Author: Andrew Willis

Andrew Willis is a freelance hockey reporter covering the ECHL's Jacksonville Icemen for Inside The Rink and the Vancouver Canucks for The Canuck Way. His work has been featured on Hockey of Tomorrow and The Daily Faceoff, and can be found on Twitter/X @FromTheDrewLine.

ECHL: Jacksonville Icemen Midseason Report Card

The halfway point of the season has arrived in the ECHL. On Friday, teams returned to action after the mini all-star break following last week’s all-star festivities in Savannah. For the Jacksonville Icemen, the second half of the season began with the team sitting in the third place spot in the South division with a […]

ECHL: A Chat With Icemen All-Star Forward Brendan Harris

A slow start to the year was not in the cards for Jacksonville Icemen forward Brendan Harris. The Icemen forward has been performing at career-best levels since the start of the Icemen’s 2023-24 campaign, racking up 37 points through the first half of the season. This year, his voracious start earned him the honors of […]

ECHL All-Star Fan Fest Makes Big Impression In Savannah

It’s a mildly cool, sunny, breezy Sunday afternoon in Savannah, Georgia. Hundreds of fans line up outside of Enmarket Arena, the home of the ECHL’s Savannah Ghost Pirates. It’s jacket weather in the south, but in this particular instance, it’s hockey jersey weather. In only their second year in the league, the city of Savannah […]

ECHL All-Star Skills Competition Recap

The ECHL’s stars had a chance to put their talents on display Monday evening in Savannah, Georgia. The league held its annual All-Star event in front of 6,795 fans at Enmarket Arena. The event, hosted by the Savannah Ghost Pirates, saw the home team take on the ECHL All-Stars during the evening’s All-Star game. Fans […]

ECHL Game Recap: Jacksonville Icemen vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits | 01/13/2024

The Jacksonville Lizard Kings were back on the ice Saturday evening for a showdown with the South division-leading Greenville Swamp Rabbits. Saturday was the second and final night of the season for the Lizard Kings annual revival, the Icemen once again donning the sleek black and green retro look for hockey night in Jacksonville. The […]

ECHL Game Recap: South Carolina Stingrays vs Jacksonville Icemen | 01/12/2024

Cold-blooded Jacksonville Lizard Kings hockey returned to VyStar Memorial Arena Friday night. The Icemen adopted the Lizard Kings branding for two games at home this weekend, rocking a slick black and green look reminiscent of Jacksonville hockey in the 1990s. The team’s performance matched the imposing look of the retro Lizard Kings motif, posting a […]

ECHL Game Recap: Savannah Ghost Pirates vs. Jacksonville Icemen | 01/05/2024

On Friday, the Jacksonville Icemen finally got things started at home in the new year, taking on the Savannah Ghost Pirates during their retro game theme night. The Friday night showdown was the first game on home ice since the Icemen’s OT loss to the South Carolina Stingrays on Dec. 22. Jacksonville begins the 2024 […]

ECHL: Icemen’s Roster Depth Provides Edge

Roster moves have been the theme of the season thus far for the Jacksonville Icemen. The month of November saw a mounting number of call-ups hit the team in the early weeks due to injuries further up in the team’s affiliate pipeline. As players shipped up to Rochester and additional pieces came in to fill […]

ECHL: Icemen Head Into Christmas 14-9-3 After Trio of Games at Home

The Jacksonville Icemen head into the short holiday break in third place in the South division. It isn’t exactly the place where the team would have liked to be at Christmas. After a solid road trip performance, the team had a chance to leap ahead into the second place position in the standings with a […]

ECHL: Icemen’s Christopher Brown Earns Player of the Week Honors

The weekly awards keep rolling in for the Jacksonville Icemen. Monday, captain Christopher Brown picked up the league’s Player of the Week honors for the week of Dec. 11-17. The captain banked seven points in just three games on the road last week. Brown is the third Icemen player to pick up a weekly league […]