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2024-25 ECHL Pre-Season BOG Meeting Recap
- Armand Klisivitch
- October 1, 2024
The ECHL BOG had their pre-season meeting last week in Phoenix as they prepared for the 2024-25 pre-season, which kicks off in less than two weeks. Just like the BOG meeting they had earlier this Summer, there are a few more changes coming to the league for the 2024-25 season, so let’s recap those changes […]
Read MoreECHL: Utah Grizzlies Add Calgary Native To Roster
- Armand Klisivitch
- September 27, 2024
The Utah Grizzlies have announced that they’ve signed rookie forward Tyson Upper for the 2024-25 season. This is Utah’s second signing of the week after they signed rookie goaltender Vincent Duplessis to a contract on Monday. The 5’10,168lb winger becomes the tenth forward to sign with the Grizzlies for the upcoming season; however, he is […]
Read MoreECHL: Bloomington Bison Add Two More To Roster
- Armand Klisivitch
- September 27, 2024
The Bloomington Bison continued their busy week as they’ve now announced six signings this week after signing forward Brett Budgell and defenseman Jake Murray to contracts for the 2024-25 season earlier today. Budgell, 23, is entering his third season in the ECHL. He’s scored 30 goals and added 52 assists for 82 points in 116 […]
Read MoreECHL: Rapid City Rush Sign 6’0″ Forward Jack Jeffers
- Felicity Harding
- September 27, 2024
The Rapid City Rush have announced that they have signed forward Jack Jeffers from Oakville, Ontario. Collegiate Career Jack Jeffers started his collegiate career in the 2018-19 season playing Division I hockey. Jeffers spent two seasons at the University of Alabama-Huntsville and then spent three seasons at Lake Superior State University. In his five collegiate […]
Read MoreECHL: South Carolina Stingrays Send Three Players To Bloomington Bison
- Armand Klisivitch
- September 26, 2024
The South Carolina Stingrays have announced that they have sent forwards Jonny Evans and Jackson Leppard to the Bloomington Bison in exchange for future considerations. In a separate trade, they sent the rights to defenseman Bryce Montgomery to Bloomington also for future considerations. This is a massive trade for the Bison, as all three of […]
Read MoreECHL: Bloomington Bison Add Forward Connor Lockhart, Defenseman Wyatt McLeod
- Karen Zehner
- September 25, 2024
The Bloomington Bison have officially announced the signing of forward Connor Lockhart and defenseman Wyatt McLeod to standard ECHL player contracts. Originally chosen by the Vancouver Canucks as a sixth-round pick in 2021, Connor Lockhart became a free agent over a year ago when his signing rights lapsed on July 1, 2023. Lockhart was chosen […]
Read MoreECHL: Idaho Steelheads Sign Mark Olver
- Armand Klisivitch
- September 25, 2024
The Idaho Steelheads have announced that they’ve signed forward Mark Olver to a contract for the 2024-25 season. His father, Jon Olver, spent five seasons as the Head Coach/VP of Hockey Operations for the Steelheads and led them to their first Kelly Cup Championship in 2004. Over the course of his five years with the […]
Read MoreECHL: Allen Americans Sign Hudson Wilson
- Armand Klisivitch
- September 24, 2024
The Allen Americans have announced that they’ve signed defenseman Hudson Wilson to a contract for the 2024-25 season. Hudson has already played in two games during the 2024-25 season in Poland, putting up one assist. The left-handed shooting defenseman is the sixth blueliner signed by the Americans for the upcoming season. Wilson joins Mike Van […]
Read MoreECHL: Wichita Thunder Name Assistant Coach
- Armand Klisivitch
- September 24, 2024
The Wichita Thunder have announced that they hired Travis Clayton as the team’s new assistant coach. Clayton replaces John Gurskis, who spent the last five seasons as the assistant coach in Wichita before getting a head coaching job this summer in the SPHL with the Knoxville Icebears. Clayton does have some prior experience at the […]
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