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[GIANTS79]

I never really followed minor league hockey, but I was wondering this lately.  Does anyone have a list or a link of a list of the history of Devils minor league hockey.  I know right there is the Albany Devils (which use to be the Lowell Devils) than I think they were the Albany Riverrats before that.  I was going through some old programs and they've linked different Devils minor league teams. 

 

I also got a bunch of devils items years ago (including the 2000 and 95 stanley cup banners) and he gave me a pin with a lobster on it (from Maine or one of the New England states, I'll have to check the team name) and he said that was a devils minor league team back in the day (perhaps the late 80's early 90's).

 

Just got me curious to see a full list of minor league teams they've had since the 82-83 move to NJ

 

 

[Daniel]

I never really followed minor league hockey, but I was wondering this lately.  Does anyone have a list or a link of a list of the history of Devils minor league hockey.  I know right there is the Albany Devils (which use to be the Lowell Devils) than I think they were the Albany Riverrats before that.  I was going through some old programs and they've linked different Devils minor league teams. 

 

I also got a bunch of devils items years ago (including the 2000 and 95 stanley cup banners) and he gave me a pin with a lobster on it (from Maine or one of the New England states, I'll have to check the team name) and he said that was a devils minor league team back in the day (perhaps the late 80's early 90's).

 

Just got me curious to see a full list of minor league teams they've had since the 82-83 move to NJ

 

I believe it was always the Utica Devils up until the move to Albany.

[estreetcrew3]

I believe it was always the Utica Devils up until the move to Albany.

I think Maine Mariners prior to Utica

[DevsMan84]

Utica Devils were the minor league from 87-93.  Then that team moved and became the St. John's Flames and the Devils moved their affliation to the newly renamed Albany River Rats (formerly the Capital District Islanders).  The Devils ended their affiliation with the River Rats in 2006 and they became the minor league team for Carolina while the Devils bought the Lowell Loch Monsters and changed their name to the Lowell Devils.  When Carolina moved the River Rats in 2010 to Charlotte (and renaming them to the Checkers), the Devils moved the Lowell Devils to Albany and renamed them the current Albany Devils.

I think Maine Mariners prior to Utica

 

You are correct in that.

[GIANTS79]

thanks for all of the info.  so it sounds like there have been five of them:

 

started with the Maine Mariners (must have had a lobster logo because that's the pin I have from back in the day), than Utica Devils, River Rats, than Lowell Devils, than Albany Devils?

 

 

Utica Devils were the minor league from 87-93.  Then that team moved and became the St. John's Flames and the Devils moved their affliation to the newly renamed Albany River Rats (formerly the Capital District Islanders).  The Devils ended their affiliation with the River Rats in 2006 and they became the minor league team for Carolina while the Devils bought the Lowell Loch Monsters and changed their name to the Lowell Devils.  When Carolina moved the River Rats in 2010 to Charlotte (and renaming them to the Checkers), the Devils moved the Lowell Devils to Albany and renamed them the current Albany Devils.

 

You are correct in that.

[Colorado Rockies 1976]

Wichita Wind was the minor-league team in the Devils' first year, after the Rockies had moved from Colorado .

[aylbert]

HockeyDB should have everything you need to know:

 

http://www.hockeydb....nt.php?tmi=7066

 

 

Season Farm Team League 

1982-1983 Wichita Wind CHL 

1983-1987 Maine Mariners AHL 

1987-1993 Utica Devils AHL 

1992-1993 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 

1993-2006 Albany River Rats AHL 

2006-2010 Lowell Devils AHL 

2010-2013 Albany Devils AHL 

    

Secondary    

1982-1984 Muskegon Mohawks IHL 

1984-1986 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 

1986-1987 Indianapolis Checkers IHL 

1988-1989 Flint Spirits IHL 

1992-1993 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 

1993-1998 Raleigh Icecaps ECHL 

1994-1995 Flint Generals UHL 

1998-1999 Augusta Lynx ECHL 

2007-2011 Trenton Devils ECHL 

Edited by aylbert, 27 February 2013 - 11:35 AM.

[GIANTS79]

perfect!  thanks for sharing.  I was looking for something just like that

 

 

HockeyDB should have everything you need to know:

 

http://www.hockeydb....nt.php?tmi=7066

 

 

Season Farm Team League 

1982-1983 Wichita Wind CHL 

1983-1987 Maine Mariners AHL 

1987-1993 Utica Devils AHL 

1992-1993 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 

1993-2006 Albany River Rats AHL 

2006-2010 Lowell Devils AHL 

2010-2013 Albany Devils AHL 

    

Secondary    

1982-1984 Muskegon Mohawks IHL 

1984-1986 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 

1986-1987 Indianapolis Checkers IHL 

1988-1989 Flint Spirits IHL 

1992-1993 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 

1993-1998 Raleigh Icecaps ECHL 

1994-1995 Flint Generals UHL 

1998-1999 Augusta Lynx ECHL 

2007-2011 Trenton Devils ECHL 

[Pepperkorn]

Well -- now I want lobster...

 

and all I can think of is this guy must be the Wichita Wind's mascot