[Vancouver Canucks] General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the Kalamazoo Wings (@KalamazooWings) have signed a one-year agreement to be the ECHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks and AHL Abbotsford Canucks for the 2023.24 season.

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   21marvel1 3 years ago

   Quote from Allvin:

   “Securing a full time ECHL affiliation is something we have wanted to do for our players and the Abbotsford Canucks,” said Allvin. “Giving our guys every opportunity to grow, improve and succeed on the ice Is extremely important to the hockey club. Having this agreement with Kalamazoo gives our team and our development staff another touchpoint in the long hard journey to becoming a pro hockey player.”

   Quote from Ryan Johnson:

   “The goal for us is to try and develop players at all levels and having a direct pipeline to the ECHL is extremely important,” said Ryan Johnson, General Manager Abbotsford Canucks and Assistant to the General Manager, Vancouver Canucks. “From day one we have talked about how we want to approach the game, our professionalism, our culture and using all available resources. Teaming up with Joel Martin and his staff in Kalamazoo is another key building block in our player development process and will only help make our organization stronger.”

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   happigofucky 3 years ago

   Good for developing some tendies

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   MadGeller 3 years ago

   This is great news for our team development program.

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   gatorbowl 3 years ago

   What team has been the traditional ECHL affiliate for the Canucks?

   Given that it’s only one year, is this a stop-gap before there’s an ECHL team closer to the lower mainland?

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   novacrasher 3 years ago

   TIL Kalamazoo is a real place

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   AidanITC2 3 years ago

   my heart drops whenever i read “general manager patrik alvin announced” like bro i thought myers was getting traded can we please just drop that shit

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   KingofAnalysts 3 years ago

   Chilliwack sidelined already? No surprise. Place is already the ankle fat of Abbotsford, where Alvin’s allegiance lies.

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   ihaveyuidonttouchme 3 years ago

   ah a familiar face back in Utica days