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Uhl Now The Ihl

Post by iceman » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:06 pm

Does anyone know what was the reason(s) why the uhl folded and started the ihl? just wondering if anyone had some info about it.

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Post by tops804 » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:01 am

Really it didn't fold, much more it was reformed. The UHL had lost most of its
teams (Primarily in the Central and Northeastern United States) due to low
interest or moving to other leagues.

The league decided to focus its interest back in the Northern tier of the
Midwest. The rebranding pays homage to the days of the old IHL, whose
primary locales were in Michigan, Indiana, Ontario and Ohio.
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Post by rams80 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:44 am

I was going to say tarnish the memory...especially since they also have a "Turner Cup" now. But yes...rebrand to play off the memories of the old circuit.
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Post by HockeyRulez » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:11 am

[quote=""tops804""]Really it didn't fold, much more it was reformed. The UHL had lost most of its
teams (Primarily in the Central and Northeastern United States) due to low
interest or moving to other leagues.

The league decided to focus its interest back in the Northern tier of the
Midwest. The rebranding pays homage to the days of the old IHL, whose
primary locales were in Michigan, Indiana, Ontario and Ohio.[/quote]

This has worked out well.........

I just wish they woulda done it after the 05-06 season when Danbury was caught cheating, Adirondack couldn't get a lease, Richmond and Roanoke folded, along with Motor City. I feel bad for Elmira(not just being a fan)but what they had to go through, it was ridiculous, only non Midwestern team. The happenings with the Danbury and Adirondack situations happened far too late in the offseason. The funny thing is, if Adirondack had no lease how were the Phantoms allowed to go there?

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