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 Lock In MacKinnon, Isaacson

Today the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL announced two more player signings for the 2023-24 season. Forwards Carson MacKinnon and Nick Isaacson will return to the Icemen roster, with both players agreeing to terms on one-year contracts. 24-year-old Nick Isaacson returns to the team after playing just two games with the Icemen last season. The […]

ECHL: Icemen Sign Forward Van Wyhe

The Jacksonville Icemen added one more player to their 2023-24 roster on Thursday. The team announced they have signed forward Garrett Van Wyhe to a one-year deal. Van Wyhe is a 6’2″, 201 pound centerman that joins the team after having split last season between the Adirondack Thunder and the Fort Wayne Komets. Before being […]

ECHL: Easton Brodzinski Returns To Icemen Roster

It’s two months and thirteen days away from the next Icemen game, but who is counting anyway? To add to the anticipation of a new hockey season just around the bend, the Icemen have announced another return to the team’s roster. Forward Easton Brodzinski has agreed to terms for a one-year deal with the team. […]

ECHL: Icemen Ink Rookie Forwards Mersch & Bignell

The Jacksonville Icemen announced today two new signings for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Rookie forwards Dominick Mersch and Luke Bignell have signed one-year agreements with the team, adding to the list of names set to appear in an Icemen sweater in the new season. Dominick Mersch comes to Jacksonville after wrapping up a five-year collegiate […]

ECHL: Icemen Add First New Face

After the departure of Charles Williams and both Olof Linbolm and Parker Gahagen yet to be signed, the Icemen crease has been a desolate spot this offseason. Now with the season just over two months out, the Icemen look to be adding some fresh talent in net. Goaltender Matt Vernon has agreed to terms with […]

ECHL: Icemen July Monthly Round-Up: Out With The Old

As the month of July comes to an end, and the hockey offseason stretches into its waning months, it’s time to begin examining the upcoming 2023-24 ECHL season. For the Jacksonville Icemen, July has been a month in transition, with quite literally new faces and new places coming into Jacksonville’s hockey framework. Despite there being […]

ECHL: Icemen Add Two More to Defense Corps

The 2023-24 season roster building continues for the Jacksonville Icemen, who today announced two more players would be rejoining the team for the upcoming year. Defensemen Victor Hadfield and Connor Russell have both been signed to one-year contracts. Hadfield and Russell join a growing list of names that are returning to play in a Jacksonville […]

ECHL: Icemen Add to List of Returning Players

With 87 days left until opening night puck drop for the ECHL’s Jacksonville Icemen, the team’s roster continues to take shape. Today the team announced that forward Derek Lodermeier will be rejoining the Icemen roster for the 2023-24 season. Lodermeier is the sixth Icemen player to return to the team, following the returns of Julian […]

Capitals Add Muller and McCudden To Coaching Staff

After a full-scale clearing of the house, the Washington Capitals appear to have completed their overhaul of the team’s coaching personnel. Today the organization announced that Kirk Muller and Kenny McCudden would be joining Spencer Carbery and crew behind the bench for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Muller and McCudden are the latest to join the […]

ECHL: Brendan Harris Returns to Jacksonville

On Wednesday, the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL announced they’ve filled one more roster spot for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Forward Brendan Harris has agreed to terms, returning to Jacksonville for his third season with the Icemen. Harris first landed in Jacksonville during the 2021-22 season after playing 25 games with the Wheeling Nailers over […]