The Chicago Bandits are on the market and have been looked into by various prospects. the newest being this morning 6/1/02 "The league feels we will have an owner for the team with in the next two weeks. If no owner is found will we be forced to hold the ownership and have the league run the team. we dont want tpo have to do that but we have seven owners waiting for the league to kick off and we must take care of our owners." Said league President Michael S. Olson.
franchise. The League and new ownership have come to an agreement to
bring hockey back to the city of
Jacksonville Fl.
The new team will begin play next
season as the first expansion team of the
NAHL."We think this will be a great
addition to the league and we also feel
the city of Jacksonville deserve a second
chance. The ECHL moved out and left the
city with no hockey. The old Sunshine Hockey League and then the Southern hockey
League both folded on us and i know we can bring a good fan base to the league ,so we are looking forward to having hockey back in Northeast Florida.
The Indianapolis Speed have been sold and moved to Detroit Michigan. I hated to move a team before the seaon or league even started but with out a stadium you cant have a game. with to many problems in Indianapolis we felt it had to be done this way. the New owner Michael Olson felt it would be a better fit to be home in Detroit
The New York pride will be the newest team to play in the NAHL. With the enterance of the Pride we have moved one step closer to the start of the first season . The Pride are owned and Operated by Edwin MacDugall who also owns the las vegas gamblers of the MSHL.Edwin was brought in to help stablize the league in the northern division. We feel he will be a great addition to the league and hope to see him build a great franchise in New York.
owner shows interest in new league
ChrisHileman owner of the Tokyo Typhoon MSHL hockey team has shown interest in the new league and is expected to buy into the league. Long time freind of League owner and president Michael S. Olson , Chris has come to know the hockey Buisness very well and would be an excellent addition to the league in any form.
I feel we have a good base to start our league. We can build from this, Its easier to build up if we have to instead of foldoing franchises because we started tro big. I dont want to be like the Old WHA,WFL,USFL,SHL I want to start small if we need to then we can expand. the only expansion we have planned is for two teams next season. Thats just because we were gonna start with 10 teams but we needed the extra time to get them started correctly.