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ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs 2025 To Begin April 16: How To Watch, What To Know

The 2024-25 ECHL regular season has come to a close and it's time to get the second season underway. The Kelly Cup Playoffs will begin Wednesday, April 16 as the chase for the league's top prize is down to its 16 teams for the division semifinals.

Apr 14

ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs 2025 To Begin April 16: How To Watch, What To Know
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ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs 2025 To Begin April 16: How To Watch, What To Know
ECHL Holiday Break: Gifts Teams Could Really Use This Season

The ECHL’s holiday break is a tough time for coaches and a great time for players.

Dec 24, 2024

ECHL Holiday Break: Gifts Teams Could Really Use This Season
ECHL Holiday Break: Gifts Teams Could Really Use This Season
How To Succeed In The ECHL: Some Advice For Expansion Teams

The ECHL has two expansion teams this season – the Bloomington Bison and Tahoe Knight Monsters – with another on the way in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Oct 25, 2024

How To Succeed In The ECHL: Some Advice For Expansion Teams
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How To Succeed In The ECHL: Some Advice For Expansion Teams
Biggest Things We Saw From The ECHL's Opening Weekend

The 2024-2025 ECHL season is off and running, and the opening weekend didn’t disappoint.

Oct 22, 2024

Biggest Things We Saw From The ECHL's Opening Weekend
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Biggest Things We Saw From The ECHL's Opening Weekend
NHL Minor League Hockey Team Affiliate List 2024-2025

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, 2024

NHL Minor League Hockey Team Affiliate List 2024-2025
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NHL Minor League Hockey Team Affiliate List 2024-2025
NHL Minor League Hockey Team Affiliates Breakdown

So what happens after an NHL team drafts a player?

Jul 9, 2024

NHL Minor League Hockey Team Affiliates Breakdown
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NHL Minor League Hockey Team Affiliates Breakdown
Race For ECHL Central Division Playoff Spots Is Must-See Hockey

The Indy Fuel’s Ross MacDougall, backtracking in front of his own net, coughed up the puck to the Wheeling Nailers’ Matt Koopman.

Apr 5, 2024

Race For ECHL Central Division Playoff Spots Is Must-See Hockey
Race For ECHL Central Division Playoff Spots Is Must-See Hockey
10 ECHL Shutdown Defensemen You Should Know

It’s only natural that we give a lot of love to the players who score highlight-reel goals and make snazzy 100-foot passes. We also love the goaltenders who make acrobatic saves. Fighters, we never stop talking about them, do we?

Mar 28, 2024

10 ECHL Shutdown Defensemen You Should Know
10 ECHL Shutdown Defensemen You Should Know
South Carolina's Jack Adams Is Here To Play But Also Destined To Coach

Of course, South Carolina Stingrays forward Jack Adams wants to be a hockey coach someday. With that name, how could he not?

Mar 8, 2024

South Carolina's Jack Adams Is Here To Play But Also Destined To Coach
South Carolina's Jack Adams Is Here To Play But Also Destined To Coach
Walleye's Keenan, K-Wings' Vorva Among 10 Most Underrated ECHL Players

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, 2024

Walleye's Keenan, K-Wings' Vorva Among 10 Most Underrated ECHL Players
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Walleye's Keenan, K-Wings' Vorva Among 10 Most Underrated ECHL Players
One Game To Win, Here Are The ECHL Goalies You Want

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, 2024

One Game To Win, Here Are The ECHL Goalies You Want
One Game To Win, Here Are The ECHL Goalies You Want
ECHL Aims For 32 Teams But Must Be Cautious As It Grows

We’re not far away from the ECHL expanding to 32 teams.

Dec 12, 2023

ECHL Aims For 32 Teams But Must Be Cautious As It Grows
ECHL Aims For 32 Teams But Must Be Cautious As It Grows
ECHL: 28 Players Who Aren't On NHL Or AHL Contracts That Perhaps Should Be

I’m based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and whenever I watch the ECHL’s Komets play these days, I find myself pondering this question: What the heck is Jack Dugan doing at this level?

Nov 30, 2023

ECHL: 28 Players Who Aren't On NHL Or AHL Contracts That Perhaps Should Be
ECHL: 28 Players Who Aren't On NHL Or AHL Contracts That Perhaps Should Be
Don't Panic About Any ECHL Team's Start, Not Until Dec. 15, Anyway

Unless it’s, oh, Dec. 15, it’s too early to panic about any ECHL team. That’s what I always tell people, anyway.

Nov 21, 2023

Don't Panic About Any ECHL Team's Start, Not Until Dec. 15, Anyway
Don't Panic About Any ECHL Team's Start, Not Until Dec. 15, Anyway
Like The Rest Of Pro Hockey, ECHL Getting Younger

ECHL teams are only allowed to dress four veterans in games, a rule that used to seem incredibly important. But as the ECHL has evolved into a younger, faster developmental circuit for the NHL, the veteran limit has become increasingly inconsequential.

Nov 7, 2023

Like The Rest Of Pro Hockey, ECHL Getting Younger
Like The Rest Of Pro Hockey, ECHL Getting Younger