Saturday, October 18, 2008

Albany's under Attack!

ALBANY, NY - The NHA organizations of the Carolina Renegades and the Chicago Hitman did a lot of exchanging over the off season. Not just trading big names like Sidney Crosby, Brian Gionta and Patrick Kane, but also swapping their AHA locations. The Renegades were in the last year of their contract with their AHA team, the Victoria Ice Caps, and so were the Hitman with their Albany Fire Ants. So during the off-season, both of them ended up swapping locations, keeping AHA hockey in both Albany, NY and Victoria, BC. The Hitman's new AHA affiliate is the Victoria Cougars, and the Renegades' new AHA affiliate is the Albany Attack.
The movement of these two teams is much more convenient for the two organizations. Sean Paul, general manager of the Hitman, is from Canada, and was happy to move his AHA team up to British Columbia. "Canada is like the home of hockey. It's a big deal up here, and so when our affiliation in Albany expired, I wanted to bring our team up to Canada so the great fans could enjoy the team, and so could the young up and comers see what it's like to play good ol' Canadian Hockey!" Jordan Levine, the general manager of the Renegades, was really excited when he found out that the Albany location was open. "When our contract expired with Victoria, our main goal was moving the team closer to the east coast, as close to Raleigh as possible. When I saw that the Albany location was without an Affiliate, we jumped right on it! See I'm from Albany, NY, it's just a short drive away. So it will let me see the up and comers a lot easier, and make it much more easier to transport between the franchise in Carolina and our AHA affiliate. Our AHA team hasn't really been known in the previous few seasons to be a contending one, but now that our location is so much closer to Carolina, we will have more resources and a better chance to bring home the AHA cup, and even better to the great city of Albany! The Attack will be attacking the opposition all season long!"
The Victoria Cougars are currently are currently 2-0-0 in 2 games this season, and the Albany Attack are 2-1-0 in 3 games.

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