Brandon Fortunato

ECHL Playoffs: Florida Everblades vs. Jacksonville Icemen Game 4 | 04/26/2024

Estero, Fla.- Matt Vernon continued to play incredible in net on Friday night. His 31 saves on 31 shots moved his save percentage for the four-game series to 0.959, giving him his second shutout. His performance was supported by defensive pairings and a scheme that clogged the shooting lanes, blocked shots and passes, and prevented the […]

ECHL Round One | Game Three: Florida Everblades vs. Jacksonville Icemen | 04/24/2024

Estero, Fla.- After splitting the first two games of round one in Jacksonville, the Icemen and Florida Everblades continued their series in Estero, Fla., on Wednesday night. The Everblades will host games three, four, and five, and the series will continue in Jacksonville if necessary. These two teams have been more evenly matched than the scores […]

ECHL: Jacksonville Icemen Announce 2024 Kelly Cup Playoff Roster

The Jacksonville Icemen have just announced their 2024 Kelly Cup Playoff Roster. Each playoff team roster consists of a maximum of 24 players—a 20-man active roster and a four-man reserve list. If a player is added to the Playoff Roster, it must be on an emergency basis, which means a team is under 15 skaters […]

PHOTOS: Atlanta Gladiators vs. Jacksonville Icemen – 04/14/2024

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – Sunday afternoon in their Sunday Funday Publix jerseys, the Jacksonville Icemen played their last game of the regular season against the Atlanta Gladiators. In the second of back-to-back games, Atlanta took a 7-4 victory, for the most conceded goals in a game for Jacksonville this season. This was the last game of […]

ECHL Game Recap: South Carolina Stingrays vs. Jacksonville Icemen | 04/06/2024

The Stingrays were back in action for the final time of the regular season in the North Charleston Coliseum to take on the Jacksonville Icemen for the final time this season. Mitchell Gibson would once again get the start between the pipes, as a few line changes would come from Coach Kotyk. Ian Mackey, Bryce […]

PHOTOS: Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. Jacksonville Icemen – 03/23/2024

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – The Jacksonville Icemen faced the Greenville Swamp Rabbits Saturday night, in the second of back-to-back games. Jacksonville held their ‘Hockey Is For All’ night, with painted logos on the ice and specialty HOPE jerseys. Jacksonville took the win to split the weekend series with a 4-3 victory in a Shootout. The Icemen […]

Graveyard Gossip: Lodermeier’s Two Third Period Goals Lead Icemen Past Ghost Pirates

Thursday night was quite an eventful night in Savannah, with it being the last night of Hanukkah, as well as Marvel night for the Ghost Pirates. They wore Rocket Raccoon-inspired jerseys from the Guardians of the Galaxy as they faced the Jacksonville Icemen. Some of Savannah’s best offensive players were out on reserve, but Alex […]

Exploring the Icemen’s NCAA Connections

There are currently 64 Division I collegiate hockey programs in the United States. In 2019, 33 percent of NHLers were college hockey alumni. With thousands of college hockey players suiting up every season, not all of them will see the NHL, let alone crack the ranks of the pros. The NCAA estimates that only 7.4% […]

PHOTOS: Atlanta Gladiators vs. Jacksonville Icemen – 11/11/2023

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – Saturday night, the Jacksonville Icemen faced the currently undefeated Atlanta Gladiators. Jacksonville held their Mental Health Awareness Night, sporting specialty jersey’s that were auctioned off post-game. Atlanta continued their win streak, with a 5-2 victory over Jacksonville, to go 8-0-0 to start the season. Atlanta’s Mitchell Fossier netted the first goal of […]

ECHL: Icemen Extend Qualifying Offers to Eight Key Players

After locking up trade deadline acquisition Matheson Iacopelli at the start of free agency, the Icemen have remained relatively quiet so far when it comes to off-season roster moves. On June 22nd, the team announced their season-ending roster, a list of 20 players that the team can reserve the contract rights to if the players […]