Author: Jake Farmer

I'm a photographer and writer, covering the ECHL Greenville Swamp Rabbits based in Greenville, South Carolina.

ECHL: Swamp Rabbits add Forward JD Greenway For The 2023-24 Season

Building up, the Swamp Rabbits are at it again with adding players to their upcoming 2023 season roster, as they announced that forward JD Greenway has signed a contract to the 2023-24 season. Greenway, 25, has played a season in the ECHL, along with two seasons with the AHL Bruins. Previously, during the 2022-23 season, […]

ECHL: Swamp Rabbits Sign Former Defenseman Sam Jardine

Greenville, SC—The ECHL 23-24 season is more than a month away, and the Swamp Rabbits still haven’t taken their foot off the gas in terms of building up their roster. On September 1, the club announced that they’ve signed former Rabbits d-man Sam Jardine to the upcoming season. Jardine, 30, played 67 regular season games […]

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits Name Kyle Mountain as Assistant Coach

Greenville, SC—As the 2023-24 season approaches opening night, the Swamp Rabbits are building up a roster of new and returning players. But regarding coaching, the announcement has been made for Head Coach and Assistant Coach: Andrew Lord will return as HC, and Kyle Mountain will be the assistant coach. Kyle Mountain, 32, has had a […]

ECHL: Swamp Rabbits Re-sign Ethan Somoza and Brannon McManus to 2023-24 Season

Greenville, SC—The clock is ticking to the start of the 2023-24 ECHL season, and the Swamp Rabbits aren’t shying away from player signings. Today, August 21, the club announced that they’ve re-signed forwards Ethan Somoza and Brannon McManus for the upcoming season. Greenville’s current roster has mainly been posted with familiar faces, with only two […]

ECHL: Swamp Rabbits Re-sign Forward Josh McKechney

Greenville, SC—It’s another resigning day for the Swamp Rabbits, as the club announced that they have re-signed forward Josh McKechney. McKechney, 26, played 51 games for the Swamp Rabbits, along with five Kelly Cup Playoffs games; he tallied up 15 goals and 21 assists, plus two goals and two assists during the Kelly Cup Playoffs. […]

ECHL: Swamp Rabbits Re-sign Colton Young

With the start of the new month of August and the countdown to the 2023-24 season, the Swamp Rabbits aren’t letting their foot off the gas in terms of player signings. So far, they’ve re-signed eight players from last season’s roster, along with Jake Smith being the only new player. On August 2nd, the club […]

ECHL: Swamp Rabbits Re-Sign LA Grissom

Another re-signing by Greenville today as the Swamp Rabbits announce LA Grissom to the 2023-2024 season. Grissom, 27, is a solid defenseman who’s played only one season in the ECHL. Before getting traded to Greenville, Grissom played 28 games for the Allen Americans, scoring two goals and adding one assist. During his time in Greenville, […]

ECHL: Swamp Rabbits Sign Forward Jake Smith

Greenville, SC—With so many player signings coming out from different teams in the ECHL, the Swamp Rabbits are no exception. Previously they had been resigning players from the 22-23 season roster, such as Ben Freeman, Bobby Russell, and Tanner Eberle. But today’s news of a new player signing has been made: Jake Smith has signed […]

ECHL: History of The Greenville Swamp Rabbits

1998-2006 Greenville Grrrowl In 1998, Greenville started a new professional sports journey in the form of a hockey team. Hockey in the upstate seemed like a high pitch for popularity, right? Well, not quite. During their first season, 1998-1999, the Grrrowl recorded 7,000 spectators per game. Though they didn’t qualify for the Kelly Cup Playoffs, […]

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits Re-sign Tanner Eberle for 23-24 Season

Greenville, SC—After a pretty successful season with the Swamp Rabbits last season, forward Tanner Eberle inks another contract in Greenville. Eberle, 28, has played six seasons in the ECHL as he’s spent time with the Allen Americans, Quad City Mallards, Jacksonville Icemen, and Greenville Swamp Rabbits putting up 71 goals in just 237 games played, […]