New hockey league coming to Rome

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by ASSOCIATED PRESS

Story Created: Dec 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM EDT

Story Updated: Dec 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM EDT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A new professional hockey league with teams in upstate New York, Connecticut and Canada is set to launch
next year.

The Federal Hockey League announced Thursday it has franchises in Rome, N.Y.; Danbury, Conn.; Thousand Islands, N.Y. and Ottawa, Canada. League officials say ownership groups in Philadelphia and Jamestown, N.Y., have expressed interest in joining.

The league, headed by Syracuse businessman Don Kirnan, will play a 60-game schedule starting in the fall and continuing into 2011, with playoffs and a championship series set for March. The league will unveil team names, colors and logos over the
next month.
 

 

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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