Idaho Steelheads

ECHL: Wade Murphy Heads Overseas

The Idaho Steelheads will have some big shoes to fill as forward Wade Murphy has decided to head overseas once again, this time to Slovakia. Murphy, originally a seventh-round pick of the Nashville Predators, would spend three seasons at the NCAA level, two with the University of North Dakota, and a year with Arizona State, […]

ECHL Board Of Governors Recap and Rule Changes For the 2024-25 Season

The ECHL recently had its Summer Meetings and the Board of Governors last week in Las Vegas, Nevada, and earlier this afternoon, the league announced two new changes for the league heading into the 2024-25 season as well as Utah Grizzlies CEO Kevin Bruder being re-elected as the Chairman of the Board for the fourth […]

Idaho Steelheads Defenseman Signs Overseas in Germany

Idaho Steelheads defenseman Cody Haiskanen has signed with the Nurnberg Ice Tigers in Nurnberg, Germany of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the 2024-25 season. Collegiate Career Cody Haiskanen started his collegiate career at Cornell University in the 2019-20 season and played five seasons at Cornell. Haiskanen played in 105 games at Cornell, where he had […]

Idaho Steelheads Defenseman Signs Overseas in Norway

Idaho Steelheads defenseman Joe Gatenby has signed to play in Hamar, Norway, with Storhamar of the Norway League for the 2024-25 season. Collegiate Career Joe Gatenby started his collegiate career in the 2018-19 season playing at the University of New Brunswick. During his four seasons at the University of New Brunswick, Gatenby played in 87 […]

ECHL: Idaho Steelheads Announce 2023-24 Season-Ending Rosters

The Idaho Steelheads have announced their end-of-season roster. Teams are allowed to have up to 20 players on their end-of-season roster. Idaho’s roster consists of 13 forwards and seven defensemen. Of these 20 players, the Steelheads can reserve the rights of the players and give eight of them qualifying offers by July 7. Of the […]

ECHL Season Recap: Florida Everblades

The champagne is gone, the confetti swept up, and the player lockers have been cleaned out for the Florida Everblades’ 2023-24 season, an impossible and record-breaking season. The Everblades, winner of the Kelly Cup Championship for a third consecutive year, started the season, as does every team in the league, with the goal of hoisting […]

ECHL: Atlanta Gladiators Future Considerations Deadline Recap 2024

The ECHL deadline to complete future consideration deals for last season resulted in a few updates to the Atlanta Gladiators roster. The Atlanta Gladiators have acquired the rights to Forward Chase Gresock from the Toledo Walleye, which finalized the trade that involved sending Defenseman Jacob Graves to Toledo. After being traded to Toledo, Jacob Graves […]

ECHL: Allen Americans Future Considerations Deadline Recap 2024

The Future Considerations deadline for the 2023-24 ECHL season was June 20 at 2 pm CST. The Allen Americans were the most active team in the ECHL, completing five future consideration deals. Grant Hebert The Allen Americans traded forward Grant Hebert to the Reading Royals on November 10, 2023, to complete the future considerations from […]

ECHL Kelly Cup Finals Preview: Kansas City Mavericks vs. Florida Everblades

The teams are set for the ECHL’s 2024 Kelly Cup Finals as the Florida Everblades won their divisional series against the Adirondack Thunder on Tuesday night, 4-3 in game six. Their opponent, the Kansas City Mavericks, locked up the Western Division Championship against the Toledo Walleye on Monday night, 7-1 in game six. This series […]

ECHL: NHL Teams Without An ECHL Affiliate

With two new teams on the horizon for the ECHL, Bloomington Bison and Tahoe Knight Monsters, it leaves those in the hockey world, wondering, who are the NHL affiliates of these two teams? Here is the thing, five teams in the NHL DO NOT have an ECHL affiliate. Having an NHL affiliate helps those teams […]