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ECHL: Toledo Walleye Announce 2024-25 Schedule

Today, the Toledo Walleye announced their 2024-25 schedule for the upcoming season, and they have a rough start, playing their first five games on the road. The first home game for the Walleye is November 1st against the Wheeling Nailers, the same team they swept in this year’s playoffs. The season schedule has Toledo opening […]

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 […]

ECHL and FloSports Announce Multi-Year Agreement

The ECHL and FloSports have announced a multi-year extension to extend the media partnership between the two sides. The ECHL and FloHockey partnered in September 2020 as FloSports expanded into professional hockey. FloHockey has been the exclusive broadcast partner of the ECHL for the last three seasons, streaming more than 1,000 ECHL games each season. […]

ECHL Important Summer Dates

It’s that time of year in the ECHL to look at certain dates and times for events that are critical to the opening night roster come October. June of 2024 June 8th – Protected Lists are due by 3 pm Eastern- ECHL Teams are allowed to protect as many players as they would like to, bearing […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Wichita Thunder | 04/13/2024

The Rapid City Rush completed the sweep against the Wichita Thunder to end their season on a high note. Starting Lineups For the final game of the season, the Wichita Thunder started with a forward trio of Dillon Boucher, Jason Pineo, and Jake Wahlin. They had a defensive pairing of Jeremy Masella and Nolan Kneen […]

ECHL Announces Fines and Suspensions | 04/13/2024

The ECHL Department of Player’s Safety has announced two suspensions stemming from Friday Night’s Games. Atlanta‘s Griffin Luce (#25) has received a two-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his conduct during last night’s game against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits (04.12.24). This disciplinary action comes under Rule #28 – Supplementary Discipline after Luce received a […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Wichita Thunder | 04/12/2024

The Rapid City Rush scored three unanswered goals to come back and beat the Wichita Thunder in overtime in the second game of their three-game series. Starting Lineups For the second game of the series, the Wichita Thunder started with a forward trio of Dillon Boucher, Jason Pineo, and Jake Wahlin. They had a defensive […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Wichita Thunder | 4/11/2024

The Rapid City Rush kicked off their last series of the season with a nice home win against the Wichita Thunder. Starting Lineups The Wichita Thunder started with a forward trio of Bradley Marek, Jay Dickman, and Mitchell Russell. They had a defensive pairing of Dominic Dockery and Tyler Jette with goaltender Trevor Gorsuch in […]

ECHL Series Preview: Rapid City Rush vs. Wichita Thunder | 04/11-13/2024

The Rapid City Rush are welcoming the Wichita Thunder to the Black Hills this week for one last series of the 2023-24 ECHL season. Last Week Last week, the Rush saw themselves get eliminated from playoff contention after getting swept by the Idaho Steelheads in three games, losing by scores of 5-3, 7-5, and 4-2. […]

ECHL: Mountain Division Push to the Kelly Cup Playoffs

Less than a week left in the ECHL’s regular season and the South Division isn’t the only one with a close playoff push, it’s also the Mountain Division. In that division, the Kansas City Mavericks have won the ECHL Brabham Cup, thus also winning the division with 110 points currently. Also clinched the playoffs are […]