As THN.com has covered for months now, the prospect of NHL expansion is a very real thing. Whether we’re talking about a new team in Atlanta, Arizona, Quebec City, Houston or Hamilton, Ont.

NEW ORLEANS — A professional hockey team could be coming to the Crescent City. According to NHL analyst Kevin Weekes, a meeting was recently held in New York City to discuss the possibility of ...

Arena: The Smoothie King Center has been primarily used for the NBA’s Pelicans, but it has a 16,900 capacity for hockey. Opened in 1999 as the New Orleans Arena, it has staged numerous WWE ...

New Orleans played host to minor league hockey from 1997-2002 when the New ... in the Municipal Auditorium and then in the New Orleans Arena (now Smoothie King Center). Talk of NHL expansion ...

Arena: The Smoothie King Center has been primarily used for the NBA’s Pelicans, but it has a 16,900 capacity for hockey. Opened in 1999 as the New Orleans Arena, it has staged numerous WWE wrestling ...

Phoenix still needs a new arena to make the return reportedly ... cities with interest in NHL expansion. New Orleans once had an East Coast Hockey League team called the New Orleans Brass ...

New Orleans joins a long ... the costs of converting the arena to a basketball configuration. The building held a capacity of 16,900 when configured for hockey. The Baton Rouge Zydeco of the ...

Now it can be confirmed the Pelicans will play two matches in Australia’s sporting capital, against NBL powerhouse Melbourne ...