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This is the logo of the Adirondack Thunder hockey team of the East Coast Hockey League that will make the Glens Falls Civic Center its home for the next three years.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The new hockey team that will make the
\nGlens Falls Civic Center its home in the
\n2015-16 season and beyond was introduced
\nFeb. 11 in Glens Falls by the parent team,
\nthe Calgary Flames of the National Hockey
\nLeague.<\/p>\n

The Adirondack Thunder<\/a> is the name of
\nthe team that signed a three-year contract in
\nlate January with the Adirondack Civic Center
\nCoalition, the new owners of the building.<\/p>\n

In an unveiling held at The Bullpen in
\nGlens Falls, the new Thunder brand adorned
\nseveral screens throughout the local bar in
\nfront of a crowd of media and members of the
\ngeneral public. Current Adirondack Flames
\nand future Adirondack Thunder President
\nBrian Petrovek unveiled the new name, logo
\nand color scheme to the public, beginning a
\nnew chapter of professional hockey in Glens
\nFalls and the Adirondack region.
\nThe new team is part of the East Coast
\nHockey League.<\/p>\n

The move preserves professional hockey at
\nthe Glens Falls Civic Center amid significant
\nchanges in the American Hockey League,
\nthat contains the Adirondack Flames, who
\ncurrently reside in the Glens Falls Civic Center.
\nThe Adirondack Flames are also owned
\nby the NHL Calgary organization.<\/p>\n

“The Thunder brand has become a fixture
\nin the ECHL and we are excited to be able to
\nbring that tradition into the Glens Falls market,”
\nPetrovek said. “Keeping the colors that
\nthe Calgary Flames brought to Glens Falls
\nlast spring gives us consistency throughout
\nthe Calgary Flames organization and we’re
\nthrilled with the new look to begin play next
\nyear. New leagues call for a fresh, new and
\nbold start and the Thunder brand does that
\nat a very high level.”<\/p>\n

The Adirondack Flames and four other
\nteams are moving to California to create a
\nnew Pacific Division of the AHL.<\/p>\n

At a Jan. 30 press conference announcing
\nthe three-year agreement, Daniel J. Burke,
\npresident of the nonprofit community coalition
\nwhich assumed control of the Civic
\nCenter from the city of Glens Falls on Jan. 1,
\nsaid it achieved two important goals, “retaining
\nprofessional hockey and moving the Civic
\nCenter toward greater financial stability.”<\/p>\n

“We worked hard to secure a three-year
\ncommitment on terms that were financially
\nsustainable,” said Burke. “For our volunteer
\nboard, this is a good first step but only a
\nbeginning. We will continue working, with
\nthe support of the community, to bring the
\nCivic Center to its full potential.”<\/p>\n

“There is great fan support and a tremendous
\ntradition of hockey in the Glens Falls
\narea, and we are delighted to continue to be
\na part of it,” said Brian Burke, president of
\nhockey operations for the Calgary Flames.<\/p>\n

The ECHL team in Glens Falls will
\nbecome the market’s first team in that
\nleague, following 26 seasons in the American
\nHockey League and seven seasons in
\nthe United Hockey League. The Thunder
\nwill become the sixth professional hockey
\nteam to call Glens Falls home, joining the
\nAHL’s Adirondack Red Wings, Adirondack
\nPhantoms and Adirondack Flames, along
\nwith the UHL’s Adirondack Ice Hawks and
\nAdirondack Frostbite.<\/p>\n

“Glens Falls has a long and storied tradition
\nof professional hockey,” ECHL Commissioner
\nBrian McKenna said at the Jan. 30
\nsession. “The city fits well within our geography.
\nWe welcome the Flames’ ownership of
\nthe team and look forward to working with
\ntheir organization and the local coalition to
\ncontinue that hockey tradition.”<\/p>\n

In 2014, Glens Falls reached an agreement
\nwith Calgary to place its AHL affiliate team
\nin Glens Falls, with a provision in the contract
\nthat allowed the team to leave after one
\nseason. The new three\u00e2\u20ac\u009dyear contract commits
\nthe Calgary organization to keeping its ECHL
\naffiliate in Glens Falls for the full term.<\/p>\n

Glens Falls Mayor Jack Diamond said
\nthe Glens Falls area “has been a hockey
\ncommunity for more than 30 years, and
\nthat will continue. The city worked hard to
\nbring hockey back in 2009, and that work
\nhelped set the stage for today’s decision. I
\ncongratulate the coalition on this first and
\nvery important success.”<\/p>\n

“The guarantee of professional hockey for
\nyears to come is great news,” said Warren
\nCounty Board of Supervisors Chairman Kevin
\nGeraghty. “The Glens Falls Civic Center is
\ntruly a regional asset, a place of fun and entertainment
\nthat people from every corner of
\nWarren County enjoy. It’s also an important
\nsource of sales and occupancy tax revenues and a cornerstone of our tourism economy.”
\nIn 2014, the Warren County Board of Supervisors
\nvoted to provide up to $250,000 in
\nfunding to support promotional activities at
\nthe Civic Center over the next three years
\nin recognition of the significant regional
\neconomic impact of the Civic Center.<\/p>\n

“We appreciate Calgary’s confidence in
\nour community and their three-year
\ncommitment,”
\nsaid Peter Aust, president of the
\nAdirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce.
\n“Our region can’t control decisions made on
\na national level, but our positive support of
\nhockey certainly had an impact on Calgary’s
\ndecision to maintain professional hockey
\nhere.”<\/p>\n

EDC Warren County President Edward
\nM. Bartholomew, who was mayor of Glens
\nFalls when the Civic Center opened in 1979,
\nsaid the three-year contract “affirms the
\ndecision that they are the right group to
\nlead the Civic Center into the future. The
\nfan support for hockey in this community
\nis unparalleled. The fans and the business
\nsponsors who support professional hockey
\nhere are the reason it will continue for years
\nto come.”<\/p>\n

The ECHL Stockton Thunder averaged
\n4,438 fans per game, officials said. The team
\nwas purchased by the Calgary organization
\nearlier in January.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy Calgary Flames<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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