Soon after, an attempt to establish an International Hockey League franchise at the "Knick" was vetoed by IHL Governors concerned about the travel costs for teams in the Midwest-based league. Although the Choppers had the distinct advantage of the new arena, the AHL was hoping to counter that advantage with the established fan base of the AHL, the affiliations of NHL clubs, the higher classification and better quality of play of the AHL, and the new rivalry between the established Wings and the fledgling Islanders. The Devils will wear special Albany River Rats jerseys on Saturday, November 26 and Saturday, March 25. The sale will not affect the remainder of the 2009-10 season, with regular season games concluding on April 10, 2010 followed by the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs." All rights reserved. On February 19, 2009, five people were seriously injured when a bus carrying the team home from a game in Lowell struck a guard rail and rolled on its side on Interstate 90 in Becket, Massachusetts. On April 24, 2008, the River Rats lost 3–2 to the Philadelphia Phantoms in the (until then) longest game played in AHL history. Robbie Ftorek coached the team. Game-by-game results. The Islanders showed slow but modest improvement in their three years in Troy, moving from a seventh-place division finish in their inaugural season to a fourth-place finish and playoff berth in season two, to a 34-34-12 record in 1992-93, good for third in the division and another first-round playoff exit. Ryan Bayda scored 29 goals for Albany, while Keith Aucoin contributed 72 assists. [9] The relationship only lasted through the 2016-17 season, after which the Devils announced they would be relocating their AHL team to Binghamton, New York to replace the Ottawa Senators' team after they relocated. © 2015 Copyright by the Albany Devils. However, construction of the palatial Knickerbocker Arena in downtown Albany in 1990 would change the face of hockey in the Capital District. Three separate attempts to establish teams in the neighboring cities of Schenectady and Troy had proven unsuccessful.[1]. However, wins declined after the 1997–98 season, the last time Albany won a playoff series. Baseball Stats - AL - NL - AAGPBL - Minor League Baseball - Search [2] One of the six inaugural franchises announced in their initial press conference was the Albany Admirals, which was to be owned by businessman Joseph O'Hara and had signed a lease to play in the Knickerbocker Arena. The “Throwback Nights” will also include a 1990’s theme integrated into the game presentation. [5] Later on, Carolina was joined by the Colorado Avalanche in a one-year partnership agreement. The AHL hoped to create a situation that might somehow force the IHL team out of the market. The Devils will wear special Albany River Rats jerseys on Saturday, November 26 and Saturday, March 25. Signup for Devils E-News. Also in 1995, their parent club, the New Jersey Devils, won the Stanley Cup. [7], In late January, 2010, word began to leak out of Raleigh that the franchise was about to be sold and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. The Phantoms' Ryan Potulny scored 2:58 into the fifth overtime. The Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League ended the 2006-07 season with a record of 37 wins and 36 losses (and 4 overtime losses), with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 81 points in the AHL's East Division. "River Rats announce new affiliation, lease", "River Rats to remain Carolina's top farm club through 2008-09", "Three seriously injured as bus carrying AHL team crashes", "Capital District Sports announces River Rats sale", https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Sources-Albany-Devils-leaving-for-Binghamton-10884403.php, The Internet Hockey Database - Albany River Rats, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albany_River_Rats&oldid=965391632, Carolina Hurricanes minor league affiliates, Colorado Avalanche minor league affiliates, New Jersey Devils minor league affiliates, 2010 disestablishments in New York (state), Articles with dead external links from January 2017, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 July 2020, at 01:53. They played in Albany, New York at the Times Union Center. Despite the move, the River Rats were not relocated. 1998-99 Albany River Rats Roster American Hockey League (AHL) Team Record: 46-26-6-2-0 - 100 points in the AHL's Empire Division : Lost in 1st Round Coach: John Cunniff (46-26-6) 1998-99 Albany River Rats Statistics. The Albany River Rats were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. Although the team was based 45 minutes north of Albany in Glens Falls, NY, the American Hockey League team relied on the Capital Region as a vital part of their home market. 2006-07 Albany River Rats Statistics. 2006-07 Albany River Rats Statistics. Albany River Rats roster should be solid Seated at center ice, among the upper rows of the lower bowl at the RBC Center, Carolina Hurricanes September 15, 2009 They played in Albany, New York at the Times Union Center. The AHL was the clear winner in the battle for hockey in the Capital Region, and the result was a new AHL franchise that would become the predominant hockey franchise in the metropolitan area for the next two decades. With the Knickerbocker Arena untapped as a hockey facility, the franchise moved from the campus of RPI to the 15,000-seat downtown arena, and changed their nickname to the Albany River Rats.
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