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Vancouver Canucks Add Kalamazoo Wings As ECHL Affiliate

The Vancouver Canucks of the NHL and the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL announced today that the teams have partnered up for an affiliate deal for the 2023-24 season. This is the first ECHL partnership the Canucks have had since the 2021 season, opting to go without an ECHL affiliate in recent years. Adding Kalamazoo […]

Hawkins Returns to Toledo for 2023-24 Season

Toledo fan favorite Brandon Hawkins and the Walleye have agreed to terms to have Hawkins return to the Walleye for the upcoming 2023-2024 ECHL season. Hawkins returns to the Walleye for his third year with the team after scoring 81 points(39G,42A) in 66 games played last year. Last season, the Michigan native set a franchise […]

New York Rangers Announce Cincinnati Cyclones as New ECHL Affiliate

The New York Rangers announced this morning that they have named the Cincinnati Cyclones as their ECHL affiliate. This is the third different team the Rangers have been affiliated with in the past four seasons. During the past two seasons, the Rangers were affiliated with the Jacksonville Icemen, and before that, they were affiliated with […]

ECHL: Jesse Kallechy Officially hired as Fort Wayne Komets’ Head Coach.

The Fort Wayne Komets have named Florida Everblades assistant Jesse Kallechy as the 30th head coach of the 72-year-old franchise, vice president, general manager, and director of hockey operations David Franke announced on Wednesday. “His style of coaching and how he wants his team to play is right in line with the Komets style of […]

ECHL Breaking News: Fort Wayne Komets Set To Hire Jesse Kallechy As Head Coach

The Fort Wayne Komets are announcing Jesse Kallechy as their new head coach tomorrow, according to Justin Cohn of the Journal Gazette. A press conference to formally introduce him will take place tomorrow at 1:00 EST. Kallechy replaces Ben Boudreau, who was head coach of the Komets for four years with a 134-96-19-8 regular-season record. […]

ECHL: Dan Watson Gets Called Up, Named New Head Coach In Grand Rapids

On Wednesday the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins announced the newest head coach to takeover behind the bench. ECHL coach Dan Watson has been made the 12th head coach of the Griffins’ hockey club. Watson joins Grand Rapids after spending six seasons at the helm of the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye, the Griffins’ ECHL affiliate […]

ECHL: 2022-23 Fort Wayne Komets Season Review

The Fort Wayne Komets finished the 2022-23 season the same way 27 other ECHL teams did, and that’s not hoisting the Kelly Cup. The Komets finished fourth in a tough Central Division, which saw the top three teams in the division all finish over 90 points. Although the Komets fell short of their final goal, […]

ECHL Season In Review: Indy Fuel

The Indy Fuel finished the 2022-23 regular season with a 43-24-5 record as they finished in third place in the Central Divison, which was good enough to set up a first-round matchup with the Toledo Walleye in the Kelly Cup Playoffs. Despite a solid regular season, the Walleye would make easy work of the Fuel […]

ECHL: The 2022-2023 Cincinnati Cyclones Year in Review

The Kelly Cup Finals are underway which means the dust is finally beginning to settle on another hockey season for many of the teams around the league. After falling victim to a sweep in the second round of this year’s playoffs, the Cincinnati Cyclones are now one of the teams looking forward to next season. […]

ECHL: Toledo Walleye With Another Impressive Season

The Toledo Walleye had a successful year of recognition and setting new ECHL and franchise records. Heading into the 2022-2023 season, Coach Dan Watson brought back 12 players from the previous season’s team. They were an effective squad that went to Kelly Cup Finals but fell short to the Florida Everblades. This was the highest […]