0671: Minors That Might Have Been
Thursday · Dec 19 · 2013 | 8:00 AM PST
Teams come and go so often in the minors, so today's theme within Minor League Week has to do clubs that no longer exist. Like yesterday, Bastian Schmülling kicks things off. The Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights exist today as the AHL's Abbotsford Heat. But perhaps they could've donned red and grey if they stayed put.
The AHL's old Buffalo Bisons club hasn't been around for 43 years, but Dylan Wonka imagines a comeback, complete with that classic bottle cap crest.
Technically, the Peoria Rivermen still exist, but now as a member of the SPHL. The AHL club was relocated and became the Utica Comets this past summer. Maybe they'd have had more luck as less a riverboat captain and more a canoeist. (Is that a word?) You can tell Antonio Calisto had some fun with this one!
We'll wrap up on a team that's soon to be relocated. The AHL's Adirondack Phantoms will become the Lehigh Valley Phantoms next season. So while this jersey set is cool, the "A" wouldn't work anymore.
Check back tomorrow for some big time minor league Freak Outs!
Reader Comments (2)
I really like that Peoria Jersey, but that logo...that logo is Glen Quagmire in a canoe!
I'd like to see someone go even further back in the Buffalo hockey history pipeline and do something with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bisons_(IHL) My fellow Sabres fans would probably freak out though "Blasphemy! Its a cross between the Bruins third jersey and Flyers colors!