The American Hockey League announced today that it has granted unanimous conditional approval of the ownership transfer and relocation of the Springfield Falcons. The Falcons were purchased by the Arizona Coyotes and will be moving to Tucson, Arizona, in the fall.
Further, the league is reviewing a request to relocate the Portland Pirates from Portland, Maine, to Springfield, Massachusetts. This was previously reported as being a done deal. It is fair to consider that usually when such votes come to the Board of Governors and are publicly announced like this, they are foregone conclusions.
Here's the release:
Convening today in Chicago for its Spring Meeting, the American Hockey League’s Board of Governors unanimously granted conditional approval of the transfer of ownership of the Springfield Falcons AHL franchise to the National Hockey League’s Arizona Coyotes, as well as the relocation of that franchise from Springfield, Mass.