Author: Armand Klisivitch

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

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024-25 Season Opening Roster

The Adirondack Thunder have announced their 2024-25 opening night roster. This year’s season-opening roster is a lot different than last year’s season-opening roster, as only five skaters and two goaltenders from the 2023-24 opening night roster are on the 2024-25 season-opening roster, including Ryan Smith, T.J. Friedmann, Jace Isley, Brendan Less, Ryan Wheeler, Jeremy Brodeur, […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce Assistant Captains

The Adirondack Thunder have announced their leadership group led by Darian Skeoch, who will retain the “C” as Ryan Smith and Kevin O’Neil will both wear an “A” for the 2024-25 season. Smith- The Roanoke, Virginia native has been with the Thunder for the past four seasons and wore an “A” on his chest during […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Announce Captain

The Trois-Rivieres Lions have announced that Morgan Adams-Moisan has been named the team’s second captain in team history after Cedric Montminy announced his retirement from professional hockey earlier this Summer. Jakov Novak, Brycen Martin, and Anthony Beauregard will serve as the team’s assistant captains. This isn’t the first time Adams-Moisan has served as a captain, […]

ECHL: Bloomington and South Carolina Make Another Trade

The Bloomington Bison and South Carolina Stingrays would complete their second trade of the season after Bloomington acquired three players from South Carolina back in September. On Monday, the Stingrays would send forward Jack Adams to Bloomington in exchange for future considerations. The 27-year-old forward is coming off a strong rookie season where he put […]

ECHL: Maine Mariners Transactions | 10/14/2024

The Maine Mariners had a busy day. They released two players, announced a trade, and acquired a player from Providence. They continue preparing their season-opening roster before the league’s 3 p.m. EST deadline on Wednesday. Players Released Goaltender Dante Giannuzzi and Austin Master were both released today. Giannuzzi, 22, signed with Maine this off-season and […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Transactions | 10/14/2024

The Adirondack Thunder had a busy Monday as opening rosters are due in less than 48 hours as they suspended a player, released a player, and claimed a player off waivers. Let’s start with one of the least significant transactions, which was the release of Tyson Gilmour. The 26-year-old center was the only PTO at […]

ECHL 2024-25 Season Previews: Trois-Rivieres Lions

The Trois-Rivieres Lions had a lot of business to tend to off the ice during the 2024 off-season after almost folding at the end of last season before Spire Sports came in and saved the franchise. One of the main things TR wanted to get done this off-season was to extend their affiliation with the […]

ECHL: Darian Skeoch Suspended One Game

The ECHL Department of Player’s Safety has issued its first suspension of the year as they’ve suspended Adirondack Thunder defenseman Darian Skeoch one game for his actions in Saturday’s pre-season game vs the Reading Royals. He will miss Adirondack’s season opener on Friday Night vs Norfolk Admirals. Skeoch was given a five-minute major for fighting […]

ECHL: Takeaways From The Adirondack Thunder 2024 Preseason

The Adirondack Thunder finished off their preseason series against the Reading Royals last night. The two teams split the series, with each of the teams picking up a win on the road. As we know, the preseason is about seeing what to expect and learning some new things, so let’s look at what stuck out […]

ECHL Preseason Recap: Adirondack Thunder vs Reading Royals | 10/12/2024

The Adirondack Thunder and Reading Royals wrapped up their pre-season series on Saturday Night at Santander Arena in Reading, PA. In the opening minutes of the game, it would be all Reading as Adirondack wouldn’t get their first shot on goal until the 8:05 mark of the opening frame; unfortunately for the Royals, the first […]