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ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Forward Departs for Manchester

Coralville, Iowa- After two seasons and 104 games with the Iowa Heartlanders, Jake Durflinger’s camp announced the decision to sign with the EIHL’s Manchester Storm on August 21st. Durflinger joins Grant Hebert (Allen Americans) and Noah Carroll (Savannah Ghost Pirates) as other ECHLers from the 2023-24 season to join the Storm for the 2024-25 campaign. […]

ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Mid-Summer Recap

We are now 130 days into the half-year-long ECHL offseason, meaning there are just 58 days until the puck drops on a new season in the Heartland. During this time, Iowans have seen former captain Riese Zmolek become the first ex-Heartlander to lift the Kelly Cup. Off the Ice, The Heartlanders have rolled out many […]

ECHL: David Drake Returns to Wheeling For Fourth Season

The Wheeling Nailers announced today they have re-signed David Drake for the 2024-25 ECHL season. Drake has been with the Nailers since the 2021-22 season after being acquired from the Reading Royals. The Naperville, IL native has 15 games of experience in the American Hockey League with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and 333 games played […]

ECHL: Kalamazoo Wings Hire Two New Assistant Coaches

The Kalamazoo Wings have announced that they have hired two new assistant coaches in Billy McCreary and Jonathon Elliott, as Kohl Shultz has accepted an assistant coaching job overseas with HC Pustertal in the ICEHL. Shultz had been with the Wings for the past two seasons and was a big part of the K-Wings PP, […]

ECHL: Matthew Boucher Heads Overseas

Forward Matthew Boucher is heading overseas after spending the first four years of his pro career in North America in the ECHL and AHL. Boucher would play in 72 AHL games over the course of three seasons, putting up eight goals and 16 assists for 24 points, with 67 of those games coming with the […]

ECHL: Martin Has Heading Overseas

Defenseman Martin Has is heading back home to Czechia on a try-out agreement with HC Plezn after spending the last three years in North America, including the last two years in the ECHL with the Fort Wayne Komets and South Carolina Stingrays, where he’s put up four goals and 13 assists for 17 points in […]

ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Sign Second Defensive Duo of the Week

Coralville, Iowa- On August 15th, the Iowa Heartlanders announced the signings of two defensemen: Connor Federkow, a 21-year-old CHL veteran, and Hakon Nilsen, a Florida-born Norway International. This now increases the number of defensemen the Heartlanders have signed this week to four. Federkow, originally from St. Catharines, Ontario, a city just outside Niagara Falls, has […]

Player Profile: Lincoln Griffin

Lincoln Griffin was born on January 5th, 1997, in Walpole, Massachusetts. He stands at 5 ft 10 and weighs 185 lbs, playing left-wing as a left hander. He grew up in Massachusetts playing for Thayer Academy of the USHS-Prep league for 4 years, also spending time with the Cape Cod Whalers 18U AAA team of […]

AHL: Lehigh Valley Phantoms Sign Two Defenseman

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms signed defensemen Xavier Bernard and Sam Sedley to AHL contracts for the upcoming 2024-25 season on Tuesday afternoon. Bernard is a 24 year-old, six foot four, left-handed shooters from Mercier, Quebec. This will be his fourth season playing pro hockey, last year he spent a majority of his time with the […]

ECHL: Cincinnati Cyclones Mid-August Update

A New Sherrif’s in Town With Sean Allen, AKA “The Sherriff,” leaving the Cyclones for the Florida Everblades, who have won the last three Kelly Cups, Cincinnati was in need of a new “sheriff.” The Cincinnati Cyclones, funny enough, then acquired 25-year-old forward Dante Sheriff from the Tulsa Oilers in exchange for defenseman Jack Clement […]