FHL Williamsport Outlaws Cease Operations

[4thLineGoon]

The Federal Hockey League has officially announced they have taken over the management of the Williamsport Outlaws hockey team. This relates only to the on ice aspect of the team. This action by the Federal Hockey League Board of Governors is a result of the decision by the Williamsport Outlaws ownership refusing to play their remaining 12 road games.

The FHL has restructured the schedule for the remaining 5 teams and have filled all game slots. No games for any FHL team have been lost or rescheduled, only some opponents have changed.

Of the 12 remaining Outlaws road games only 4 will be played. The Outlaws had completed their home season of 30 games with 3 of those games lost due to inclement weather.

Due to the Outlaws not having home ice and not being in good standing with Federal Hockey League By-laws, regardless of their statistical finish, they will not participate in the post season playoffs.

In an effort to give the Outlaws players a chance to complete their season, they have been given the options of reporting to their claiming team in a dispersal draft, continue playing for the Outlaws, or granted free-agent status.

The announcement of the Outlaws roster will be announced in the upcoming days as well as the Head Coach.

Individual teams will be announcing additions to their rosters as players are signed.

[Kid Roberts]

This league just needs to go away...

[nyrpack]

i lost interest last year after brooklyn was wiped away !!

shame because it looked promising for awhile !!

[blackngold]

Originally Posted by Kid Roberts

This league just needs to go away...

A top-to-bottom restructuring would do the trick. Don Kirnan is the most inept commissioner in the history of hockey. Talk about a fat ego and a non-existent brain.

It's truly sad that the players and coaches just looking to get to the next level (which many, many have) have to go through this circus act to keep their dream alive.

[Shecky]

Originally Posted by Kid Roberts

This league just needs to go away...

No Kid Roberts, with all due respect, this league does NOT need to go away. But it really does need to get it’s act together. For those of us who live in an area where the closest pro hockey is 70 −100 plus miles away (not including the weather barriers that are known to come up), having an A level team to watch/support/cheer/curse is great. It’s also pretty affordable, mostly family entertainment. Problem is that being at the low end of the pro hockey food chain, we also tend to attract some low end businessmen/snake oil salesman. But nonetheless we still love our teams. And as I’m sure you know, the players are friendly, accessible, willing to talk with you for half an hour after they just spent 2 1/2 hours busting their butts on the ice to entertain us. And that goes both for the good guys (our home team), and the bad guys who we just spent the whole game chirping at, and who seem to understand that it’s part of the deal. And it does give them hopefully a stepping stone for wherever their skill level will take them.

[chilly666]

no this league needed to go away a few years ago..no league should be around when in consecutive years, teams have folded midseason and others don't even have home arenas. this league is a joke and is a massive failure

[SpaceAce]

Originally Posted by Shecky

No Kid Roberts, with all due respect, this league does NOT need to go away. But it really does need to get it’s act together. For those of us who live in an area where the closest pro hockey is 70 −100 plus miles away (not including the weather barriers that are known to come up), having an A level team to watch/support/cheer/curse is great. It’s also pretty affordable, mostly family entertainment. Problem is that being at the low end of the pro hockey food chain, we also tend to attract some low end businessmen/snake oil salesman. But nonetheless we still love our teams. And as I’m sure you know, the players are friendly, accessible, willing to talk with you for half an hour after they just spent 2 1/2 hours busting their butts on the ice to entertain us. And that goes both for the good guys (our home team), and the bad guys who we just spent the whole game chirping at, and who seem to understand that it’s part of the deal. And it does give them hopefully a stepping stone for wherever their skill level will take them.

Wonderful post. I have always felt this way about the AAHL. We did'nt know if the league would survive those 2 seasons Evansville was a part of it or if there would be an opponent the next week. One thing is for sure though, the league needs to evaluate, audit all potential owners. It's a shame to lose a team at any level especially if it's your only local team.

[nyrpack]

Originally Posted by Shecky

No Kid Roberts, with all due respect, this league does NOT need to go away. But it really does need to get it’s act together. For those of us who live in an area where the closest pro hockey is 70 −100 plus miles away (not including the weather barriers that are known to come up), having an A level team to watch/support/cheer/curse is great. It’s also pretty affordable, mostly family entertainment. Problem is that being at the low end of the pro hockey food chain, we also tend to attract some low end businessmen/snake oil salesman. But nonetheless we still love our teams. And as I’m sure you know, the players are friendly, accessible, willing to talk with you for half an hour after they just spent 2 1/2 hours busting their butts on the ice to entertain us. And that goes both for the good guys (our home team), and the bad guys who we just spent the whole game chirping at, and who seem to understand that it’s part of the deal. And it does give them hopefully a stepping stone for wherever their skill level will take them.

cant blame ya, i used to go to brooklyn, ny about 1 hr away and loved it, cant beat a game for 12.00 at the time !!