ECHL Free Agency

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Sign Keanan Stewart

The Adirondack Thunder announced they’ve signed forward Keanan Stewart for the 2024-25 season. Steward, 24, will be entering his first full season as a pro after playing just 16 games with the Cincinnati Cyclones at the end of last season, during which time he scored a goal and had three assists for four points. The […]

ECHL: Forward Signs With Utah For First Full Season

It was announced that the Utah Grizzlies have signed forward Blake Wells for the upcoming 2024-2025 ECHL season. Wells was first signed by Utah back on March 29th after getting done with college. He played three games with the Grizzlies, failing to find the scoresheet while having a -3 rating. Wells played his last year […]

ECHL: Maine Mariners Re-Sign Christian Sarlo

The Maine Mariners have announced that they have re-signed forward Christian Sarlo for the 2024-25 season. Sarlo becomes the third player from Penn State to sign with the Mariners for the 2024-25 season, joining Xander Lamppa and Christian Berger; all three of those players would wear a letter at Penn State. In 10 games at […]

ECHL: Worcester Railers Re-Sign Russian Forward

The Worcester Railers kicked off the week by signing forward Andrei Bakanov. This will be Bakanov’s third season with the Railers. Bakanov had 24 points, splitting them with 12 goals and 12 assists in 62 games played. During the 2022-23 season, he was under contract with the American Hockey League’s Springfield Thunderbirds. He played in […]

ECHL: Norfolk Admirals Sign Sacred Heart University Graduate

The Norfolk Admirals announced they signed Sacred Heart University graduate student Braeden Tuck for the 2024-25 ECHL season. Tuck dawned the “C” his final three seasons at Sacred Heart and was named the NCAA (AHA) Individual Sportsmanship Award winner for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons for the incredible sportsmanship he showed throughout his college career. […]

ECHL: Tahoe Knight Monsters Sign Jake Johnson

The Tahoe Knight Monsters have announced that they have signed defenseman Jake Johnson for the 2024-25 season. Johnson joins the Knight Monsters after spending the end of the 2022-23 season with the Fort Wayne Komets. The 26-year-old defenseman burst onto the scene, putting up two goals in three games at the end of the 2022-23 […]

ECHL: Worcester Railers Sign Griffin Luce

The Worcester Railers have announced that they signed defenseman Griffin Luce after re-signing defenseman Mason Klee. This will be Luce’s fifth professional season. Luce spent the past season split with the Milwaukee Admirals and Atlanta Gladiators. He had 12 points with three goals and nine assists playing with Atlanta and put up two assists in […]

ECHL: Idaho Steelheads Bring Back Tomas Sholl

The Idaho Steelheads have announced that they have signed goaltender Tomas Sholl for the 2024-25 ECHL season. Collegiate Career Tomas Sholl started his collegiate career in the 2013-14 season playing Division I hockey at Bowling Green State University. In his four seasons at Bowling Green, Sholl played in 19 games for 1004 minutes on ice […]

ECHL: Allen Americans Sign Van Unen Twins

The Allen Americans have announced that they have signed twin brothers, forward Rylan Van Unen and defenseman Mike Van Unen for the 2024-25 ECHL season. The brothers are both 6’1″ and from Kamloops, British Columbia. Rylan’s Junior and Collegiate Career Both brothers spent their junior careers in the BCHL with the Merritt Centennials. Rylan started […]

ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Sign Second Defensive Duo of the Week

Coralville, Iowa- On August 15th, the Iowa Heartlanders announced the signings of two defensemen: Connor Federkow, a 21-year-old CHL veteran, and Hakon Nilsen, a Florida-born Norway International. This now increases the number of defensemen the Heartlanders have signed this week to four. Federkow, originally from St. Catharines, Ontario, a city just outside Niagara Falls, has […]