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ECHL: Defenseman Grant Gabriele Signs with Toledo Walleye
The Toledo Walleye have signed defenseman Grant Gabriele for the 2023-2024 season. The 26-year-old spent last season in the ECHL with the Maine Mariners. He appeared in 67 contests and posted 25 points made up of 9 goals and 16 assists. He also had 22 penalty minutes. Gabriele finished the season with a +5 rating. […]
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ECHL: Cincinnati Cyclones Re-Signed Lee “Swiss Army Knife” Lapid for 2023-24 Season
The Cincinnati Cyclones announced today that the team has re-signed forward Lee Lapid for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Lee Lapid becomes the latest returnee to a Cincinnati Cyclones team that has already seen Louie Caporusso, Jalen Smereck, and Justin Vaive sign contracts to return to Cincinnati. “It didn’t take very long for me to re-sign,” […]
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ECHL: Peters Named Florida Everblades Assistant Coach
With the recent loss of former assistant coach Jesse Kallechy after he was named head coach for the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL. The Florida Everblades were on the hunt for a new assistant coach. General Manager and Head Coach Brad Ralph named former goaltender for the Everblades Anthony Peters the new Assistant Coach […]
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ECHL: Heartlanders Announce Family-Friendly Schedule Modifications
Coralville, Iowa- Following the ECHL’s announcement of the 2023-24 ECHL schedule and the University of Iowa’s Athletic Department’s schedule announcements, the Iowa Heartlanders have made a few schedule modifications. This family-friendly movement has brought about earlier start times for home games, as well as time changes to feature games scheduled for holidays. With this, the […]
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ECHL: Forward Carson Denomie Signs with Toledo Walleye
The Toledo Walleye have signed forward Carson Denomie for the 2023-2024 season. The 23-year-old spent most of the 2022-2023 season in the ECHL with the Iowa Heartlanders. He played in 52 games with 20 points made up of five goals and 15 assists. He also had 23 penalty minutes. In addition to Iowa, he saw […]
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ECHL – The Cincinnati Cyclones Re-Sign Captain and Assistant Captian
The Cincinnati Cyclones announced that the team has re-signed forward and team captain Justin Vaive for the 2023-24 ECHL season. Justin Vaive becomes the first player to sign with the team ahead of next season. Justin Vaive, who recently turned 34, enters his 13th professional season and ninth in Cincinnati. The veteran winger has played […]
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ECHL: Heartlanders re-sign Durflinger, Welcome Minnesotan Duo
The Iowa Heartlanders have re-signed Forward Jake Durflinger and welcomed in defensemen Robbie Stucker and Ben Brinkman to Coralville.
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ECHL: Toledo Walleye Sign Forward Brandon Kruse
The Toledo Walleye have added another BGSU Falcon to their 2023-2024 roster with the signing of forward Brandon Kruse. Kruse was drafted by Las Vegas in the fifth round of the 2018 NHL draft but made his professional debut in the AHL with the Henderson Silver Knight at the end of the 2021-2022 season. He […]
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ECHL: Toledo Walleye Add Three More Players to the Pond
The Toledo Walleye have added forward Sam Craggs along with defensemen Jake Willets and Thomas Farrell. Sam Craggs, an Elmhurst, Illinois native, will return to Toledo for a third straight season. During the 2022-2023 season, Craggs appeared in 60 games, putting up ten goals and ten assists. Over the final ten games of the season, […]
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ECHL Board of Governors Approves Transfer of Controlling Interest of Iowa Heartlanders
SHREWSBURY, N.J.- On Wednesday, July 19, the ECHL announced the Transfer of Controlling Interest in the Iowa Heartlanders from Deacon Sports and Entertainment to Heartlanders Hockey, LLC. Heartlanders Hockey, LLC, is an entity controlled by Michael Devlin, who may be familiar to Iowans as the owner of the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States […]
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