Hockey at the Chevy Centre this season still a possibility, says Steelhounds owner

YOUNGSTOWN —Herb Washington, owner of the Youngstown SteelHounds’ parent company, described his one-on-one meeting with Mayor Jay Williams to discuss the future of hockey at the Chevrolet Centre “cordial and productive.”

The most pressing issue is hockey at the city-owned building this season, something that “remains a possibility,” Washington said.

“I’m not ready to give up on that,” said Washington, head of Blue Line Hockey LLC, the SteelHounds’ parent company.

With the clock ticking toward the beginning of the minor-league hockey season — and perhaps more importantly, the finalizing of the season’s schedule — there is no resolution as to having a team play at the center this fall.

“We have agreed to meet again and work toward some resolution and have hockey as early as this season,” Washington said.

That meeting will be sometime in the next two weeks.

The two met for about an hour today in the mayor’s office.

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