Florida Everblades

Blake Winiecki Announces Retirement

On September 22nd, Florida Everblades forward Blake Winiecki announced his retirement from professional hockey via an Instagram post. The Minnesota Native spent two seasons in the USHL with the Waterloo Blackhawks, where he put up 29 goals and 40 assists for 69 points in 111 games before spending his five years playing college hockey at […]

ECHL: History Of The Florida Everblades

The Florida Everblades have been in the ECHL since the 1998-1999 season when President and General Manager Craig Brush was reading a free edition of National Geographic that featured the Florida Everglades, and with that, he envisioned bringing a team to Southwest Florida, and that’s how the Florida Everblades were born. In their 25 years […]

ECHL: Florida Everblades Have a Busy Week of Signings

The Florida Everblades have announced the signing of multiple players set for the upcoming season. Both Mike Eskra and Brett Davis will be playing in their first pro career, while Zachary Tsekos is coming to the swamp from another ECHL team. Eskra, the Regina Saskatchewan native, joins the Blades after playing four seasons at the […]

ECHL: Florida Everblades Sign Scott Allan to Upcoming Season

General Manager and Head Coach Brad Ralph agreed to terms with defensemen Scott Allan for the 2023-24 upcoming season today around 3:00. The 6’6″ blue liner heads to the sunshine state to help the Blades claim their defense the back-to-back championship title. The 22-year-old made his first debut in the big leagues with the Fort […]

ECHL: Florida Everblades Re-Sign Cole Moberg for 2023-24 Season

The defending champions, the Florida Everblades, announced yesterday the return of defensemen Cole Moberg for the upcoming season. The North Vancouver, British Columbia native played with the Blades last season when they defended their title as the Kelly Cup Champions. Moberg was no doubt a key asset to the Florida Everblades last year, playing 67 […]

Anthony Peters between the pipes for the Florida Everblades.

ECHL: Peters Named Florida Everblades Assistant Coach

With the recent loss of former assistant coach Jesse Kallechy after he was named head coach for the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL. The Florida Everblades were on the hunt for a new assistant coach. General Manager and Head Coach Brad Ralph named former goaltender for the Everblades Anthony Peters the new Assistant Coach […]

ECHL: Florida Everblades Begins Building Roster For Next Season

The Florida Everblades are looking to accomplish a feat that is yet to be reached by an ECHL team, and that’s to win three straight Kelly Cup Championships. So far, the Everblades have re-signed three players to extensions and added one new face to the roster. Florida will also be on the hunt for a […]

ECHL: Season-Ending Rosters: Everblades hope to stay the course

Ben Masella, Stefan Leblanc, and Joe Pendenza highlight the Florida Everblades’ season-ending roster, which the ECHL released on Friday. The team named 17 players whom they intend to re-sign for the 2023-24 season. The team retains sole the right to re-sign these players for two weeks before they enter the qualifying offers phase on July […]

ECHL: Jesse Kallechy Officially hired as Fort Wayne Komets’ Head Coach.

The Fort Wayne Komets have named Florida Everblades assistant Jesse Kallechy as the 30th head coach of the 72-year-old franchise, vice president, general manager, and director of hockey operations David Franke announced on Wednesday. “His style of coaching and how he wants his team to play is right in line with the Komets style of […]

ECHL Breaking News: Fort Wayne Komets Set To Hire Jesse Kallechy As Head Coach

The Fort Wayne Komets are announcing Jesse Kallechy as their new head coach tomorrow, according to Justin Cohn of the Journal Gazette. A press conference to formally introduce him will take place tomorrow at 1:00 EST. Kallechy replaces Ben Boudreau, who was head coach of the Komets for four years with a 134-96-19-8 regular-season record. […]