How the AHL's Roadrunners were able to remain in Tucson

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TUCSON , Arizona — It was a big save off the ice, as the Roadrunners will be back in Tucson for the 2024-25 season.

"We made it clear from the beginning that we wanted the Roadrunners here," said Fletcher McCusker, chairman of Rio Nuevo. "Imagine the predicament he was in," added McCusker."He can't say, 'Over my dead body,' because there would have been a dead body. As fans gathered 3,500 signatures for a petition to the AHL to keep the team in Tucson, Hoffman made a case to the AHL's Board of Governors about the team's impact in the community and on the ice.

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