The rumblings from earlier in the season regarding the future of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits became official earlier this week. As reported earlier in the season, the Swamp Rabbits were looking for a closer National Hockey League affiliate, and on Monday they began their search for a new parent club as the Maine Mariners announced their affiliation agreement with the Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers. The terms of the agreement are undisclosed regarding the requirements for Hartford and the length of the agreement, but from Hartford’s perspective, the move puts their ECHL affiliate closer in the northeast.