The 2024-2025 ECHL season is off and running, and the opening weekend didn’t disappoint.
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Matty Gaudreau wore two uniforms over his ECHL career that saw him play parts of four different seasons. He debuted in the league with the Worcester Railers and played his last ECHL game with the Reading Royals. On Saturday night, it just so happened that Reading was in Worcester for the latter’s home opener.
Oct 20
The last few seasons in the ECHL has brought a lot of intrigue. There have been new teams, plenty of new exciting players and prospects, and there’s been a three-peat champion bringing a little consistency to the mix.
Oct 18
The ECHL season is almost upon us. When the puck drops Friday, it will mark another exciting chapter for the premier ‘AA’ hockey league. For ECHL fans, we’ve got one more piece of news to get you even more excited for Friday nights throughout the season.
Oct 17
Training camps are opening in ECHL cities across North America, an exciting time for fans tracking the best prospects, best teams and ever-changing landscape of Double-A hockey.
Oct 7
ECHL Unfiltered, a documentary series produced by GameAbove Entertainment in partnership with the ECHL, is now available to stream on demand on the FloHockey platform.
Every ECHL offseason represents a chance for a fresh start.
Oct 4
For the vast majority of players in the NHL, they're going to need a stop playing within the farm system of the club that either drafted or signed them. Some will get their start in the ECHL, the premier "AA" hockey circuit, while many will spends some time in the American Hockey League, the last step for most players before they realize their NHL dreams.
Sep 12
Johnny Gaudreau was not a big man, but he was larger than life. He was an artist with the puck on his stick who could make the seemingly impossible a reality. If only we could escape the reality his life and that of his younger brother Matthew were tragically cut short in a traffic accident Thursday in New Jersey.
Aug 30
While the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina still feel a bit distant, the final spots for teams hoping realize their Olympic dreams will be determined this week in Europe. A number of current NHL players and notable NHL prospects, as well as a number of North American minor leaguers will be participating in this year’s event.
Aug 29
For the second time this week, there was a big prospect trade in the NHL. This time it involved one of the best young goaltenders in hockey as Yaroslav Askarov was the centerpiece of a deal that sent him from the Nashville Predators to the San Jose Sharks.
Aug 23
It’s as sure a sign of summer when NHL teams are playing some musical chairs with their ECHL affiliates. A number of high profile NHL clubs are making switches for their Premier ‘AA’ affiliates this offseason including the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, a pair of Original Six franchises and the St. Louis Blues are getting back in the ECHL mix on a more official basis for the first time in a while.
Jul 10
So what happens after an NHL team drafts a player?
Jul 9
Perhaps it’s fitting that Matthew Wedman, a player who didn’t skate a single regular-season game with the Florida Everblades, netted the 2024 Kelly Cup-winning goal Saturday night against the Kansas City Mavericks.
Jun 10
The Florida Everblades have made history. With a stunning 4-3 overtime win in Game 5 of the Kelly Cup Finals, Florida won its third straight Kelly Cup, becoming the first team to ever win three consecutive titles in ECHL history.
Jun 9