This dude is really going to ruin all of AZ hockey. Hes got to be the most disconnected owner in sports, and that says something. Hope a bird shits on his head today
GaryBettmanMyHomie
Interesting that Craig’s story has a quote from the AHL president saying Meruelo Jr is the point person for these plans. I wonder if XG has been fired?
troyboy75
Split schedule would be pretty cool. I’ll check out a lot of games at Mullett.
bschmidt25
Please no. I want hockey here but not at Tucson’s expense.
powergate92
Now a good question is what will be the name. The Trade Name and Domain Name for Arizona Roadrunners has already been taken by a Development Football team in Prescott. The Domain Names TempeRoadrunners.com and RoadrunnersAHL.com were recently registered in the last month.
The more and more I look at the schedules the more it actually looks doable.
The G-League season does start until mid November and ASU only has one home series in both October and November. Then the G-League regular season is done by April 1st and ASU is doesn’t have a home game after late February (They may have a series in mid March for the post season but that’s still a single weekend for the whole month).
December/January/February seem to be the rough months so that’s when it would make sense to have them playing in Tucson. Stack the Tempe dates at the beginning and end of the season to minimize moving for the players and is more or less a non factor for visiting teams.
chi2005sox
I would enjoy this as a fan but as a player, this would suck. If their home base is in Tucson, theyre basically on the road ~70% of the season.
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Link to Craig’s story: https://gophnx.com/ahl-to-vote-on-roadrunners-plans-to-play-games-in-tempe/
This dude is really going to ruin all of AZ hockey. Hes got to be the most disconnected owner in sports, and that says something. Hope a bird shits on his head today
Interesting that Craig’s story has a quote from the AHL president saying Meruelo Jr is the point person for these plans. I wonder if XG has been fired?
Split schedule would be pretty cool. I’ll check out a lot of games at Mullett.
Please no. I want hockey here but not at Tucson’s expense.
Now a good question is what will be the name. The Trade Name and Domain Name for Arizona Roadrunners has already been taken by a Development Football team in Prescott. The Domain Names TempeRoadrunners.com and RoadrunnersAHL.com were recently registered in the last month.
https://preview.redd.it/ux5mdbqic72d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ba18e51c09d041659d32b5dd3e80c9734906795
The more and more I look at the schedules the more it actually looks doable.
The G-League season does start until mid November and ASU only has one home series in both October and November. Then the G-League regular season is done by April 1st and ASU is doesn’t have a home game after late February (They may have a series in mid March for the post season but that’s still a single weekend for the whole month).
December/January/February seem to be the rough months so that’s when it would make sense to have them playing in Tucson. Stack the Tempe dates at the beginning and end of the season to minimize moving for the players and is more or less a non factor for visiting teams.
I would enjoy this as a fan but as a player, this would suck. If their home base is in Tucson, theyre basically on the road ~70% of the season.