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Fort Wayne, Evansville Move To ECHL From CHL

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Anchorage Daily News

Posted: May 17, 2012 - 3:03 pm

The ECHL, which includes the Alaska Aces, added two more teams today when it announced the Fort Wayne Komets and Evansville IceMen, both of whom previously played in the Central Hockey League, have been approved as expansion members for the 2012-13 season.

With the previously announced addition of expansion teams in Orlando and San Francisco, plus the demise of the Chicago franchise after just one season, the ECHL will have 23 teams next season.

The breakdown of clubs between Eastern and Western Divisions remains lopsided -- next season, there will be 14 clubs in the East and nine in the West. Last season, there were 12 clubs in the East and eight in the West.

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