The announcement that everyone has been waiting for has arrived as the local ownership group headed by Tom Mitchell has made it official during a press conference held on Tuesday. The New Jersey Devils will relocate their American Hockey League affiliation from Albany down the I-88 corridor to Binghamton for the start of the 2017-18 season.
The deal is for five years, and the team will be called the Binghamton Devils.
The AHL Board of Governors unanimously approved the move on a vote that took place over the weekend during the annual AHL All-Star event currently held in Allentown, PA.