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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 […]

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ECHL: Savannah Ghost Pirates Announce 2024 Season-Ending Roster

The Savannah Ghost Pirates have announced their season-ending roster of 20 players, the most that is allowed on the season-ending roster by the ECHL. Each team is allowed to protect a maximum of 20 players and reserve the rights to eight players; no more than four can be veterans. The ECHL considers any player with […]

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ECHL: Worcester Railers Announce Coaching Changes

The Worcester Railers announced a couple of changes on Tuesday morning. The team and as well the fanbase knew what was coming as they were the last team in the ECHL with a head coach vacancy for the 2024-25 season. The first of which was promoting assistant coach Bob Deraney to head coach and the […]

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ECHL: Savannah Ghost Pirates Announce New Affiliation

Since the announcement of the new ECHL teams joining the league, it has been speculated that the Savannah Ghost Pirates would lose their affiliation with the Vegas Golden Knights. Why? One of the teams announced making their debut this season is the Tahoe Knight Monsters, a team less than eight hours by car and two […]

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ECHL: Who Should Be The Savannah Ghost Pirates Next NHL Affiliate?

The Savannah Ghost Pirates recently announced that they will announce their new AHL and NHL affiliate on Monday during a Press Conference at Enmarket Arena. They will end their affiliation with the Vegas Golden Knights despite still having two years left on the original multi-year deal that they signed in 2019 before the Ghost Pirates’ […]

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ECHL: Savannah Ghost Pirates Announce Protected List

The Savannah Ghost Pirates have revealed their protected list of 24 players ahead of the upcoming 2024-25 season. Here is a list that includes ten defensemen, thirteen forwards, and one goalie. Defensemen: Forwards: Goaltenders: Michael Bullion tied with Cam Johnson from Florida and Taylor Gauthier from Wheeling for the most shutouts in the ECHL in […]

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ECHL: Savannah Ghost Pirates Announce 2024-25 Schedule

The ECHL has released the 24-25 schedules, and we can now see what The Savannah Ghost Pirates season will look like. Despite a challenging second season, the Ghost Pirates showed remarkable resilience. They rallied back after a coaching change was made in February when Alex Loh was named interim coach after Rick Bennett was fired […]

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ECHL: Savannah Ghost Pirates Name Former ECHL Player as Head Coach

The Savannah Ghost Pirates announced today that they have hired Jared Staal as head coach. Previously, the Ghost Pirates had Alex Loh as interim Head Coach after they fired Coach Rick Bennett in early February of this season. The Ghost Pirates started experiencing troubles on the bench early this season, with rumors spreading that the […]

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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 […]

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ECHL: Joe Ernst To Leave ECHL and Join Zawyer Sports & Entertainment

The ECHL has announced that Joe Ernst, the league’s VP of Hockey Operations, will be leaving the league at the end of the Kelly Cup Playoffs to become the Vice President of Hockey Operations for Zawyer Sports and Entertainment; Ernst has been a part of the league for 33 of the 36 year’s that the […]

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