NHL/AHL/ECHL/CHL Affiliations, Kerbashian Returns & More

Kale, the early years

- The official announcement that Kale Kerbashian has re-signed with the Allen Americans was released yesterday.  Kale came to Allen half way through the season last year so will head into this season with that experience under his belt. He is one of the players that has the potential to take on a bigger scoring role on the team. Remember, just three years ago in his final year as a junior (2010-2011) he scored 88 points (37 goals & 51 assists) in 68 games. While it wasn't mentioned in the press release yesterday it was announced earlier Kale will be going to training camp with the AHL Oklahoma City Barons which starts September 26th. If you have never read the in depth interview I did with Kale you can find it in the blog archives (January 26, 2013) with the not so original title "Keeping up with Kerbashian." He has an interesting back story.


- AHL camps are starting within the next week and the Americans usually have numerous players attend AHL camps. The team is working to get slots/invites for some additional players. If they are successful we should hear something in the next few days.

- I get asked about affiliations all the time so thought I would post this chart that shows all of the affiliations for each AHL team. I did not verify all of these affiliations so the chart may not be 100% accurate. It does show the Americans still have an affiliation with the Texas Stars (at least on paper). The team is working to establish another AHL affiliation.


Division      Team                    Arena                 Location           NHL Affiliate   ECHL/CHL Affiliate

Eastern Conference
Atlantic	Manchester Monarchs	Verizon Wireless Arena	Manchester, New Hampshire	Los Angeles Kings	Ontario Reign
	Portland Pirates	Androscoggin Bank Colisée[5]	Portland, Maine	Phoenix Coyotes	Gwinnett Gladiators/Arizona Sundogs
	Providence Bruins	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Providence, Rhode Island	Boston Bruins	South Carolina Stingrays
	St. John's IceCaps	Mile One Centre	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	Winnipeg Jets	Ontario Reign
	Worcester Sharks	DCU Center	Worcester, Massachusetts	San Jose Sharks	San Francisco Bulls
Northeast	Adirondack Phantoms	Glens Falls Civic Center	Glens Falls, New York	Philadelphia Flyers	Greenville Road Warriors
	Albany Devils	Times Union Center	Albany, New York	New Jersey Devils	None
	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	Webster Bank Arena	Bridgeport, Connecticut	New York Islanders	Stockton Thunder
	Hartford Wolf Pack	XL Center	Hartford, Connecticut	New York Rangers	Greenville Road Warriors
	Springfield Falcons	MassMutual Center	Springfield, Massachusetts	Columbus Blue Jackets	Evansville IceMen
East	Binghamton Senators	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena	Binghamton, New York	Ottawa Senators	Elmira Jackals
	Hershey Bears	Giant Center	Hershey, Pennsylvania	Washington Capitals	Reading Royals
	Norfolk Admirals	Norfolk Scope	Norfolk, Virginia	Anaheim Ducks	Utah Grizzlies
	Syracuse Crunch	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Syracuse, New York	Tampa Bay Lightning	Florida Everblades/Brampton Beast
	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh Penguins	Wheeling Nailers
Western Conference
North	Hamilton Bulldogs	Copps Coliseum	Hamilton, Ontario	Montreal Canadiens	Wheeling Nailers
	Lake Erie Monsters	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland, Ohio	Colorado Avalanche	Denver Cutthroats
	Rochester Americans	Blue Cross Arena	Rochester, New York	Buffalo Sabres	None
	Toronto Marlies	Ricoh Coliseum	Toronto, Ontario	Toronto Maple Leafs	Orlando Solar Bears
	Utica Comets	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Utica, New York[6]	Vancouver Canucks	Kalamazoo Wings
Midwest	Chicago Wolves	Allstate Arena	Rosemont, Illinois	St. Louis Blues	Missouri Mavericks
	Grand Rapids Griffins	Van Andel Arena	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Detroit Red Wings	Toledo Walleye
	Iowa Wild	Wells Fargo Arena	Des Moines, Iowa	Minnesota Wild	Orlando Solar Bears/Quad City Mallards
	Milwaukee Admirals	BMO Harris Bradley Center	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Nashville Predators	Cincinnati Cyclones
	Rockford IceHogs	BMO Harris Bank Center	Rockford, Illinois	Chicago Blackhawks	Toledo Walleye
West	Abbotsford Heat	Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Calgary Flames	Alaska Aces
	Charlotte Checkers	Time Warner Cable Arena	Charlotte, North Carolina	Carolina Hurricanes	Florida Everblades
	Oklahoma City Barons	Cox Convention Center	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Edmonton Oilers	Bakersfield Condors
	San Antonio Rampage	AT&T Center	San Antonio, Texas	Florida Panthers[7]	Cincinnati Cyclones
	Texas Stars	Cedar Park Center	Cedar Park, Texas	Dallas Stars	Idaho Steelheads/Allen Americans