The Colorado Eagles have been a big success as a minor-league hockey franchise since their inception in 2003, and last year achieved a longstanding goal of having an East Coast Hockey League affiliation agreement with the Colorado Avalanche. But in the perfect world of Eagles part-owner and CEO Martin Lind, his team would be the Avs’ American Hockey League affiliate.
“If all the moons could align the right way, that would be our happy, swan-song destination,” said Lind, the CEO of Water Valley Land Co., based in Windsor. “I don’t think there’s a minor-league hockey team in the United States that doesn’t dream of being in the AHL.