When we are children we come accustomed to hearing the same old anecdotes from our parents about the rules. Some of those anecdotes follow us into our adult lives and even become part of the things we tell our own children. Unfortunately, in the world of hockey old sayings like “rules are rules” comes back to bite us in the behind on occasion.
Florida Everblades President and General Manager Craig Bush told the News Press that the league’s owners have voted on a new rule that would afford each team in the ECHL only one affiliation to a professional hockey club.