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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: Reading Royals Announce Season-Ending Roster

On Sunday, June 23rd, 2024, the Reading Royals announced their season-ending roster. Head Coach Jason Binkley reserved the rights of 17 players, with 11 being forwards and 6 being defensemen. Five players named on the 2024 season-ending roster were on the 2023 season-ending roster. Those players were Defensemen Mike Chen and Tyler Heidt and Forwards Yvan Mongo, […]

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 […]

ECHL: Reading Royals Complete Future Considerations

It’s the first of a few important upcoming dates for the ECHL and teams are starting to complete trades from the past season called Future Considerations. The Reading Royals have announced their list. Royals will receive one player and deal three players Receiving: Grant Hebert: Reading Royals will receive forward Grant Hebert from Allen Americans. […]

ECHL: Reading Royals: 2024 Protected List

Reading has retained the rights to 22 players for the 2024-2025 season. 18 players on the list skated for the Royals in the 2023-24 season. The protected list is just step one for the upcoming season with new Head Coach Jason Binkley, at the helm. Forwards: Tag Bertuzzi- During this season Bertuzzi has tallied 17 goals and 20 […]

ECHL: Reading Royals Forward Heads To Austria

It’s that time of the year when players in the ECHL look for new teams or head overseas. Reading Royals lose a key forward in their leading point scorer of the 2023-2024 season, Joseph Nardi. It was announced on 6/3/2024 that Nardi is heading to Austria to play for the Pioneers Vorarlberg. Nardi played a […]

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: Reading Royals 2023-2024 Season Review

Season Record It was no secret that Reading had a tough season. It takes a toll on a team, from losing games to losing a head coach in the middle of the season, to not making the playoffs. The Royals concluded the 2023-2024 season with a record of 29-35-6-2. The record at home ended the […]

ECHL: Reading Royals Announce Head Coach

On Friday, May 17th, 2024, Reading Royals announced that Interim Head Coach Jason Binkley will become Head Coach ahead of the 2024-2025 season. Jason Binkley has been serving as Assistant Coach since October 2022. Binkley’s career in the ECHL includes 139 points and 111 assists over 313 games played in the league. He played for […]

ECHL: Reading Royals: A Talk With Adam Karashik

Coming into professional hockey, undrafted, at the end of your college career is a whirlwind of feelings and shifting gears. For Connecticut native, Adam Karashik, he is no stranger to shifting gears and learning along the way during the grueling schedule of the ECHL and AHL. College Play Before coming to the ECHL and AHL, […]