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Article: East Coast Hockey League changes name
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- May 20, 2003
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PEORIA - The Class AA hockey league the Peoria Rivermen have
belonged to since 1995 announced a formal name change to media
members Monday.
The league, known since its beginning in 1989 as the East Coast
Hockey League, is dropping any reference to geographic designation,
and will simply be known as the ECHL, explained Brian McKenna,
president and CEO. McKenna said the league will market itself by
using the ECHL acronym, followed by the phrase, "America's Premier AA
Hockey League."
"It became apparent to us that ECHL was widely identifiable in
most American hockey circles," McKenna said. "That included everyone
from the National Hockey League to the American Hockey League to
various media ...