AAHL Playoffs (Single A Pro Hockey)

Well folks, it's here. The moment everyone in the hockey world has been waiting for, the All-American Hockey League playoffs. All the games are finished and the points are being tallied. Hopefully we will know who will meet in the first round (actually only round) of the playoffs. 

Yes, there are only 3 teams left standing in this league, and yes, the Battle Creek Revolution are the only official team to have played the entire season. However, the league has not announced who the 1st place Revolution will be playing. Make sense? Nope. According the Battle Creek Enquirer, the league has yet to announce an opponent to join the race for the coveted AAHL Davidson Cup. What are the choices you ask? Well, here they are. The Chi-Town Shooters, the re-incarnation of the Indiana Blizzard (Chi-Town Shooters play in the AAHL last season, but folded after last season).And the other opponent are the Michigan Moose. The Moose started two weeks ago and are mix of all the players that became free agents when 4 teams folded all around the same time (Queen City Storm, Lapeer Loggers, Troy Bruins, Madison Ice Muskies). The Moose play in Battle Creek (same town as the Revolution) and are coached by the President of the league. 



Seems like Chi-Town would be the best candidate for the playoffs because when the Blizzard relocated to Chi-Town, they brought their points and games played with them. And the Moose have only played 2 games, losing both terribly by a combined score of 27-8 to Battle Creek. 

Yet, here we are on the cusp of the most exciting part of hockey and the league keeps us in terrible suspense trying to build up the excitement until we cannot take it anymore. Who will it be? Moose vs Revolution or Shooters vs Revolution?!


Oh wait, this is Single 'A' hockey and nobody cares about this league anymore as it seems to have died like the rest of the failed attempts of bringing low level professional hockey to an area that is saturated with professional and college sports. Personally, I feel this league's business plan has never been successful and never will. It is a complete shock that the Battle Creek Revolution have survived not only the AAHL but the Mid-Atlantic Hockey Leauge (MAHL) as well. They only survive because the owners have money and do not seem to care that they are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars a season. 


However, despite the inevitable demise of the AAHL it seems another league is trying to forge its way into chartered territories. The Northern Professional Hockey League (NPHL) is looking to set up shop right in the AAHL's backyard next season.  Let's see how they manage to improve on the failed areas of the AAHL's, like getting fans to not only sit in the rinks to watch the games, but actually get them to pay for the games.