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: Icemen Keep Division Title Hopes Alive

The second-place Jacksonville Icemen took on the sixth-place Orlando Solar Bears Friday evening in a late-season showdown at the Amway Center. Jacksonville entered the game on a three-game win streak continuing an end-of-season points push for playoff position. Orlando started the evening on a four-game winless streak, with their most recent victory being a 6-4 […]

ECHL Reveals 2022-2023 Sportsmanship Award Winner

For the second consecutive year, forward Zach O’Brien from the Newfoundland Growlers has received the ECHL’s Sportsmanship Award. O’Brien leads the league in assists with 63 on the year and currently sits third in points, tallying up 86 through 57 games this season. He is also second in the league for powerplay scoring at 37 […]

ECHL 2022-2023 Community Service Award Winner Announced

The ECHL today announced the 2022-2023 Community Service Award recipient. South Carolina Stingrays defenseman Chaz Reddekopp takes home the honors after spending over 40 hours volunteering this season. The 26-year-old defenseman has played 50 games with the Stingrays this season, collecting one goal and 13 assists. Reddekopp found ways to get involved through the Stingrays […]

ECHL: Jacksonville Icemen Post Game: Nothing Like The Last Minute

After clinching a spot in the playoffs last Friday in a 4-3 win at home over the Atlanta Gladiators, the Jacksonville Icemen took a trip down to Estero, Florida, Wednesday evening to take on the Florida Everblades. The Icemen, currently second in the ECHL’s South Division, are in a race for first place in the […]

ECHL: Icemen Player Spotlight: Matheson Iacopelli

With the 2022-2023 regular season coming to a close, the Jacksonville Icemen are getting set for another Kelly Cup playoff appearance. There will be some new names donning Icemen sweaters this postseason, one of whom fans have heard a lot lately; Matheson Iacopelli. With four goals in his last four games, Iacopelli is beginning to […]

ECHL: CLINCHED! Icemen Secure Spot In Kelly Cup Chase

For the second year in a row, the Icemen are in. The Jacksonville Icemen punched their ticket to the Kelly Cup Playoffs Friday evening with a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Gladiators. Jacksonville had a chance to secure their place in the playoffs on Wednesday but failed to beat the Florida Everblades, losing 4-2. Wednesday’s […]

Jacksonville Icemen hockey player is skating towards the camera with the puck as a Solar Bears player follows behind over his left shoulder

ECHL: Icemen Weekend Recap – No April Fools

The Jacksonville Icemen took on the Orlando Solar Bears in back-to-back games this weekend, contending for critical points in the ECHL’s South Division playoff race. Going into the weekend, the Icemen found themselves in the third spot in the division, just two points back from first place and just one point back from second. Orlando […]

ECHL: Jacksonville Icemen April Preview

With just nine games left in the regular season, the Jacksonville Icemen are eyeing their first chance at making back-to-back playoff appearances. Sitting in third place in the Southern Division, the Icemen find themselves with an opportunity to pick up some late-season points amongst contending divisional opponents in April and make a renewed run for […]