Jackals to hold press conference today
June 5, 2007
The Elmira Jackals are holding a press conference this evening and have invited their season ticket holders to the big announcement. My best guess is that they will announce a new AHL and/or NHL affiliation for next season, their first in the ECHL. I have my fingers crossed that it will be an affiliation agreement with Ottawa. The B-Sens have suffered without a fulltime ECHL feeder and have had to rely on ECHL and UHL free agents. An official affiliation to an ECHL will definitely help our team and having that team as close as Elmira will be an added bonus to both cities.
During the Icemen years, the rivalry with Elmira was fantastic. There was a genuine hate between the cities and matchups guaranteed fisticuffs both on and off the ice. What made the rivalry so great was the proximity that allowed fans to go to each others games. An affiliation will surely draw more Elmira fans to Binghamton to see their graduated players at the next level and should also tempt more Binghamton fans to visit Elmira to see some of our prospects.
This is all just speculation. With the luck we’re having Elmira is just bringing out the press to announce their new mascot.
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