the one they had with the Wheeling Nailers.

The Wheeling agreement was a split between Philly and the Pittsburgh Penguins, and was necessary three years ago when the New Jersey Devils bought the Trenton Titans outright.

This is the furthest that Flyers prospects have been located from Philadelphia since the club had its AHL team in Quebec City in the late 60s-early 70's.

The franchise is located in Biloxi, one of the towns obliterated by Hurricane Katrina in August, 2005. After their home arena was destroyed, the Sea Wolves went on hiatus for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons before making a triumphant return last year.

Now, what remains to be seen is where the AHL Phantoms will end up after the Spectrum is torn down after the current season.

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