New Jersey Devils AHL Team is Moving Back to Utica
There will be AHL Hockey at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica next season after all, and the news comes with some nostalgia.
The Utica Comets confirmed Thursday that they have entered into a 10-year agreement with The New Jersey Devils and the Utica Comets to move their AHL team back to Utica, and the request was approved by the AHL Board of Governors. The board also approved the move of Vancouver s AHL team, now the Utica Comets, to Abbotsford, British Columbia, which is about an hour out of Vancouver.
The Utica Comets have a new National Hockey League affiliate – the New Jersey Devils.
Posted: May 6, 2021 3:43 PM
Updated: May 7, 2021 12:19 AM
Posted By: WKTV
UTICA, N.Y. – The Utica Comets have a new National Hockey League affiliate – the New Jersey Devils.
The two teams signed a 10-year affiliation deal on Wednesday, which was unanimously approved by the American Hockey League Board of Governors.
In April, the Binghamton Devils were notified that the New Jersey Devils would be moving their AHL affiliate to another location. Then on Tuesday, the Vancouver Canucks announced their plans to relocate their affiliate from Utica to British Columbia next season.