New Farm Team Unveiled

Champlain Athletic Club has reached an agreement with the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, to house the club's farm affiliate next year.

The team's name will be HC United of Manchester and they will play out of the Verizon Wireless Arena.

The logo features deer antlers, a reference to the state animal, the white-tailed deer. The team colors, navy blue, white, and silver, were chosen to match that of the University of New Hampshire, strengthening the organization's bond with college hockey programs.

Vivere aut mori is Latin for the famous state motto of New Hampshire, "Live Free or Die."

The jerseys were also revealed, showing something that Champlain will also be doing this year: if a player is born in a nation where Cyrillic is used, their name in Cyrillic will be placed on the jersey just below the number, shown here by Igor Bobkov.

The team's head coach will be Natalie Darwitz.

Folin Angel

The Champlain Athletic Club has announced that they have traded forward Vladimír Sobotka to Edmonton Mountain Men, along with the Las Vegas Bulls' fourth round pick in the upcoming WHL draft. In exchange, the team receives defender Christian Folin.

Folin, 24, comes from the municipality of Kungsbacka, Sweden, on the nation's west coast. After playing for the Frölunda junior program, he moved to North Ameria, first in the USHL with Fargo Force and later in the NAHL with the Austin Bruins. He then played two solid years at UMass-Lowell - winning two conference tournaments with the team - before being taken with the 70th pick (Round 3) of last year's WHL Entry Draft.

Sobotka, 27, posted 31 points in the WHL last season, but recently signed a 3 year deal with Avangard Omsk Region of the Kontinental Hockey League.

The fourth round pick was acquired midseason for Alexey Marchenko.

"We're glad with our return with Christian, he's a young defender on his way up. At worst, he'll be a solid depth defender; at best, he could potentially fit in our middle pairings," said GM Locria Fox.

Champlain Athletic Reveal Arena Plans

Champlain Athletic Club has released several 3D sketches of their home arena, which will be ready for the start of the 2016-17 WHL season. In the meantime, the team will play their games outdoors at Centennial Field.

Here are models of the Green Mountain Arena:

The inside has not been modeled, but the team expects to have a team store, a sports bar, air hockey tables, and a restaurant which serves the finest cuisine from the various nations Champlain players hail from.

In other PR news from Champlain, we can also confirm that the team has created three charities:

-One, All For Hockey, that will help cover costs for equipment, coaching, and travel for families who want to play hockey but just can't afford it.

-One, The Fox Fund, that will aid transgender individuals without a home or a job due to their gender identities. This was the brainchild of transgender GM Locria Fox.

-One unnamed fund that will help diabetes and cancer research