Meet the Greenville Road Warriors; New Flyers ECHL affiliate.

by Mike Pantaleone

Tuesday August 17, 2010 

 

 

Meet the new ECHL affiliate for the Philadelphia Flyers, the Greenville Road Warriors.

The Flyers have announced today that they have replaced Kalamazoo, which was their ECHL affiliate last year, with the Greenville Road Warriors. Not a huge move here, but something definitely worth talking about. The General Manager of the Road Warriors just so happens to be Neil Smith, former General Manager of the New York Rangers from 1989-2000.

Smith had this to say. “To be affiliated with the Philadelphia Flyers and Adirondack Phantoms will greatly enhance what it means to be a member of the Greenville Road Warriors. The Flyers are committed to winning at every level. We hope to help them with that commitment by developing their future AHL and NHL players.”

General Manager Paul Holmgren also gave his comments to the public. “Neil Smith and Dean Stork both have a strong history of success, and we’re confident they’ll provide an environment that will help our prospects develop their potential.”

Again, not a huge move, but it does make the avid Flyers fan feel a bit better about the future of the Flyers. Neil Smith had great success in New York with the Rangers, and I believe he will help the Flyers organization in developing great young talent. I for one like the fact that the GM of the Road Warriors is a former NHL GM. That means he knows what it takes to keep his players in shape and help them get  into the NHL.

If anything, it beats having Kalamazoo (what a crazy name) as an affiliate.

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