The St. Charles Chill are looking for new owners. The team previously announced in May that it would be ceasing operations, but a new report from Andy Strickland suggests there’s an attempt to find new owners for the team in order to return for the 2015-16 season.
Letters are currently being sent out to business people in the local hockey community searching for buyers for the St. Charles Chill.
— Andy Strickland (@andystrickland) August 17, 2014
The letter states the Chill are hoping to resume play in 2015-2016. Franchise has been iced for this season #stcharleschill
— Andy Strickland (@andystrickland) August 17, 2014
The Chill were awful last season. They finished last in the 10-team CHL with just 11 wins and 28 points. To put that in perspective, the 9th-place squad (Wichita) had 27 wins and 63 points. Attendance was slightly better, coming in 7th in the CHL with an average of 2,585 fans a night.
There hasn’t been much discussion regarding the Chill since they elected to cease operations. The team’s website has been shuttered. It’s nice to hear a renewed attempt to save the Chill, but you have to wonder how feasible hockey in St. Charles might be considering the failed experiment in 2013-14.
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