Author: Armand Klisivitch

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

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Bring Home Three Awards From Vegas

The ECHL Hosted its annual Summer Meetings last week, and along with the Summer Meetings, The ECHL Award Show was also hosted in Vegas as ECHL honored the organizations and their members who play big roles off the ice and the Adirondack Thunder would head home with three awards; Jeff Mead would win the Blake […]

ECHL: Wade Murphy Heads Overseas

The Idaho Steelheads will have some big shoes to fill as forward Wade Murphy has decided to head overseas once again, this time to Slovakia. Murphy, originally a seventh-round pick of the Nashville Predators, would spend three seasons at the NCAA level, two with the University of North Dakota, and a year with Arizona State, […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Bring Back Experienced Blueliner

The Trois-Rivieres Lions have re-signed a familiar veteran presence on the blueline as they announced that they are bringing back Brycen Martin for the 2024-25 season. The former third-round pick of the Buffalo Sabres in 2014 has spent seven seasons in the ECHL, putting up 25 goals and 98 assists for 123 points in 374 […]

ECHL Board Of Governors Recap and Rule Changes For the 2024-25 Season

The ECHL recently had its Summer Meetings and the Board of Governors last week in Las Vegas, Nevada, and earlier this afternoon, the league announced two new changes for the league heading into the 2024-25 season as well as Utah Grizzlies CEO Kevin Bruder being re-elected as the Chairman of the Board for the fourth […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Extend Head Coach Pete MacArthur

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they have signed Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations Pete MacArthur to a two-year extension that carries him through the 2025-26 season. MacArthur, originally hired by the Thunder in June 2022, has led the Thunder to a 75-46-16-3 record and Kelly Cup Playoff appearances in his first two years as […]

ECHL: Andrew Peski Headed Overseas

Defenseman Andrew Peski is heading over to Denmark for the 2024-25 season after spending the past four seasons in the ECHL. He began his career with the Jacksonville Icemen before spending the last three years in Portland with the Maine Mariners. In 151 regular season games in the ECHL, Peksi has put up ten goals […]

Vegas Golden Knights Sign Ilya Samsonov

The Vegas Golden Knights have signed goaltender Ilya Samsonov to a one-year deal worth $1.8 million. Samsonov, a former first-round pick of the Washington Capitals, spent his first four seasons in the Capitals organization putting up a 20-14-3 record with a 2.70 GAA, .898SV%, and three shutouts during the 2018-19 season with the Hershey Bears. […]

Juraj Slafkovsky skating for the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens Sign Juraj Slafkovsky To Long-Term Extension

The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Juraj Slafkovsky to an eight-year, $60 million deal with an AAV of $7.6 million per season that will kick in during the 2025-26 season; Slafkovsky has one year left on his entry-level deal with the Canadiens. The former first-overall pick of the Canadiens in 2022 is coming off a […]

ECHL: Maine Mariners Re-Sign Brooklyn Kalmikov

The Maine Mariners have re-signed forward Brooklyn Kalmikov for the 2023-24 season. Kalmikov will be entering his third season in the ECHL and second with the Mariners. Prior to making the jump to the ECHL level, the Newfoundland native spent five seasons in the QMJHL, where he put up 108 goals and 104 assists for […]

Utica Comets Sign Two Players To One-Year Deals

The Utica Comets have announced that they have signed defenseman Jackson van de Leest and forward Andre Ghantous to one-year, two-way deals for the 2024-25 season; both players spent time with the Comets last season. Ghantous joined the Adirondack Thunder in March after spending five seasons at Western Michigan University, where he put up 53 […]