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All American Hockey League History TicketsScores & SchedulesStatsStandingsRostersBattle Creek RevolutionChiTown ShootersChicago BlazeDetroit HitmenEvansville IceMenMadison Ice MuskiesTransactionsNewsNewsAllStar WeekendChampions CupIn The CommunityPlayer of the WeekPlayer of the MonthGoaltender of the MonthArchivesRSS FeedsThe AAHLAffiliationsAllStar WeekendAwardsCareersChampions CupPlayoff SchedulePlayoff BracketsQualification RulesChampions TeamsChampions PlayersCoachesCorporate OpportunitiesCorporate PartnersFAQHistoryMediaProspective OwnersTeam MapSocial NetworkingMultimediaPhoto GalleriesVideo GalleriesShopHome The AAHL History History The All American Hockey Association was formed on September 25th 2008 when it became apparent that two other leagues the Midwest Hockey League and the MidAtlantic Hockey League would not be able to field teams for the 200809 season Since some teams had already made commitments to their communities and needed to fulfill those commitments the AAHA combined the strongest teams in each league that were ready to play On September 30th former NHL referee Bob Langdon was named commissioner and director of officiating for the AAHA The AAHAs charter members the Battle Creek Revolution ChiTown Shooters Detroit Dragons and the Evansville IceMen were formally approved Training camps opened on October 18th and the AAHAs first exhibition game was played on November 6th when the Battle Creek Revolution took on the ChiTown Shooters at the Midwest Training and Ice Center Finally on November 14th the inaugural season began in Detroit with the Battle Creek Revolution taking on the Detroit Dragons The mission of the All American Hockey Association has always been to prepare players coaches and officials for AA leagues and on November 20th Jason McCrimmon of the Detroit Dragons was called up by the Flint Generals of the International Hockey League and became the AAHAs first callup McCrimmon would be one of eight callups during the AAHAs inaugural year The Chicago Blaze became the first AAHA expansion team and were activated early to complete the 200809 season after the Detroit Dragons folded in January of 2009 The Blaze were slated to be a 200910 season expansion team but instead played the remainder of the Detroit Dragons road schedule The AAHA again made minorleague history on February 14th when Evansville goaltender Kira Hurley became the first female net minder to register a point in a mens professional game A crowd of 1100 fans in Evansville watched Hurley feed a pass to forward Kyle Heffernan at the blue line who skated the puck into the zone and fed a pass to Shane Heffernan who scored at the 806 mark of the third period Hurleys jersey and goal stick are on permanent display at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto Ontario On March 20th 2009 the AAHA kicked off the first ever Champions Cup playoffs w...