Yet Another Affiliation Agreement made by the Johnstown Chiefs

The Johnstown Chiefs announced last Friday, August 22nd that they entered into another affiliation agreement; this time with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Chiefs will become the Blue Jackets secondary minor league affiliate while their primary partner will remain the AHL Syracuse Crunch.

“We are extremely happy to be working with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Syracuse Crunch because, as an organization, they believe in developing their prospects the right way, and that’s what we strive for here,” said Chiefs coach Ian Herbers.

According to the press release posted on the Johnstown Chiefs webpage, ties between the two teams go back a few years as 2 former players, Jody Shelley and Derrick Walser began their NHL careers with the Blue Jackets.

I would think that the Chiefs being affiliated with several NHL / AHL teams could only help to make a stronger team / organization and, hopefully, keep them in Johnstown (after 20 years, no one wants to see them leave)!!

ALSO in Chiefs news, on Monday they acquired the rights to defenseman David Schulz and center Max Taylor from the Ontario Reign in exchange for defenseman Andrew Martens.