OHL Expansion

[DubCee21]

IDK the viability or interest but there are 2 NY and 1 PA based NAHL teams that would make sense as far as location is concerned. Rochester, and Elmira in NY and Johnstown in PA which is about 3 hours south of Erie. I have no idea about their arena conditions or size. I did visit the Johnstown arena many years ago when it housed an ECHL team and it would be big enough.

 

[OMG67]

IDK the viability or interest but there are 2 NY and 1 PA based NAHL teams that would make sense as far as location is concerned. Rochester, and Elmira in NY and Johnstown in PA which is about 3 hours south of Erie. I have no idea about their arena conditions or size. I did visit the Johnstown arena many years ago when it housed an ECHL team and it would be big enough.

That’s sort of what I was thinking. The NAHL team would probably need to be an expansion style team though.

 

[ZinErie]

Steve Manson ?

I believe it was Steve Manson. For the other responders, Mark Jennerette was the play by play guy and Victor Fernandez covered the Otters for the Erie paper.

 

[Petes1987]

There’s really only 3 arenas in the league that are outdated Ptbo Owen sound and Sudbury but that’ll be 2 soon once Sudbury’s new arena is built. 4 if you include North bay but they renovated at least fairly recently

The Peterborough Memorial Centre was renovated in 2003. It was modeled after the Barrie Molson Centre. It is a bit outdated but still useable.

 

[User13452]

The Peterborough Memorial Centre was renovated in 2003. It was modeled after the Barrie Molson Centre. It is a bit outdated but still useable.

I mean it’s definitely useable but it’s not really up to the standards of basically every other arena in the ohl. I’d have to look at all across the chl but it’s probably bottom 10 if I had to guess. How many arenas in the chl have the benches on opposite sides of the rink that just tells you how outdated it is

 

[Petes1987]

I mean it’s definitely useable but it’s not really up to the standards of basically every other arena in the ohl. I’d have to look at all across the chl but it’s probably bottom 10 if I had to guess. How many arenas in the chl have the benches on opposite sides of the rink that just tells you how outdated it is

The Ottawa 67s rink may have benches on the opposite sides. In Peterborough the city was going to put the benches side by side during the renovations in 2003 and they cannot do it because of the structure of the electrical system.

 

[OMG67]

The Ottawa 67s rink may have benches on the opposite sides. In Peterborough the city was going to put the benches side by side during the renovations in 2003 and they cannot do it because of the structure of the electrical system.

67’s used to have them on opposite sides so the 67s had the advantage of short change every period but that changed around 2010. I think they may have been forced to do so.

 

[User13452]

The Ottawa 67s rink may have benches on the opposite sides. In Peterborough the city was going to put the benches side by side during the renovations in 2003 and they cannot do it because of the structure of the electrical system.

Ottawa doesn’t the only other arena in the league that does is Sudbury

 

[Section7fan]

I don't think OHL is as picky as people make it out to be for arena's anyway.
Go take a look at Peterborough it doesn't get much worse then the PMC.

I’m guessing that you’ve never been to North Bay or Sudbury?

 

[Section7fan]

There’s really only 3 arenas in the league that are outdated Ptbo Owen sound and Sudbury but that’ll be 2 soon once Sudbury’s new arena is built. 4 if you include North bay but they renovated at least fairly recently

Memorial Centre is much nicer than the arena in North Bay imo.

 

[ScoutLife4]

I’m guessing that you’ve never been to North Bay or Sudbury?

I haven’t been that far north in quite a while but know they are old arenas yea

 

[frontsfan67]

I’m guessing that you’ve never been to North Bay or Sudbury?

I’ve been to north bay twice and their arena is way better than the PMC.

The PMC smells like a cheap apartment and is crazy outdated- even has box tvs in the concourse. Seats are real small too not a lot of leg room, benches on opposite sides, square corners, old bathrooms etc. HOWEVER there is automatic soap dispensers in the bathrooms.

If they aren’t going to build a new arena at some point they’re definitely due for a big renovation.

 

[ScoutLife4]

I’ve been to north bay twice and their arena is way better than the PMC.

The PMC smells like a cheap apartment and is crazy outdated- even has box tvs in the concourse. Seats are real small too not a lot of leg room, benches on opposite sides, square corners, old bathrooms etc. HOWEVER there is automatic soap dispensers in the bathrooms.

If they aren’t going to build a new arena at some point they’re definitely due for a big renovation.

There has been rumblings about the City of Peterborough wanting to get out of owning a hockey team and find a private owner.
With that said it was mentioned they have a long list of conditions like building a new arena and keeping the team safe from relocation.
I doubt any owner is going to agree to fund a new arena at a couple hundred million + price tag and spend 15M on a hockey team though.

 

[JMCx4]

I am not sure that they would split the Iowa teams up. There are 5 USHL teams in Iowa. Assuming they keep them together, a more likely split might be Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois go east (6 teams), while Iowa, Nebraska, and both Dakotas go west (10 teams). As an aside - how are there no teams in Minnesota??? ...

The Rink Live's Jordan McAlpine pondered that topic in this article.

 

[frontsfan67]

There has been rumblings about the City of Peterborough wanting to get out of owning a hockey team and find a private owner.
With that said it was mentioned they have a long list of conditions like building a new arena and keeping the team safe from relocation.
I doubt any owner is going to agree to fund a new arena at a couple hundred million + price tag and spend 15M on a hockey team though.

Makes sense because that place is an ancient relic. Great atmosphere though and I wish we had their parking lot.

 

[OMG67]

There has been rumblings about the City of Peterborough wanting to get out of owning a hockey team and find a private owner.
With that said it was mentioned they have a long list of conditions like building a new arena and keeping the team safe from relocation.
I doubt any owner is going to agree to fund a new arena at a couple hundred million + price tag and spend 15M on a hockey team though.

Again, it all comes down to arenas. Any arena needs to be a part of a bigger development. Ottawa will get one as part of the Lansdowne redevelopment.

If a new arena goes in Peterborough, it will need some sort of development project where the arena is a small component of a bigger project. It likely will need city funding as well as Provincial funding to a degree.

I’m not sure the town of Peterborough has the draw for an event centre or any sort of facility like that. It will be very difficult for them to get anything done there.

 

[ScoutLife4]

Again, it all comes down to arenas. Any arena needs to be a part of a bigger development. Ottawa will get one as part of the Lansdowne redevelopment.

If a new arena goes in Peterborough, it will need some sort of development project where the arena is a small component of a bigger project. It likely will need city funding as well as Provincial funding to a degree.

I’m not sure the town of Peterborough has the draw for an event centre or any sort of facility like that. It will be very difficult for them to get anything done there.

Tell that to Brantford who draws less then Peterborough.
Anything is possible with the right Mayor and Council at the table and that project in Brantford just proves it,