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Report: Pat Mikesch Is Expected To Be Named Head Coach Of Toledo Walleye

Pat Mikesch comes to the Toledo Walleye from the USHL Green Bay Gamblers. Mikesch started with the Gamblers as an assistant coach from 2011-2014. Then, he spent eight years as the head coach of the organization. Of those eight years, he had five winning seasons and made the playoffs in three of those years. However, […]

Indy Fuel Bring Back Matus Spodniak

The Indy Fuel have announced that they have re-signed forward Matus Spodniak for the 2023-24 season. “There’s no better place to start my professional career than with a team as dominant as Indy. Between the organization and the fans, there’s no better place in the league said Spodniak in the team’s press release. Spodniak rejoins […]

Fort Wayne Komets Sign Two Quebeckers

The Fort Wayne Komets have had a busy off-season already prior to this week as they’ve announced a new head coach and assistant coach, signed four players, and signed one to a tryout. Today they made two more moves as forward Shawn Boudrias returns for his third season, and goaltender Francois Brassard signs with the […]

Toledo Walleye Sign Forward Mitchell Lewandowski

Mitchell Lewandowski, former Michigan State, Spartan forward, will be joining the Toledo Walleye for the 2023-2024 season. The 25-year-old Clarkston, Michigan native spent his entire five-year college career wearing the Green and White at Michigan State University. Lewandowski appeared in 156 games for the Spartans with 121 points. He had 56 goals and 65 assists. […]

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 […]