Minor Leagues

Goalies on the Move: Phantoms’ Goalies Making an Impact for Reading

Nolan Maier and Pat Nagle of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms have faced their fair share of games in Reading this season. Both goalies have contributed immensely to the ECHL team’s success thus far. Nolan Maier The 22-year-old Yorkton native, Nolan Maier, has seen the most games between the two Phantoms’ goalies, playing in 24 games […]

Big Defenseman Is Bruins Sleeper Prospect

The Boston Bruins have a solid group of right-shot defensemen led by Charlie McAvoy, who is having the best offensive season of his career. The Bruins invested eight years and a 9.5 million salary cap hit to keep the former Boston University star in Boston for years to come. Brandon Carlo is a solid stay-at-home […]

Maine Mariners Weekend Recap

Another three-game weekend brought me to the Cross Insurance Arena again, this time with one game against the Trois-Rivieres Lions (2/17) and two against the Atlanta Gladiators (2/18 & 2/19). Friday evening matched them up against the Lions once again. The Mariners have lost many key players to AHL call-ups the last couple of weeks, […]

Golden Knights and Silver Knights Adjust to Goalie Changes Due to Logan Thompson’s injury

Some significant changes have been made to the Vegas Golden Knights and their minor league affiliate teams, as Vegas goaltender Logan Thompson is out with a lower-body injury. Due to his injury, one of the Henderson Silver Knights’ goalies, Michael Hutchinson, has the incredible opportunity to move up to Vegas in his absence. In that […]

Late Game Penalties Costly in Komets Loss

The Fort Wayne Komets (25-17-4-2) started their Eastern Conference Southern Division road trip Wednesday morning for a brunch-style hockey matchup against the South Carolina Stingrays (29-15-4-1). Goal scoring did not get the memo about the early morning puck drop, as the first two periods were scoreless. The Komets were able to make survive the first […]

Bruins Goalie Prospect Is A Top Goalie In AHL

Last April, the Boston Bruins signed a tall, athletic goaltender with collegiate success over three seasons to a one-year contract with an amateur tryout. Fast forward almost eleven months, and that same young goaltender is statistically the top netminder in the American Hockey League. It has been a great first year in professional hockey for […]

Grizzlies and Solar Bears Battle In Epic Two Game Set

What do you do when your top two favorite ECHL teams battle each other? Well, you go to the games, of course, and cover the series. The Utah Grizzlies and Orlando Solar Bears battled in what turned out to be an awesome and very physical series, with each team taking a win. On Sunday, February […]

Savannah Says Farewell to Papirny and D’Amato as They Move Up to the HSK

The Savannah Ghost Pirates’ AHL affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, have been pulling up some of Savannah’s players throughout the season. This is mainly because of some injuries and recallings from Henderson to Vegas. Today, Henderson recalled forward Daniel D’Amato and goalie Jordan Papirny. Both of them started their 2022-2023 seasons in Savannah; D’Amato got […]

Bo Hanson Called up to Iowa Wild

Today (Feb. 21), the Iowa Wild announced that they had signed Iowa Heartlanders defenseman Bo Hanson to a professional tryout contract (PTO). The 6-foot-2 defenseman’s hockey career has not been stationary by any means. He has played for seven different teams in the past decade as he transitioned from the USHL, NCAA, ECHL, and finally, […]

Finding the Back of the Net Proves to Be a Problem for the Rush

After making it to the second round of the playoffs last season, in Coach Scott Burt’s first season, the Rapid City Rush have had an up-and-down season. The Rush came into the Toledo series looking promising after sweeping the two-game series against the Utah Grizzlies. However, their performance in this series was all but promising. […]