History was made the second the puck dropped for Tuesday night's game between the Atlanta Gladiators and South Carolina Stingrays. Atlanta forward Mike Pelech was in the lineup for the game, marking his 860th career contest in the ECHL, making him the all-time games played leader in the league's history.

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The ECHL on Wednesday announced the rosters for the 2023 Warrior/ECHL All-Star Classic presented by Optima Health and Sentara Healthcare, which will take place Jan. 16 at Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.

Tyler Parks of the Atlanta Gladiators is the Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Nov. 21-27. It is the second time in his career that he has received the weekly honor.

The 2022-23 ECHL season gets underway this weekend with 29 contests streamed live and on-demand exclusively on FloHockey from Friday to Sunday. The long wait is over and the premier “AA” league in the sport is set for its 35th season.

The ECHL announced Thursday the opening rosters for all 28 teams ahead of the league's opening weekend starting with a slate of eight games Friday night on FloHockey.

All eyes will be on the ECHL’s South Division this year, with the league’s defending champions, the Florida Everblades, set to face some increasingly stiff competition.

As the premier “AA” hockey league in North America, it should come as no surprise that the ECHL has sent well over 700 players to the National Hockey League since its inception, including 29 new alumni just last season.

The ECHL on Thursday announced the Season-Ending Rosters as submitted by each of its Member Teams.

The ECHL announced on Thursday that the 2022-23 season will begin with eight games on Friday, Oct. 21, continues with 13 games on Saturday, Oct. 22 with Opening Weekend concluding with six games on Sunday, Oct. 23.

The ECHL on Tuesday announced that Jeff Pyle of the Atlanta Gladiators is the 2021-22 recipient of the John Brophy Award as the league’s Coach of the Year.

After a long season of jockeying for playoff position, and a late battle to see who’d end up in the fourth and final postseason spot, the South Division semifinals are set. The Icemen and Gladiators series kicks off on Thursday night in Jacksonville, followed by the opener of the Florida-Greenville series one night later.

Sometimes, the schedule makers just know.

FloHockey’s weekly ECHL playoff primer continues, keeping track of all the key races in each of the four divisions, and getting you ready for the games ahead this upcoming week as the race to get into the Kelly Cup Playoffs comes down to the wire.