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ECHL Game Recap: Norfolk Admirals vs Greenville Swamp Rabbits | 12/31/2024

GREENVILLE, S.C. — The Greenville Swamp Rabbits hosted the Norfolk Admirals at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on New Year’s Eve, where the team held post-game fireworks and wore specialty “Hopville” sweaters. Unfortunately for fans, teams, and members of the media, the game was delayed by over an hour due to a power outage, which pushed the […]

PHOTOS: Norfolk Admirals vs. Atlanta Gladiators – 12/29/2024

DULUTH, Ga.- After an intense battle Saturday night, the Atlanta Gladiators and the Norfolk Admirals faced off again at the Gas South Arena on Sunday afternoon. The Gladiators were ready to get another win to sweep the series, while the Admirals were hoping to make up for the loss from the night before. Unfortunately for […]

AHL/ECHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins/Wheeling Nailers: Interview with Chris Ortiz

While on a Professional Try-Out Contract in mid-December with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Inside The Rink had the opportunity to sit down with defenseman Chris Ortiz from the Wheeling Nailers. Before turning professional, Ortiz played five seasons in the QMJHL. He played in 207 games for Baie-Comeau Drakkar and tallied 16 goals and 89 assists over […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder and Allen Americans Strike a Deal

The Adirondack Thunder continued shaking up their roster on Wednesday as they traded forward Patrick Polino to the Allen Americans in exchange for forward Easton Brodzinski. This comes just a day after the Thunder suspended Polino. What This Means For The Thunder There’s no question that Polino wouldn’t see any more time in a Thunder […]

PHOTOS: Iowa Heartlanders vs. Wheeling Nailers – 12/29/2024

WHEELING, W.Va. – On Sunday afternoon, the visiting Iowa Heartlanders took on the Wheeling Nailers for the second game of the weekend series. The Heartlanders grabbed the lead early in the first period, and neither team would score again until the third period. The Nailers were victorious, winning the game with a final score of […]

ECHL: Wheeling Nailers: Jack Beck Earns Inglasco ECHL Player Of The Week

On December 31st, 2024, ECHL announced that forward Jack Beck earned Inglasco’s ECHL Player Of The Week. Beck had a goal and assist in the game on Friday, December 27th. He earned three assists in the battle with the Iowa Heartlanders on December 28th. Beck is currently on an AHL contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins […]

ECHL Game Recap: Adirondack Thunder vs Worcester Railers | 12/31/2024

The Adirondack Thunder and Worcester Railers met for the second time in three days, this time in Glens Falls, NY, in front of the second-largest regular-season crowd in Thunder history. It wouldn’t take long for the party to get started as Darian Skeoch and Kolby Johnson dropped the gloves just eight seconds after the opening […]

PHOTOS: Norfolk Admirals vs. Atlanta Gladiators – 12/28/2024

DULUTH, Ga. – For the first time this season, the Norfolk Admirals and the Atlanta Gladiators faced off at Gas South Arena on Saturday night, for the first of a two-game series. Norfolk would open the scoring late in the first period with a goal from Stepan Timofeyev at 17:09. However, Atlanta would come back […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Suspend Patrick Polino

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they have suspended forward Patrick Polino. It has yet to be announced if it was a team-related issue or if Polino is expected to go overseas, and this is for the Thunder to keep his ECHL rights. Polino had three goals and seven assists for 10 points in 26 […]

PHOTOS: Iowa Heartlanders vs. Wheeling Nailers – 12/28/2024

WHEELING, W.Va. – The visiting Iowa Heartlanders took on the Wheeling Nailers Saturday night, in the first of a back-to-back weekend series at the WesBanco Arena. Five total goals were scored in the first period between the two teams, as well as a fight between Nailers Matthew Quercia and Heartlanders’ Nico Blachman. At the end […]