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ECHL: Rapid City Rush Add Jared Westcott
- Felicity Harding
- August 29, 2025
The Rapid City Rush have announced that they have signed 6’1″ forward Jared Westcott for the 2025-26 season. Rapid City now has seven forwards and 12 players signed for the 2025-26 season. Junior and Collegiate Career Jared Westcott started his junior career in the NAHL with the Lone Star Brahmas, where he registered one assist […]
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ECHL: Dustin Manz Signs With Indy Fuel
- Armand Klisivitch
- August 26, 2025
The Indy Fuel have announced that they’ve signed winger Dustin Manz for the 2025-26 season. The 25-year-old forward spent the 2024-25 season with the Wheeling Nailers, Rapid City Rush, and Bloomington Bison. He would put up three goals and five assists for eight points in 45 games. Manz becomes the 14th signing for the Fuel […]
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ECHL: Bloomington Bison Sign Cullen Ferguson
- Armand Klisivitch
- August 25, 2025
The Bloomington Bison have announced that they’ve signed defenseman Cullen Ferguson for the 2025-26 season. Ferguson, 24, joins the Bison after making his ECHL debut at the end of the last season, where he put up a goal and an assist in seven games with the Fort Wayne Komets. He becomes the third defenseman to […]
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ECHL: Maine Mariners Bring Back Two Familiar Faces
- Sarah Mahannah
- August 21, 2025
The Maine Mariners have fortified their lineup for the upcoming 2025–26 ECHL season, re-signing defenseman Tristan Thompson and forward Jackson Stewart. Maine now has a goaltender, two defensemen, and seven forwards signed for the 2025-26 season. Tristan Thompson Thompson returns to the Mariners after joining the team mid-season, after starting the season overseas. In the 2024–25 […]
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ECHL: Defenseman Jack Robilotti Signs with the Atlanta Gladiators
- Karen Zehner
- August 19, 2025
The Atlanta Gladiators are continuing to shape their 2025–26 roster, and the latest addition comes on the blue line with defenseman Jack Robilotti. At 24 years old and standing 6-foot-3, 194 pounds, Robilotti brings both size and mobility to a defense corps that has already added grit and depth this offseason. Robilotti was acquired on […]
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ECHL: Bloomigton Bison Re-Sign Jonny Evans
- Armand Klisivitch
- August 12, 2025
The Bloomington Bison have announced that they’ve re-signed forward Jonny Evans for the 2025-26 season. Evans, 28, had an injury-shortened season, putting up two goals and nine assists for 11 points in 30 games. He also wore a letter with Bloomington last season. Prior to joining the Bison, the Delta, British Columbia, native spent three […]
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ECHL: Mitchell Smith Returns to Rapid City Rush Blue Line
- Felicity Harding
- August 8, 2025
The Rapid City Rush have announced that they have re-signed 5’11” defenseman Mitchell Smith for the 2025-26 season. Junior Career Mitchell Smith, a Saginaw, Michigan native, started his junior career in the 2019-20 season in the OHL with the Saginaw Spirit. Smith spent four seasons in Saginaw but only played in three after the 2020-21 […]
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ECHL: Bloomington Bison Sign Riku Ishida
- Armand Klisivitch
- July 30, 2025
The Bloomington Bison have announced their first signing on the blue line with the addition of defenseman Riku Ishida. The 25-year-old defenseman spent last season in Italy, where he put up five goals and 29 assists for 34 points in 38 games with Meran/Merano. Ishida put up a goal and two assists in eight games […]
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ECHL: Mason Emoff Heads Overseas
- Armand Klisivitch
- July 26, 2025
Bloomington Bison forward Mason Emoff is heading overseas to Italy after spending his first two professional seasons in North America. Last Season, Emoff spent time in both the SPHL and ECHL. He would begin the year in the SPHL with the Fayetteville Marksmen, where he had six goals and 13 assists for 19 points in […]
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