The Colorado Avalanche officially have a new ECHL affiliation as they announced their partnership with the Utah Grizzlies to begin in the 2018-19 season. Terms of the agreement were not made available but both parties seemed excited at press conference and stressed that development is a priority moving forward.
No doubt the Grizzlies see the potential of working with an organization which just saw their ECHL affiliate win the Kelly Cup championship in back-to-back years. The Avalanche have supported their ECHL partners very well over the last few seasons with providing them top notch players signed to AHL contracts and a generous number of prospects on NHL contracts.