Sorry, they won’t be the Flint Stones, not the Tropics either. They won’t even be taking the loveable name Whalers with them from Plymouth. Flint, your new OHL team will be called the Flint Firebirds. Nice dig, Rob Lizotte. https://t.co/XFxhSFRl3u — Adam Biggers (@AdamBiggers81) March 16, 2015 Thanks to a
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The Great 2015 Minor League Hockey Market Shuffle
Well. That was something. A flurry of hockey franchise swaps were announced yesterday involving four cities across two leagues, and when the dust was all settled Winnipeg ended up with another team and the tiny town of Belleville, Ontario was losing their junior team of over 30 years in a complete blindside. Yesterday’s
Plymouth Whalers Announce Relocation to Flint, Mi
The Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League today announced that the team will be sold and has plans to relocate across the state of Michigan to Flint for the 2015-16 season. The team will be sold by Peter Karmanos Jr to Rolf Nilsen. Karmanos, who is also the owner of