What league will the 2010-2011 Charlotte Checkers hockey team play in?
Wіth thе AHL Albany River Rats moving tο Charlotte аnd being renamed tο thе Charlotte Checkers, wіll thеrе bе two Charlotte Checkers teams (аn ECHL & аn AHL team), wіll thеу bе merged іntο one AHL team, οr wіll thе ECHL Checkers јυѕt dissappear?
The River Rats were sold to the current owner of the Checkers. As a result, the ECHL franchise was returned back to the league and the Checkers will only operate as an AHL team (and presumably still as the affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes). Any player that was on the Checkers under contract with the Avs or Rangers (as well as their AHL affiliates, the Lake Erie Monsters and Hartford Wolf Pack) will be reassigned to the franchises’ new ECHL affiliate team(s). Any player who was not stashed there under contract with one of the mother clubs will still have their rights owned by the Checkers, so I guess they will be merged in a manner.