Glens Falls officials were seen showing off the civic center two weeks ago to an executive with the Abbotsford Heat, an AHL team located in British Columbia that has been losing money, according to a Post Star story written at the time.

The visit, which city officials denied even though it was witnessed by a Post Star reporter, would appear to be the latest attempt by the city to lure a new AHL team with the impending departure of the Adirondack Phantoms.

The Heat is the AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames. The team is located in suburban Vancouver.

“Sorry, the Abbotsford Heat are not in a position to confirm or deny anything done by the Calgary Flames,” Abbotsford Heat spokesman Ravi Sidhu told the Times Union Monday.

There have been other rumors that Glens Falls was trying to attract the Portland, Maine team and another Canadian team, to no avail.

Last year, there were rumors that the Heat were considering moving the team to Utica, but in the end, the Vancouver Canucks AHL team was moved to Utica after the NHL Canucks purchased another minor league team in Illinois.

Ironically, the Heat were once the Utica Devils, back when the franchise was owned by the New Jersey Devils. The Calgary Flames purchase the team in 1993, moving it to Saint John, New Brunswick. The team eventually relocated to Abbotsford in 2009, and its contract runs out this year.

In addition to be a major source of community pride AHL hockey is a major source of revenue for the civic center, which may be closed down if a new team cannot be secured.