SHL Team: Edmonton Blizzard

Affiliate: Red Deer Cree

The decision to have the minor league affiliate of the Edmonton Blizzard located in Red Deer is for two primary reasons. First, its location. It is only 90 minutes outside of Edmonton which would make calling up or sending down players relatively quick, easy and inexpensive. It is also is relatively large with a population just over 100,000 and it has many of the same amenities as a larger city. The second reason is because of the hockey infrastructure that is already established. They already have a 7,000 seat hockey arena built and a rabid hockey fan base. 

The team name is the Cree mostly because I like team names to have something to do with the location they represent and because the Cree were the tribe that named the river along which Red Deer was founded (the Red Deer River).

Management will come from within the Edmonton organization and will initially compromise @khabib and @Good_Ole_Kimmy. Both would do a most excellent job and would definitely set the groundwork for the Cree to succeed in the fledgling minor league.