Brayden Watts

Inside The Rink’s ECHL Triple Threat: Our Must-Watch Hockey Showdowns (12/13-12/15/2024)

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. Flo Hockey Game of the Week: Allen Americans (7-8-4-0) vs Indy Fuel (8-7-1-1): December 13th After playing […]

ECHL Series Preview: Allen Americans at Rapid City Rush | 11/27-11/30/2024

ECHL: Allen Americans Sign Former Wichita Thunder Captain

The Allen Americans have made their first off-season splash by signing forward Brayden Watts for the 2024-25 season. Watts joins the Americans after spending the past four seasons with the Wichita Thunder, where he scored 60 goals and added 137 assists for 197 points in 226 games; he’s also added two assists in four career […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Wichita Thunder | 4/11/2024

The Rapid City Rush kicked off their last series of the season with a nice home win against the Wichita Thunder. Starting Lineups The Wichita Thunder started with a forward trio of Bradley Marek, Jay Dickman, and Mitchell Russell. They had a defensive pairing of Dominic Dockery and Tyler Jette with goaltender Trevor Gorsuch in […]

ECHL: Team MVP Brayden Watts Re-Signs With Wichita

The Wichita Thunder are keeping busy in late July, re-signing star forward Brayden Watts for the 2023-24 season on July 28. Watts, the fourth-year forward out of Bakersfield, California, had his best season as a pro last year. He set new career highs with 23 goals and 40 assists for a total of 63 points […]

ECHL: Wichita Thunder 2022-2023 Year In Review

With the 2022-2023 Kelly Cup Conference Finals under way, it’s a good time to look back at what the season looked like for teams not competing in the postseason. One of the teams that fell short of making the playoffs this year was the Mountain Division’s Wichita Thunder. Wichita finished fifth place in the division […]