The Rocky Mountain Rage minor-league hockey team will suspend operations for a year but hopes to return for the next season, the Central Hockey League announced today.
CHL commissioner Duane Lewis said the team will remain in good standing with the league with plans to play in 2010-11 season at the Broomfield Event Center.
Lewis said the goals during the time off will be to increase their marketing, get more corporate partners on board and work with BEC’s new managers.
“Getting that time to focus on the off-ice part of business will be good to re-establish in themselves in the community,” Lewis said by phone Friday.
All of the players on the team immediately become free agents when a disbands and they can start signing with other teams immediately, Lewis said.
The Rage management stated several factors in the suspension, including the transition of BEC management and securing a long-term lease agreement.
