Author: Armand Klisivitch

Inside The Rink ECHL Manager | Senior Editor Credentialed Reporter for the Adirondack Thunder & Worcester Railers.

ECHL: Indy Fuel Re-Sign Owen Robinson, Lose Jarrett Lee To France

The Indy Fuel would lose another player to overseas as forward Jarrett Lee is heading to France for the 2025-26 season. Lee will join Cergy-Pontoise (Ligue Magnus). Despite losing Lee, they would re-sign forward Owen Robinson. Indy has lost six players this summer, while signing just three so far. Jarrett Lee Heads Overseas Lee, 26, […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Bring Back Pierson Brandon

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they’ve brought back defenseman Pierson Brandon for the 2025-26 season. Brandon, 25, signed with the Thunder on March 31st, but didn’t play in any games with the team as he was rehabbing from an injury. The Irvington, NY, native is the fourth signing by the Thunder, and the second […]

ECHL: Olivier LeBlanc Signs With Tahoe Knight Monsters

Defenseman Olivier LeBlanc has signed with the Tahoe Knight Monsters for the 2025-26 season after spending the last two seasons overseas. This signing gives the Knight Monsters some much-needed experience on the blueline. The two other defensemen on the roster, Kaelan Taylor and Linden Alger, have 20 games played between the two of them. LeBlanc […]

ECHL: Kyle Haskins Signs With Reading Royals

The Reading Royals have signed forward Kyle Haskins for the 2025-26 season. Haskins had three goals and four assists for seven points in 13 games with the Orlando Solar Bears and Greenville Swamp Rabbits. He began his career in Orlando before being traded to Greenville on March 20th. The 25-year-old center would be traded again […]

ECHL: Josh Boyer Stays in Bloomington

The Bloomington Bison have announced that they’ve re-signed center Josh Boyer for the 2025-26 season. Boyer, 25, began his career with the Atlanta Gladiators, where he played 19 games during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons, putting up a goal and an assist before being traded to the Bison. In 48 games with Bloomington, he would […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivières Lions Sign Julien Paillé, Announce First Ever Preseason Game

The Trois-Rivières Lions have announced they’ve signed forward Julien Paillé for the 2025-26 season. Paillé, 20, played in 54 games in the QMJHL last season with the Gatineau Olympiques and Baie-Comeau Drakkar. He would put up 21 goals and 17 assists for 38 points, and would add one assist in five games during the QMJHL […]

Montreal Canadiens Sign Joe Veleno

The Montreal Canadiens have announced that they’ve signed center Joe Veleno to a one-year, one-way contract worth $ 900,000. Last season, Veleno would put up five goals and five assists for 10 points in 56 games with the Detroit Red Wings before being traded to the Chicago Blackhawks at the NHL Trade Deadline. In 18 […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Re-Sign Ian Pierce

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they’ve re-signed rookie defenseman Ian Pierce for the 2025-26 season. Pierce,24, joined the Thunder at the end of the 2024-25 season, where he would put up two goals and four assists for six points. He would have at least one point in five of the six games he played […]

ECHL: Tahoe Knight Monsters Re-Sign Linden Alger

The Tahoe Knight Monsters have announced that they’ve re-signed defenseman Linden Alger for the 2024-25 season. Alger would join the Knight Monsters after finishing up his last year of eligibility at UMass. He would play in two games with Tahoe at the end of the regular season and then would play in four Kelly Cup […]

ECHL: Aidan Sutter Returns To Wheeling Nailers

The Wheeling Nailers have re-signed defenseman Aidan Sutter for the 2025-26 season. Sutter began the 2024-25 season with the University of Calgary, where he had one assist in three games with the Dinos. The 22-year-old joined the Nailers in January and would put up two assists in 17 regular-season games, and was not on the […]