stevewhit0
02 Mar 2004, 01:05 PM
For those of you that are into Junior hockey i've started a new thread.
The EJHL today annouced the expansion of a new franchise for next season. The New Jersey Hitmen will join the league next season. They will play out of Dunellen, NJ
Players already commited to college
NAHL- 31
USHL- 87
EJHL- 33
Number of Teams in Each League
NAHL - 20
USHL - 12
EJHL - 12
stevewhit0
28 Apr 2004, 06:39 PM
The Danville Wings of the USHL will be moving to Indianapolis. They will be playing most home games at the Pepsi Coliseum (8,500) and some at Conseco Fieldhouse (were the Pacers play).
Other possible expansions in the USHL include Texas Tornado(NAHL) they play in Frisco avg attendance 3,359 and Whicta Falls Rustlers(NAHL) avg attendance 4,044 they had average of about 7,000 a year ago before the AWHL and NAHL merged.
Final USHL attendance
TEAM TOTAL GAMES AVERAGE
Lincoln 135,719 30 4,523
Tri-City 133,111 30 4,437
Green Bay 112,742 30 3,758
Sioux Falls 111,670 30 3,722
River City 109,788 30 3,659
Cedar Rapids 89,898 30 2,996
Des Moines 75,971 30 2,532
Sioux City 75,286 30 2,509
Waterloo 71,990 30 2,399
Chicago 61,867 30 2,062
St. Louis 37,250 30 1,241
Danville 28,948 30 964
TOTALS: 1,044,240 360 2,900
Glenwood Lane United
30 Apr 2004, 04:15 PM
FWIW, Waterloo defeated Tri City last night to take a 1-0 lead in the Clark Cup (USHL) finals. That is Waterloo's 6th straight win in the playoffs.