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 2023-24 Season Preview

In just eight more days, the Jacksonville Icemen will once again take to the ice for regular season action. The October 21st puck drop will start the Icemen’s seventh season in the ECHL and the start of a new chapter of hockey history in the River City. In July, the team announced a new NHL […]

Canucks, Boeser Dazzle In Season Opener

The puck has finally dropped on the Vancouver Canucks 2023-24 season opener, and already the storylines are writing themselves. With the flu making its way down the roster, trade rumours stirring up, contract speculation surrounding star players, salary cap restraints, and a list of injuries, Canucks hockey looks to already be in midseason form. Much […]

ECHL: Icemen Receive Surplus Of Talent

The Jacksonville Icemen’s 2023-24 training camp is only in its second day, but that doesn’t mean roster changes can’t happen. With the AHL’s regular season beginning on Friday, October 13th, AHL teams are cutting down their final rosters and sending players to their next destinations. The next destination for players in the AHL’s Rochester Americans […]

ECHL: Jacksonville Icemen Training Camp Preview

It’s October, Icemen fans, and that means hockey season has finally arrived. With the regular season now just a couple weeks out, teams are beginning to prepare for the upcoming grind and have started training camp. The Jacksonville Icemen announced their plans for camp on Friday, with the action starting early on Sunday, October 8. […]

Vancouver Canucks to Add Roberto Luongo to Ring of Honour

There will soon be one more name adorning the rafters at Rogers Arena, that of Roberto Luongo. The Vancouver Canucks announced on Wednesday that the team would be inducting Bobby Lu into the team’s Ring of Honor at a ceremony during a game against the Florida Panthers on December 14th. The announcement to add Luongo […]

Mikheyev Departs Canucks Training Camp Due to ‘Personal Reasons’

Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced on Thursday that forward Ilya Mikheyev has left training camp due to personal reasons. The news comes a day after Allvin stated that Mikheyev would be joining the team at training camp, skating with the third group in a no-contact capacity. The 28-year-old Mikheyev signed a four year […]

ECHL: Jacksonville Icemen Bolster Support In Net

As it stands, the Icemen roster really only lacks one thing – goaltending. With the loss of veteran net presence Charles Williams to retirement and the other two members of the goalie mafia finding homes in the AHL, the Icemen goaltending group is going through a transformation of sorts. Since late July, the team has […]

ECHL: Icemen Twofer Tuesday

The Jacksonville Icemen continue to make roster changes in the 2023 offseason, making a pair of moves on Tuesday. The team announced the acquisition of forward Michael Turner from the Atlanta Gladiators, with the Gladiators receiving future considerations in return. Those future considerations are typically a player’s signing rights. Veteran defenseman Mackenzie Dwyer has also […]

Vancouver Canucks Make Quinn Hughes Captain

After months of heavy speculation and excited debates, the Vancouver Canucks have named their newest team captain. In an announcement that came today shortly after 8 am Vancouver time, the team informed the hockey world that Quinn Hughes would take over the role as the newest team captain of the Vancouver Canucks. The news comes […]

ECHL: Icemen Off-Season Round-Up

I don’t know about you, Icemen faithful, but I miss hockey. With the roster beginning to round out, training camp on the way, and the month of October beginning to creep around the corner, we’ve now reached the part of the off-season I affectionately refer to as purgatory. It’s that time of the summer when […]