St. John's to Host One Regular Season Game

[Jensen]

AHL returns to St. John's ...for one regular-season game
HOCKEY
ROBIN SHORT
The Telegram

Three years after severing ties with St. John's, the American Hockey League is poised to make a regular season return - albeit for one game - to Mile One Centre in the fall.

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Binghamton Senators, farm teams of the New York Islanders and Ottawa Senators, will face off in St. John's for a Nov. 11 AHL regular-season, neutral-site game.

And while Gerry Smith is delighted to land the gig, the head of St. John's Sports and Entertainment cautions not to read anything more into it than just St. John's buying a hockey game off a promoter.

"Yes, we're very excited about this, but we have not talked to the Islanders," Smith said. "We're not at that stage yet."

The game is the first of two between the two clubs in Atlantic Canada. On Nov. 12, the Sound Tigers and Senators will meet in Summerside, P.E.I., in its brand new rink.

[tie domi28]

That's great news. The people of St. John's really love their hockey. Nice to see the AHL throw them a bone, even if it's for the one game. One thing you can be sure of is the arena will be filled to the rafters that night, and the screech will be flowing in the streets.