Topeka Tilt
 It's not quite official, but it's about as close as you can get. Facing issues and uncertainty at their curent rink, the WSHL's Tucson Tilt are close to an agreement to move to Topeka next season. Tilt officials have a contract in hand to play at the 7,777 seat Landon Arena, former home to the USHL Topeka Scarecrows and a pair of CHL teams. The contract is expected to be signed in the next day or two, and a media announcement (other than me) should be out by early next week. The Tilt would shift to the Midwest Division after the relocation, making a good rival with Tulsa.Labels: WSHL |
posted by Marc Foster at 11/27/2006 04:49:00 PM
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TOPEKAHOCKEY said ... (4:14 PM, December 06, 2006) :
post a commenti guess yay for hockey in topeka, but certainly boo for the poor level of hockey we are getting
Well, there ya go. A very vocal minority wants hockey back in Topeka at any cost, then when it appears it's on it's way, that's the first response they get. Amazing. Junior B hockey oughta sell well in a market that lost two professional and one Tier One junior team. Yeah, good luck with that. Why do I get the feeling that Landon Arena management prostituted themselves to get ANY team? Even the NAHL, as screwed up as that league is right now, would be better than the WSHL. And why is it ANY team, outside of the college club team, fails in Tucson?
The Tucson Tilt are not failing. check out the rankings as they are nationally ranked #2 in both polls. The fact of the matter is there is rink uncertainty. This will be a great move for the WSHL as it will even the divisions and I believe the Topeka hockey faithful will embrace the Tilt.
Junior B hockey in Topeka? Come on!!!
This is not a poor level of hockey. The Tilt are a great team. Our rink is going down the tubes (again) and will surely be shut down by April 1, 2007. We'd love to keep them here, so if the nay sayers don't want them, just say so. The coaching is first rate as are the players. We'll be at Nationals.
Fairbanks Alaska lost a pro team and replaced them with a WSHL team. That team did very well, and now look at them.
Hockey is back. The future looks brighter for Hockey in Topeka.
Topeka wouldn't support a team in the USHL, how can it support a Junior B team? They didn't know how good they it with a team that brought some of the best talent in country into their home city 30 nights a year. I know people who worked with the Scarecrows and are very good hockey people now working elsewhere in the USHL. They are SO glad not to be in Topeka. Don't expect this team to last long there either.
it is indeed a poor level of hockey, the tilt just happen to be a good team in this, a bad league
I was upset as anyone to see the USHL leave Topeka, but you cannot compare that team's failure to what a WSHL team might do. Anyone want to compare the operating budgets of a team in the WSHL, or the NAHL for that matter, and one in the USHL? The USHL team in Topeka drew about 1,800-2,000 fans per game. If the new team draws even 1/2 of those fans it will be profitable.
The biggest problem with the USHL in Topeka (or one of the biggest anyway), was that fans thought if they did not support it, the CHL would come back. Well, they got what they wanted and the CHL flopped terribly the second go around. Will this team make it in Topeka? It is hard to say. However, I do believe that a WSHL or an NAHL team has a much, much better chance of making it here than the CHL did, and also has a better chance than the USHL did - if nothing else due to the lower operating costs associated with those leagues.
The BIGGEST problem with the USHL Scarecrows, was that, just like in Tupelo with the AWHL T-Rex, the "fans" thought that, if the team wasn't "pro," then it wasn't any good.
Junior B hockey isn't great. It can be good, but it won't be great. And it most certainly doesn't belong in Landon Arena. Junior B is a tuition-driven level. The players PAY to play. Hard not to be profitable playing in the proper facility.
mctopeka's enthusiasm is to be commended, but is likely to be, in my opinion, clouded by the "any hockey is good hockey" mindset. The only "guarantee" he can make of there being 2,000 fans a night, is to put up a performance bond, so that if 2,000 people a night don't show, then he covers the difference out of his pocket.
No, the Tuscon Tilt are NOT failing...on the ice. YES, the rink is going under. Tucson is NOT a hockey market, unless you want to watch college club level apparently. (Unless I am missing something)But, for the Tilt(Who the hell came up with THAT name? Sheesh!) to truly be at home, whether it be in Tucson, Topeka, or wherever, it needs to be in a RINK, not an arena. If the Tilt does move to Topeka(No deal has been signed yet. For this to even be out is just bad business), and if it does succeed to the level mctopeka thinks it will, I'll be the first to say I was wrong. However, I have no reason to warm my vocal cords for apology time yet. And I don't think I ever will.
Is Topeka Ice a Group Ice place? And if yes, it makes no sense, especially after the Tilt owner pretty much bashed them in a local article....to move to one of their buildings again.
Topeka Ice hasn't even been built yet... how could it be a Group Ice facility? It's just a working name for the project.
Yeesh!!!!
If there are real plans, there should also be a group / company that will own / run it...
These buildings do not just pop up....They take a few years to design, city approvals, build, etc.
Hi all. All I know is I miss hockey. It was our family night and we loved the atmosphere, fan friends we made and the excitement of a team sport. We don't want college football, baseball, basketball, soccer or anything else. My family have been avid supporters from day one of Topeka hockey and we will gladly support this team or any other team that we should be so lucky to get. Everybody please just be happy for us and hope the best for your exiting team. We both deserve it.
The Tilt have done nothing for the city of Tucson or its hockey programs, What is going to change in Topeka?
Ask not what your team can do for you but what you can do for the team.
I hear the Tilt is folding anyways.
I can assure you the Tilt aren't folding. The rink might at year end but the Tilt are fine. When you make such bold comments, you should attach your name to the post.
You didn't there Ol' Bold one....
sure sounds like they are folding
Care to elaborate on how the Tilt club is NOT folding.????
Just heard that as of today 12/03 all of the players have packed up their gear and are refusing to play for the tilt because of the GM's finacial mismangement of the team. Players who paid for housing are getting evicted, league fees not paid, etc. Good luck Topeka, your gonna need it.
Is that enough elaboration for you?
HAHAHAHAHAHA Nice Boys Where is MCTOPEKA now?
Everyone who is bashing MC on here really should pull their heads out of their pipe hole and look. MC had no way of noing this was going to go down like it did. His intentions were pure & honest. He is just an enthusiastic hockey fan who wont accept no for an answer when it come to hockey back in Topeka. Nice job MC & Bucket! Keep up the hard work!