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Professional hockey returning to Stockton with new team set to debut in October
PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY IS SKATING BACK into Stockton after a four-year absence. The city of Stockton and Adventist Health Arena officials will unveil details about a new team on Wednesday during a news conference.  Don Kirnan, commissioner of the Federal Prospects Hockey League, confirmed in a phone interview with Stocktonia on Monday that a franchise coming to Stockton will play in the FPHL. The city has not had professional […] The post Professional hockey returning to Stockton with new team set to debut in October appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Professional hockey returning to Stockton with new team set to debut in October, PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY IS SKATING BACK into Stockton after a four-year absence. The city of Stockton and Adventist Health Arena officials will unveil details about a new team on Wednesday during a news conference. Don Kirnan, commissioner of the Federal Prospects Hockey League, confirmed in a phone interview with Stocktonia on Monday that a franchise coming to Stockton will play in the FPHL. The city has not had professional […] The post Professional hockey returning to Stockton with new team set to debut in October appeared first on Local News Matters .
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