Grand Rapids Griffins will play in 2020-2021 AHL season

The AHL released a press release heralded by superb AHL scribe Patrick Williams, stating that 28 AHL teams will take part in the 2020-2021 AHL season, which begins on February 5th (hopefully). The Grand Rapids Griffins are one of those teams, and they’ll play in a revised Central Division (one without the Milwaukee Admirals, who are opting out of this season):

Here are the divisional realignments:

Atlantic — BRI, HAR, PRO
Canadian — BEL, LAV, MAN, TOR
North — BIN, HER, LV, ROC, SYR, UTI, WBS
Central — CHI, CLE, GR, IOW, RCK, TEX
Pacific — BAK, COL, HEN, ON, SD, SJ, STO, TUC#AHL— PATRICK WILLIAMS (@pwilliamsNHL) January 4, 2021

AHL announces it will play with 28 teams. Charlotte, Springfield, Milwaukee are opting out.— John Shannon (@JShannonhl) January 4, 2021

Griffins president Tim Gortsema says the AHL will start distributing schedules around the league tomorrow. Gortsema expects the AHL to play a division-heavy schedule.— Jamal Spencer (@JamalSpencerTV) January 4, 2021

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