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ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits Name Chad Costello Head Coach

The Greenville Swamp Rabbits have named Chad Costello as the team’s sixth head coach and General Manager. This comes a little over a month after the Swamp Rabbits had fired Kyle Mountain after his first season as the team’s head coach. Mountain had spent his first season in Greenville as an assistant coach. For Greenville, […]

AHL & ECHL: 2024–25 Teddy Bear Toss Champions

The annual Teddy Bear Toss had once again united fans, players, and hockey communities across the ECHL and AHL in a shared mission: delivering warmth, comfort, and joy to children and families in need. With thousands of stuffed animals raining down onto the ice after each team’s first goal, the 2024–25 season’s tosses brought in […]

ECHL: 2024-25 End of Season Review | Adirondack Thunder

The 2024-25 Adirondack Thunder season was not a pretty one, as the Thunder went from the top team in the East during the 2023-24 season to the worst team in the East during the 2024-25 season. Adirondack would use 51 different players during the 2024-25 season, including 18 different defenseman throughout their 72-game schedule. Adirondack […]

ECHL Kelly Cup Final- Game 2 Recap: Trois-Rivières Lions vs Toledo Walleye

The Trois-Rivières Lions and Toledo Walleye met for Game 2 of the Kelly Cup Final. Toledo took Game 1 by a score of 3-1. For the second straight night, it would be Tyler Hylland who opened the scoring for the Lions. Just like in Game 1, the Walleye quickly responded as Trenton Bliss made a […]

ECHL: Pavel Cajan Heads Overseas

After spending the past three seasons in North America, Cincinnati Cyclones goaltender Pavel Cajan is heading overseas to Czechia to join HC Litvinov. During the 2024-25 season, he went 13-10-5 with a 2.42 GAA, .902SV%, and one shutout in 28 games with the Cyclones. It was the first time in his professional career that Cajan […]

ECHL: Kyle Mayhew Heads Overseas

The Fort Wayne Komets have now lost their fourth player and second this week to an overseas team. Defenseman Kyle Mayhew is heading to Germany to join the Augsburger Panthers of the DEL. The ECHL Defenseman of the Year had 11 goals and 41 assists for 52 points in 60 games. He led all Komet […]

ECHL Kelly Cup Final- Game 1 Recap : Trois-Rivières Lions vs Toledo Walleye

The 2025 Kelly Cup Final kicked off in Ohio, where the Toledo Walleye welcomed the Trois-Rivières Lions in Game 1. It was a night of firsts, as the Trois-Rivières Lions made their inaugural appearances in the Kelly Cup Final, and these two formidable teams clashed for the first time in history. Both teams, having triumphed […]

ECHL: 2025 Kelly Cup Final Preview | Trois-Rivières Lions vs Toledo Walleye

Get ready for a series that will go down in the history books, as the Eastern Conference and Western Conference clash in a battle for the prestigious Kelly Cup. The Kelly Cup, the ultimate prize in the ECHL, is awarded to the playoff champion at the end of each season. The potential seven-game showdown kicks […]

ECHL: Jared Nightingale Heads Back to AHL

The South Carolina Stingrays are once again on the hunt for a head coach. Announced May 30th, Jared Nightingale has accepted a position with the Rockford IceHogs as Head Coach. Jared Nightingale joined South Carolina in the postseason of the 2023-24 season. The team was recovering from a poor record, which saw them with a […]

ECHL: Jack Dugan Heads Overseas

Fort Wayne Komets captain Jack Dugan is heading overseas to Germany to join the Bietigheim Steelers of the DEL2. He spent his first five professional seasons in North America. In 70 games this season, Dugan had 23 goals and 53 assists for 76 points, while leading the Komets in all offensive categories. For the second […]