Tucson AHL team
Tucson | |
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City | Tucson, Arizona |
League | American Hockey League (AHL) |
Conference | Western Conference |
Division | Pacific Division |
Founded | 1994 |
Home arena | Tucson Convention Center |
Colors | TBA |
Owner(s) | IceArizona, LLC Andrew Barroway |
General manager | TBD |
Head coach | TBD |
Affiliates | Arizona Coyotes (NHL) Rapid City Rush (ECHL) |
Franchise history | |
1994–2016 | Springfield Falcons |
2016–present | Tucson |
The Tucson AHL team is a currently-unnamed professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) which will begin play for the 2016–17 season. Based in Tucson, Arizona and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Arizona Coyotes, the team will play its home games at the Tucson Convention Center.
History
On April 19, 2016, the Arizona Coyotes announced that they had reached an agreement to purchase their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons, and would relocate the team to Tucson for the 2016–17 season.[1][2] Said purchase and relocation was contingent on three approvals; the first from Rio Nuevo (Tucson's downtown revitalization authority) to invest $3.2 million in arena upgrades to bring the Convention Center to professional-quality standards was approved on April 26,[3] the second from the AHL Board of Governors to conditionally approve the purchase and relocation of the Coyotes was approved on May 10,[4] and the third from the Tucson City Council for a 10-year lease with the Convention Center was approved on May 17.[5][6]
A name-the-team contest is currently in progress, continuing until May 31 with the winner announced at a later date.[7]
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