Author: Jarrett Flanders

Former Hershey Bear, Reading Royal, and IceHog Garrett Mitchell Retires

Garrett Mitchell, the former Hershey Bear and Reading Royal captain of the Rockford IceHogs, recently announced that he has officially retired from professional hockey at the age of 31. Mitchell played for the IceHogs the last three seasons and put up 20 points in 120 games over this period. With the Reading Royals, in 2019-20, […]

ECHL: Several Players Returning to Idaho Steelheads for 2023-24 Season

The Idaho Steelheads have had a lot of important signings in August, as many key players are returning to Idaho for the upcoming ECHL season. These players include forwards Wade Murphy, Zane Franklin, Colton Kehler, captain A.J. White, and defensemen Matt Register, Ty Pelton-Byce, and Cody Haiskanen. A majority of them, if not all of […]

Seattle Kraken Sign Defenseman Mitch Reinke

The Seattle Kraken have signed defenseman Mitch Reinke to a one-year, two-way contract worth $775K. Reinke played for two seasons with the San Antonio Rampage, who are no longer an AHL team, from 2018-19 to 2019-20. For part of the 2020-21 season, he was with the Utica Comets, and for the last two seasons, Reinke […]

Kraken Sign Forward Devin Shore to One-Year, Two-Way Contract

The Seattle Kraken have signed forward Devin Shore to a one-year, two-way deal for $775K. Shore, the former Edmonton Oiler, had played with the Oilers for the last three seasons in the NHL. In 2020-21, he recorded five goals and four assists for nine points in 38 games. The next season, Shore put up five […]

Analyzing the Seattle Kraken’s Improvement Since Their Inaugural Season

The Seattle Kraken, the NHL’s newest expansion team, definitely didn’t have an ideal first season in the league. Although their roster included some good players and looked solid on paper, they didn’t perform to their expectations. The Kraken finished last in the Pacific division with a record of 27-49-6 for 60 points in the 2021-22 […]

ECHL Expansion: Lake Tahoe Bronze Knights? 5 Name Concepts for the new Lake Tahoe ECHL Team

The ECHL recently announced that professional hockey will be coming to Lake Tahoe for the 2024-25 ECHL season. The team will be co-owned by former NFL player Tim Tebow and David Hodges, CEO of Hodges Management Group, LLC. The Lake Tahoe team will play at the Tahoe Blue Event Center located in Stateline, Nevada. The […]

ECHL: Lions Busy in July and August With Signings

The Trois-Rivieres Lions have had a couple of busy months of signings as they recently added several players from July until now. These players include Maxim Trepanier, Marc-Antoine Pepin, Justin Ducharme, Joseph Mizzi, and Matthew Boucher. The two most recent signings, Joseph Mizzi and Matthew Boucher, are players with eye-catching numbers. Mizzi recorded 21 goals […]