Newfoundland Growlers

ECHL: Jack Quinlivan Announces Retirement

Jack Quinlivan has officially announced his retirement from professional hockey. Jack Quinlivan, who has spent the past two years with the Railers, is an inspiration to many. He has battled cancer and officially beat it. It was a freak accident that happened to Quinlivan while playing the game that he loves. There was an abnormal […]

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 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: 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 […]

Player Profile: Justin Brazeau

Justin Brazeau was born on February 2, 1998, in New Liskeard, Ontario, and played with the New Liskeard Cubs Midget AAA team for three seasons. Overall, Brazeau played 70 games and scored 31 goals with 65 assists and contributed seven goals and 11 assists in 14 playoff games. Brazeau would move on to the Ontario […]

ECHL: Isaac Johnson Heading Overseas

For the second time in less than a week, a former Newfoundland Growler has decided to take the overseas route as Isaac Johnson signed a one-year deal with Jukurit in Liiga. Johnson would spend three seasons in the WHL with Tri-City Americans and Winnipeg Ice, putting up 57 goals and 96 assists for 153 points […]

ECHL: Jonny Tychonick Signs Overseas

Former Newfoundland Growlers defenseman Jonny Tychonick is heading overseas to Sweden to play with Djurgardens. Tychonick, a former second-round draft pick by the Ottawa Senators in 2018, spent five years at the NCAA level before going pro as he spent time at the University of North Dakota and the University of Nebraska-Omaha, where he would […]

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: Zach O’Brien to Join the Cardiff Devils (EIHL)

The Cardiff Devils have announced the signing of Canadian forward Zach O’Brien for the 2024-25 season. O’Brien, who previously played for the Newfoundland Growlers in the ECHL, spent a total of five seasons with the team. Notably, in the 2018-19 season, he guided the Growlers to victory in the Kelly Cup Championship, earning the playoff […]

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. […]