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PHOTOS: Toledo Walleye vs. Wheeling Nailers – 05/10/2024
- Stacey Grubich
- May 14, 2024
WHEELING, W. Va. – The Wheeling Nailers took on the Toledo Walleye in Game 4 of the Central Division Kelly Cup Playoff series on Friday night. The Nailers took the lead in the second period, but the Walleye came back quickly. The game went into overtime, where the Nailers lost and their season ended, with […]
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ECHL Playoffs Series Recap: Wheeling Nailers vs. Toledo Walleye | Round 2
- Zachary Alvarado
- May 13, 2024
The Wheeling Nailers and Toledo Walleye met in the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs second round in a best-of-seven series to determine who moves on to play for the Western Conference championship. The Nailers put up valiant efforts in games one and four, but it was all Toledo in games three and four as it swept […]
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ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Key Assistant Leaves for NAHL Job
- Max Baum
- May 13, 2024
St. Cloud, Minnesota—On May 13th, the St. Cloud Norsemen of the NAHL announced that Joe Exter will be taking over as head coach and general manager of their team, effective immediately. With this, the Iowa Heartlanders’ search for a new associate head coach and assistant will begin immediately. The NAHL is a US-based junior hockey […]
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Analyzing the Iowa Heartlanders’ decision to extend Derek Damon’s Contract
- Max Baum
- May 12, 2024
On Saturday, May 10th, the Iowa Heartlanders announced that Head Coach and General Manager Derek Damon has signed a multi-year extension. Damon’s previous two seasons in the Heartland did not inspire fans. Iowa went a combined 49-73-19-3 and was unable to get out of the cellar of the Central Division. However, not all of this […]
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ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Extend Head Coach and GM
- Armand Klisivitch
- May 10, 2024
The Iowa Heartlanders have announced that they have signed Head Coach and General Manager Derek Damon to a multi-year extension. Damon has been with the Heartlanders since their inaugural season, where he was an assistant coach and would be promoted to Head Coach after Gerry Fleming would head to Germany to coach after the teams’ […]
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ECHL: What Happened to The Toledo Sports Arena?
- Richard Jelinek
- May 10, 2024
The Toledo Sports Arena was a small arena with one level of seating for hockey. The renovations needed were many and the restrooms needed an upgrade. However, this was the arena that housed many successful hockey teams, many big-name concerts, and pro wrestling shows. The arena was not much to look at, but the history […]
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ECHL: Indy Fuel Announces Multi-Year Affiliation Agreement With Chicago Blackhawks
- Armand Klisivitch
- May 9, 2024
The Indy Fuel have announced a three-year agreement with the Chicago Blackhawks and Rockford IceHogs to continue being the teams ECHL affiliate. It also includes an option for an additional two years. This comes as no surprise as the Fuel have been Chicago’s ECHL Affiliate since they joined the league in 2014. Indy has made […]
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ECHL Playoff Recap: Wheeling Nailers Vs. Toledo Walleye Game 3 | 05/08/2024
- Zachary Alvarado
- May 9, 2024
The Wheeling Nailers are in a 0-3 hole in the Central Division Finals after a 7-3 loss to the Toledo Walleye Wednesday night at WesBanco Arena. The Nailers could not find a way to stop the absolute domination tandem of Sam Craggs and Riley Sawchuk in the game. With the win, Toledo extends its win […]
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ECHL and FloSports Announce Multi-Year Agreement
- Armand Klisivitch
- May 8, 2024
The ECHL and FloSports have announced a multi-year extension to extend the media partnership between the two sides. The ECHL and FloHockey partnered in September 2020 as FloSports expanded into professional hockey. FloHockey has been the exclusive broadcast partner of the ECHL for the last three seasons, streaming more than 1,000 ECHL games each season. […]
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ECHL Important Summer Dates
- Sam Wismer
- May 8, 2024
It’s that time of year in the ECHL to look at certain dates and times for events that are critical to the opening night roster come October. June of 2024 June 8th – Protected Lists are due by 3 pm Eastern- ECHL Teams are allowed to protect as many players as they would like to, bearing […]
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