AHL Western Conference

ECHL: Rapid City Rush Re-Sign Brett Davis

The Rapid City Rush have announced that they have re-signed forward Brett Davis for the 2024-25 ECHL season. Junior and Collegiate Career Brett Davis started his junior career in the 2014-15 season with the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. He spent six seasons in the WHL, splitting his time between the Lethbridge Hurricanes, Kootenay Ice, […]

AHL: Colton Young Signs With Ontario Reign

With the 2024–25 season approaching in the ECHL and AHL, teams across the leagues are signing new or returning players to their rosters. It’s not unusual to see ECHL players inking AHL deals before the season begins. The contracts allow for ECHL players to efficiently be called up and/or actively stay on the roster for […]

Marco Rossi of the Minnesota Wild skating in a green Wild uniform

Marco Rossi Continues to Bet on Himself

Marco Rossi set his mind to making the NHL and my goodness, did he ever. After a poor showing during his first try at the NHL, Rossi was determined to have a stellar year with the Iowa Wild. Then, at the suggestion of Bill Guerin, Rossi stayed in Minnesota for the off-season. He spent the […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Sign Logan Nijhoff

The Trois-Rivières Lions have added another new face with the addition of forward Logan Nijhoff. The 23-year-old winger joins the Lions after playing 34 games last year with the Rockford Ice Hogs, where he put up four goals. Nijhoff will be entering his third full professional season as he played in 50 career AHL games, […]

Manitoba Moose Bolster Depth With Pair of Signings

The Manitoba Moose announced today the signing of two forwards, Ryan Chyzowski and Kevin Conley to one-year contracts. Both players will join the Moose for the 2024-25 season and have their contracts expire at the end of the 2024-25 season. Chyzowski joins the Moose with a few years of professional hockey experience under his belt. […]

ECHL: Utah Hockey Club Announces Affiliation with Allen Americans

It was just announced that the Utah Hockey Club has become an affiliate with the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners and the ECHL’s Allen Americans. It is a one-year agreement between the two sides. This announcement comes after months of speculation by Utah hockey fans on who the Utah HC affiliate would be. The Americans have been […]

ECHL: Kansas City Mavericks Re-Sign 6’5″ Goaltender From Petoskey, Michigan

The Kansas City Mavericks have announced that they have re-signed goaltender Dillon Kelley for the 2024-25 ECHL season. Collegiate Career Dillon Kelley started his collegiate career in the 2014-15 season playing Division III hockey at Adrian College. He spent four seasons playing at Adrian, getting to play in 24 games with 1122 minutes on ice, […]

ECHL: Kalamazoo Wings, Vancouver Canucks Extend Affiliation Agreement

After a successful year of affiliation between the Kalamazoo Wings and Vancouver Canucks, the two teams have announced that they will be extending their relationship through the 2025-26 season. Prior to affiliating with the Canucks, the K-Wings had been the ECHL affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets for three years. This now leaves the Allen […]

ECHL: Cam Hillis Heads Overseas

Center Cam Hillis is heading overseas to Finland after playing his first four years of pro hockey in North America. The former third-round pick of the Montreal Canadiens spent just over two seasons in the Canadiens systems, playing at all three levels, which included his NHL debut on New Year’s Day in 2022 against the […]

ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Set to Renew, Host AHL Tradition

Coralville, Iowa- After holding AHL preseason games between the Iowa Wild and Rockford IceHogs in 2021 and 2022, the Iowa Heartlanders will once again host a matchup as the midpoint between these two AHL Central Division foes on October 3rd, 2024. In 2021, two games were played. The IceHogs took game one by a score […]