I'd say it's about time Oregon steps up it pro-hockey game. The triple-A of hockey would be a fit, wouldn't you say? I'm not informed about the ice arena situation there, but I know the Trailblazers in big basketball are housed in Portland.
There is a vacancy since the Barons team in Oklahoma City moved over with a name change to Bakersfield, California. It's more central than west. OKC was part of a five city abandonment in the American Hockey League. Those teams made there way for California in NHL Pacific Division territory for the '15-16 season. Teams in New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Virginia were moved out. In Canada a team moved from Hamilton to St. Johns after St. Johns became the Manitoba Moose in Winnipeg. There have been relocations and other moving and shaking in AHL.
Anyhoo, in naming an Oregon/Portland AHL team, a name of portability or transferability is the West Coast Coast. They can move or house themselves in multiple locations, as do the Portland Winterhawks junior minor league squad of the Canadian Hockey League (major juniors) play in two arenas (one that mainly hosts the NBA Blazers). The West Coast Ghosts could play in two or more towns.
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