The Central Hockey League has today announced the completion of a partnership with Viatran, Inc. to supply official game pucks to CHL teams. Under the agreement, Viatran, Inc. will be the primary source of game pucks to the Central Hockey Leagues 17 member clubs for the 2004-2005 season. Based in Austin, TX, Viatran, Inc. is a leading supplier of pucks and a full line of garments, novelty sticks, foil pucks, promotions, and has an experienced in-house design team.
"We are very pleased to have established this League-wide partnership, said Kimberly Valdivieso, Director of Licensing for the CHL. We have enjoyed an excellent relationship with Viatran, Inc. for several years and they have proven to be outstanding partners, from both a product quality and customer service perspective. We are thrilled to expand our partnership with Viatran, Inc.
With facilities in Austin, TX, Viatran, Inc. has an ideal central geographic location to quickly supply pucks to all teams within the CHL. We are very pleased with the relationship we have developed with the Central Hockey League, and are proud to increase our involvement as an officially licensed vendor, stated Thomas R. Erb, President, Viatran, Inc.
The Central Hockey League is currently preparing for its 13th season of play this October, and once again led all North American professional AA leagues in average attendance during the 2003-2004 regular season, welcoming 4,501 fans per contest this past year.
The Central Hockey League is operated by Global Entertainment Corporation through its WPHL, Inc. subsidiary. Global (OTCBB: GECO) is a diversified sports management, arena development and licensing company. Its subsidiary companies include: International Coliseums Company, a project manager for arena development and responsible for management agreements associated with arena facility operations; Global Entertainment Marketing Systems that pursues licensing and marketing opportunities related to the Companys sports management and arena developments and operations; Global Entertainment Ticketing (GetTix.net), an in-house ticketing company for sports and entertainment venues; and Cragar Industries, Inc., the licensor for CRAGAR, its nationally recognized, branded automotive wheels and products.