Joe Murdaca

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 […]

ECHL: On the Bench with Florida Everblades Todd Skirving

The Florida Everblades entered Wednesday needing to win two of their last three games to lock up a playoff spot, but they will face stiff competition from their opponents as they battle for positioning. The Everblades play the Jacksonville Icemen for one game on Wednesday night at Hertz Arena. The Icemen have locked up a […]

ECHL: Atlanta Gladiators vs. Jacksonville Icemen | 04/03/24

After a disappointing weekend in Norfolk, the Atlanta Gladiators sought to entertain their home crowd with three consecutive nights of on-ice action. The series began with the first of the three, having the Gladiators face off against the Jacksonville Icemen. The starting lineup for the Atlanta Gladiators included Luke Prokop (D), Dylan Carabia (D), Reece […]

ECHL Game Recap: Atlanta Gladiators vs. Jacksonville Icemen | 02/28/2024

After enduring a sequence of seven consecutive losses, the Atlanta Gladiators sought a surge of momentum to attempt to turn things around. As they began the game against Jacksonville, the team was bolstered by an excited and loud crowd, including numerous enthusiastic fans from local schools participating in the Atlanta Gladiators Education Day program. The […]

ECHL Game Recap: Jacksonville Icemen Vs. Orlando Solar Bears| 02/10/2024

The Jacksonville Icemen faced off with their rivals, the Orlando Solar Bears, for their third match-up this week. The series tied between the two (1-1). The energy of this game demonstrated a lot of aggression that was relayed following Game Two, which took place the night before. Orlando was coming off strong after their 2-1 […]

ECHL Weekend Recap: Atlanta Gladiators | 02/02/2024 -02/04/2024

Coming off a solid showing against the Orlando Solar Bears, the Atlanta Gladiators were hoping to continue their recent upswing in their first game of the weekend as they went up against Jacksonville before returning to Atlanta to face two back-to-back home ice appearances against the South Carolina Stingrays. Friday, February 2, 2024 vs. Jacksonville […]

ECHL: 2023-24 Atlanta Gladiators: A Whole New Team

As a lifelong hockey fan who recently moved to Georgia from Michigan, you can imagine how excited I was when I found out there was a local professional hockey team in my area! The 2022-23 Atlanta Gladiators rekindled my love of the game, and I quickly jumped on the bandwagon and emersed myself in all […]

ECHL: Jacksonville Icemen Bolster Support In Net

As it stands, the Icemen roster really only lacks one thing – goaltending. With the loss of veteran net presence Charles Williams to retirement and the other two members of the goalie mafia finding homes in the AHL, the Icemen goaltending group is going through a transformation of sorts. Since late July, the team has […]

ECHL: Joe Murdaca Spectacular in Net, Cody Sylvester Sets Single Season Goal Record, Atlanta Gladiators Defeat the Florida Everblades

Atlanta Gladiator Forward Eric Neiley returned to the lineup for the first time since February 16th as the Glads defeated the Florida Everblades Friday night from Hertz Arena in Estero, FL. The knee injury caused Neiley to miss 16 games over the nearly two-month layoff. Kaid Oliver got the scoring started early, getting the first […]

ECHL: Atlanta Gladiators Loss to the Jacksonville Icemen Officially Eliminates the Team From the Playoffs.

A successful start to a must-win game for the Atlanta Gladiators turned into a heartbreaking loss, eliminating the team from the playoffs. The Gladiators went down early in Friday night’s interdivisional game against the Jacksonville Icemen. Chris Grando opened the scoring for the Icemen 12:47 into the game. Atlanta committed back-to-back penalties within 53 seconds […]