Railers website:Had comments from management, very happy with Islanders.The #Isles have extended their affiliation agreement with the Worcester Railers Hockey Club of the ECHL through the 2019-20 season. Details: https://t.co/Mq9PmmgN4E pic.twitter.com/VmDZCzL5ZJ
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) May 31, 2018
Showing posts with label Worcester Railers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Worcester Railers. Show all posts
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New York Affiliation With Worcester Through 2019-20 Season |
New York Islander Fan Central | 5/31/2018 01:07:00 PM |
Worcester Railers
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ECHL Worcester Expected NYI Affiliate Announcement In June |
New York Islander Fan Central | 3/02/2017 06:21:00 PM |
Andong Song
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Worcester Railers
Telegram.com Has interview/video with gm. Back to NYIFC update on this 1/17, this will become the Islanders new ECHL affiliate in June after the agreement with Missouri Expires.
The Railers' NHL affiliate, which can't be announced until the summer but is unofficially lined up to be the New York Islanders, appears to be exactly what Worcester had hoped for when it began looking for a partner.
As always prospect changes (including Andong Song to Cornell) are reflected in the prospect blog.
The Railers' NHL affiliate, which can't be announced until the summer but is unofficially lined up to be the New York Islanders, appears to be exactly what Worcester had hoped for when it began looking for a partner.
"We're extremely happy," Russell said. "We couldn't have scripted it any better. We were very diligent in the process and really think we hit a home run."
As always prospect changes (including Andong Song to Cornell) are reflected in the prospect blog.
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New York New ECHL Affiliate Possible In Worcester Railers |
New York Islander Fan Central | 1/18/2017 11:11:00 PM |
Missouri Mavericks
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Worcester Railers
Telegram.com on Worcester Railers joining ECHL, and NYI possible involvement sending officials, with agreement possible in three weeks with team leaving Missouri.
The team hopes to have an NHL affiliation in place well before it can sign free agents and that could happen as soon as three weeks from now, according to Rucker. Signs point to the Railers having a tentative agreement in place with the New York Islanders, whose AHL affiliate is a relatively short drive away in Bridgeport.
"We have no comment," Rucker said, "other than to say that the Railers are interested in doing business with people who want to do business with us and nothing has been signed yet."
The Islanders have shown substantial interest, going as far as sending a contingent of executives from their player development department up to Worcester to talk with Railers officials and look at the DCU Center last autumn.
The Islanders are affiliated with Missouri of the ECHL, but that's not a good geographical mix and Missouri has also gotten some St. Louis Blues prospects this year. However, the Islanders just fired head coach Jack Capuano and the franchise could be on the verge of a reorganization.
NYIFC Comments:
This is a new franchise that wants to get up and running quickly, the Blues being a part of the Missouri Mavericks affiliation with Islanders is only natural for them, the Islanders agreement expires there at the end of this season.
This would remove any chance of the Islanders putting an ECHL team in Nassau Coliseum or Webster Bank Arena doing Prokhorov-Ratner no favors with Ratner's agreement to supply an AHL team.
The team hopes to have an NHL affiliation in place well before it can sign free agents and that could happen as soon as three weeks from now, according to Rucker. Signs point to the Railers having a tentative agreement in place with the New York Islanders, whose AHL affiliate is a relatively short drive away in Bridgeport.
"We have no comment," Rucker said, "other than to say that the Railers are interested in doing business with people who want to do business with us and nothing has been signed yet."
The Islanders have shown substantial interest, going as far as sending a contingent of executives from their player development department up to Worcester to talk with Railers officials and look at the DCU Center last autumn.
The Islanders are affiliated with Missouri of the ECHL, but that's not a good geographical mix and Missouri has also gotten some St. Louis Blues prospects this year. However, the Islanders just fired head coach Jack Capuano and the franchise could be on the verge of a reorganization.
NYIFC Comments:
This is a new franchise that wants to get up and running quickly, the Blues being a part of the Missouri Mavericks affiliation with Islanders is only natural for them, the Islanders agreement expires there at the end of this season.
This would remove any chance of the Islanders putting an ECHL team in Nassau Coliseum or Webster Bank Arena doing Prokhorov-Ratner no favors with Ratner's agreement to supply an AHL team.