The Tahoe Knight Monsters are one of two new teams entering the ECHL this year, the other being the Bloomington Bison. On Tuesday afternoon, it was announced who the Knight Monsters will play in their first season. The Tahoe Knight Monsters will open their inaugural season at home against the Jacksonville Icemen on Thursday, October […]
Indianapolis, IN- News and drama were everywhere across the ECHL’s Central Division in this last week of January. From Wheeling to Coralville, the Heartlanders found themselves in the center of all of it. After finishing off the most attended week of Heartlanders hockey, Iowa prepared to take their talents to the road. Before Derek Damon’s […]
Inside the Rink is ready to kick off its coverage of the ECHL for the 2024-25 Season. Each week we will highlight three matchups as our must-see games across the league. Here are our picks for this week. Kansas City Mavericks vs. Wichita Thunder – ECHL/FloHockey Game of the Week (Friday) The Kansas City Mavericks […]
In a press conference this morning, the ECHL’s newest expansion team announced their name and logo as they will be the Bloomington Bison. The logo consists of Bison holding a hockey stick with red eyes as the Bison also wearing a top hat and. Bloomington has decided to use baby blue as their main colors. […]
The Bloomington Bison and South Carolina Stingrays would complete their second trade of the season after Bloomington acquired three players from South Carolina back in September. On Monday, the Stingrays would send forward Jack Adams to Bloomington in exchange for future considerations. The 27-year-old forward is coming off a strong rookie season where he put […]
The South Carolina Stingrays have made a move by acquiring forward Jamie Engelbert from the Bloomington Bison. This trade completes the earlier transaction that sent Jonny Evans and Jackson Leppard to Bloomington. Engelbert, a 24-year-old forward, is on his inaugural season in professional hockey. Originating from Cobourg, Ontario, he stands tall at 6’4″ and weighs […]
Tuesday proved to be a busy day for the Wheeling Nailers when it comes to transactions, so let’s talk about what went down: Defenseman Dilan Peters was released from his contract. Peters previously played for the Jacksonville Icemen this season in one game and then went on to play five games for Wheeling, securing one […]
The Maple Leafs recently lost the Newfoundland Growlers this season as the team ended up folding with less than two weeks to go, and all the players that were on AHL deals were sent up to the Marlies; all their ECHL contracted players became unrestricted free agents. The Maple Leafs now had to figure out […]
The ECHL announced multiple suspensions prior to Sunday’s game. Four different players have been fined and suspended, and another player just received a fine. Leppard and Yeamans Suspended Bloomington Bison forward Jackson Leppard has been suspended five games and fined an undisclosed amount for his actions in Saturday’s game vs Iowa Heartlanders. Leppard left the […]
The Cincinnati Cyclones (0-4-2) will host their former Central Division rival, the Wheeling Nailers (3-3-0), on Wednesday night in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. Historically, these two teams faced each other multiple times each season, but the Nailers have since moved to the North Division of the Eastern Conference. The Nailers are coming off a 2-1 victory […]
