Andre Ghantous

ECHL Game Recap: South Carolina Stingrays vs Adirondack Thunder | 11/24/2024

The Adirondack Thunder came into Sunday afternoon desperately needing a win as they had been outscored 16-5 in the first three games of the road trip and had lost the last four games. It would be the best start in a long time for Adirondack as they would outshoot the South Carolina Stingrays 14-8 in […]

ECHL Game Preview: Adirondack Thunder vs Jacksonville Icemen | 11/20/2024

The Adirondack Thunder and Jacksonville Icemen will meet for the first time since February 20th in Jacksonville, in a game Adirondack won 5-0. Tonight, the Icemen will be looking to win their third straight game, and the Thunder are looking to get back in the win column after a 7-1 loss on Sunday Afternoon. “Good […]

ECHL Game Recap: Adirondack Thunder vs Reading Royals | 11/17/2024

The Adirondack Thunder and Reading Royals met for the final game of their three-in-three on Sunday afternoon as the Thunder were looking for the weekend sweep. The game would begin similar to the way it did on Friday Night, as the Thunder had the momentum early on, but the Royals would get a lucky break […]

ECHL Game Recap: Adirondack Thunder vs Reading Royals | 11/16/2024

The Adirondack Thunder and Reading Royals met for the middle game of their three-game weekend series on Saturday Night. Coming into the night, Adirondack would be down two key pieces as Darian Skeoch and Ryan Wheeler were both scratched from the lineup. The Royals only lineup change would be Parker Aucoin coming in for Jacques […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024-25 Season Opening Roster

The Adirondack Thunder have announced their 2024-25 opening night roster. This year’s season-opening roster is a lot different than last year’s season-opening roster, as only five skaters and two goaltenders from the 2023-24 opening night roster are on the 2024-25 season-opening roster, including Ryan Smith, T.J. Friedmann, Jace Isley, Brendan Less, Ryan Wheeler, Jeremy Brodeur, […]

ECHL 2024-25 Season Preview: Adirondack Thunder

The Adirondack Thunder are coming off a historic season in which they went 43-18-7-4, finishing with 97 points while winning the North Division and the Eastern Conference. Adirondack’s magic continued into the post-season, as they knocked out the Maine Mariners in a thrilling seven-game series. They then erased a 2-0 series deficit to win four […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024 Training Camp Roster

The Adirondack Thunder opened training camp on Monday Morning with a 24-man roster, including 15 forwards, seven defensemen, and one goaltender. Defenseman Kurt Gosselin and goaltender Jeremy Brodeur are still up in Utica with the Comets. Out of those 24 players listed, only one is on a PTO. Adirondack will also play a home and […]

Utica Comets Sign Two Players To One-Year Deals

The Utica Comets have announced that they have signed defenseman Jackson van de Leest and forward Andre Ghantous to one-year, two-way deals for the 2024-25 season; both players spent time with the Comets last season. Ghantous joined the Adirondack Thunder in March after spending five seasons at Western Michigan University, where he put up 53 […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024 Season-Ending Roster

The Adirondack Thunder have officially released their 2024 Season-Ending Roster of 20 players following their announcement earlier this week that they were protecting 23 players. 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 […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024 Protected List

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they will be protecting 23 players on this year’s protected list. 20 of the 23 players that the Thunder protected played at least one game with the team over the course of the team’s historic 2023-24 season, and six of the 23 players either spent the 2023-24 season overseas […]