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ECHL: Rapid City Rush Defenseman Signs with the Cardiff Devils for the 2024-25 Season

Rapid City Rush defenseman Jarrod Gourley has signed to play with the Cardiff Devils in Cardiff, Great Britain, of the EIHL for the 2024-25 season. Collegiate Career Jarrod Gourley started his collegiate career playing Division I hockey at Arizona State University (ASU). Gourley spent three seasons at ASU playing in 90 games, where he had […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024 Qualifying Offers

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they have given eight players qualifying offers, which is the league’s maximum. Two of those eight players have already decided to take the overseas route. Players who have already signed for the 2024-25 season don’t need to be given qualifying offers. Here are the rules of the qualifying offers: […]

ECHL: Connor Blake Heading Overseas

Connor Blake is heading overseas to France after spending just 16 games in the ECHL with the Adirondack Thunder and Idaho Steelheads. The Calgary native would play four seasons at Mount Royal University, where he put up 15 goals and 71 assists for 86 points in 104 games. He would win the Outstanding Student-Athlete of […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Bring Home Three Awards From Vegas

The ECHL Hosted its annual Summer Meetings last week, and along with the Summer Meetings, The ECHL Award Show was also hosted in Vegas as ECHL honored the organizations and their members who play big roles off the ice and the Adirondack Thunder would head home with three awards; Jeff Mead would win the Blake […]

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 […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Extend Head Coach Pete MacArthur

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they have signed Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations Pete MacArthur to a two-year extension that carries him through the 2025-26 season. MacArthur, originally hired by the Thunder in June 2022, has led the Thunder to a 75-46-16-3 record and Kelly Cup Playoff appearances in his first two years as […]

Utica Comets Sign Two Players To One-Year Deals

The Utica Comets have announced that they have signed defenseman Jackson van de Leest and forward Andre Ghantous to one-year, two-way deals for the 2024-25 season; both players spent time with the Comets last season. Ghantous joined the Adirondack Thunder in March after spending five seasons at Western Michigan University, where he put up 53 […]

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 […]

Utica Comets Re-Sign Filip Engaras

The Utica Comets have announced that they have re-signed Filip Engaras to a one-year, one-way deal for the 2024-25 season; this is the first official signing by the Comets this off-season. Engaras was set to become an Unrestricted free agent on July 1st. The Swedish forward will be entering his second full season in the […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024 Season-Ending Roster

The Adirondack Thunder have officially released their 2024 Season-Ending Roster of 20 players following their announcement earlier this week that they were protecting 23 players. Each team is allowed to protect a maximum of 20 players and reserve the rights to eight players; no more than four can be veterans. The ECHL considers any player […]