Playing in the ECHL can be a grueling endeavor.
Mar 14
As the two-time defending Kelly Cup champions, the Florida Everblades are used to making waves in the ECHL. But it was more like shockwaves reverberating through the league when the team announced Wednesday it had signed former NHL first-round pick Joshua Ho-Sang to a contract.
Of course, South Carolina Stingrays forward Jack Adams wants to be a hockey coach someday. With that name, how could he not?
Mar 8
I was sitting around Wednesday and fired up the FloHockey app to watch some hockey.
Mar 2
We all give a lot of love to the big scorers in the ECHL, the Brandon Hawkins and Wade Murphys of this world. And, of course, we love those big-shooting defensemen like Matt Register and Jalen Smereck. And the highlight-making goaltenders, such as Cam Johnson.
Feb 26
The ECHL is filled with players who’ll freely admit that if they don’t ascend to the NHL – or at least the American Hockey League – they’ll be bitterly disappointed.
Feb 19
I don’t know what it is about us sports journalists, but we always seem to want to poke holes in things.
Feb 7
From a purely hockey perspective, I don’t know if the Fort Wayne Komets signing Daniel Amesbury was a great idea or not. But I do know it’s going to make for great theater when he debuts this weekend.
Feb 2
Any hockey team that hopes to have success in the postseason knows it must have a reliable goalie, someone who can steal a big game when the pressure is at its highest.
Jan 26
The ECHL had already announced Bloomington, Illinois as its latest expansion location, but now we know what the team will be called when the puck drops next season.
Jan 24
The ECHL will become a 30-team league in 2024-25. The city of Bloomington, Illinois has been awarded expansion membership for next season, joining Lake Tahoe as the two newest markets in the ECHL. The league approved the team during a board of governors meeting Tuesday.
Jan 16
By his own admission, Terry Ryan was a few pints into an early birthday celebration Saturday night when the phone rang with a rather insane way to spend his actual 47th birthday Sunday. The ECHL’s Newfoundland Growlers were on the line and they had a very serious question that Ryan could not actually take seriously right away.
Jan 15
When Peter Bates was leaving the junior hockey ranks at age 20, he didn’t think professional hockey was something that would be in his future.
Jan 10
Fiona Quinn wasn’t really thinking about becoming a broadcaster. Not until the last year and a half.
Jan 5
We’re coming up on the ECHL’s Christmas break, which is something players love, of course, but not all coaches do.
Dec 21, 2023