ECHL: Tahoe Knight Monsters Add Two Forwards To Roster

The Tahoe Knight Monsters busy signing week continued on Friday as the team announced that they signed forwards Adam Robbins and Chris Dodero to contracts for the 2024-25 season. Robbins, 24, joins the Knight Monsters after playing four years at Princeton University, where he scored 21 goals and 37 assists for 58 points in 111 games. The 24-year-old forward would also spend parts of four seasons in the USHL, where he put up 17 goals and 41 assists for 58 points in 93 games. Robbins would put up 11 goals and 18 assists for 29 points in 30 games during the 2023-24 season and would be nominated for the Hobey Baker Award.

Dodero, 28, joins the Knight Monsters after spending the past three years overseas playing in Slovenia, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. The Chicago native would put up 10 goals and 14 assists for 26 points in 36 combined games in the ICEHL and DEL2. Prior to going overseas, Dodero played his collegiate hockey at AIC for five years, where he would put up 26 goals and 45 assists for 71 points in 134 games. The Yellow Jackets would go on to win three AHL titles in his five years. Dodero will see some familiar faces in Tahoe, as he’s spent six seasons playing alongside Brennan Kapcheck and five seasons playing alongside Blake Christensen. Both Dodero and Robbins will be making their North American pro debuts this season with the Knight Monsters. The Knight Monster finished the week with six signings in four days.