Joe Pendenza

ECHL Game Recap: Florida Everblades vs. Worcester Railers | 02/24/2024

ESTERO, Fla.- The Florida Everblades held a First Responders Night at Hertz Arena Saturday night for the third and final game against the Worcester Railers. Hertz Arena was packed to the rafters for the game, with 7,650 fans filling the seats and the standing-room-only overflow areas. The Everblades wore black specialty jerseys with flames on […]

ECHL Game Recap: Florida Everblades vs. Worcester Railers | 02/23/2024

ESTERO, Fla.- The Force was strong with the Everblades Friday night as they defeated the Worcester Railers 3-1. Wearing Star Wars-themed specialty jerseys, the Everblades took game two in the series before a sell-out crowd of 7,231. The win and an Orlando Solar Bears loss moved the Everblades five points ahead of the Solar Bears […]

ECHL Game Recap: Florida Everblades vs. Worcester Railers | 02/21/2024

ESTERO, Fla.- The battle of the fourth-place teams in the Eastern Conference kicked off Wednesday night in front of 5,805 fans at Hertz Arena. The Florida Everblades, fourth in the South Division, are 4-3-2-1 over their last ten games, and the Worcester Railers, fourth in the North Division, are 5-4-1-0 over their final ten. This […]

ECHL: Worcester Railers Defenseman Suspended One Game

21-year-old Artyom Kulakov, defenseman for the Worcester Railers, was suspended Thursday for one game and fined an undisclosed amount as punishment for a hit he delivered against Florida Everblades forward Mark Senden during Wednesday night’s game in Estero, Fla. The ECHL cited Rule #28- Supplementary Discipline for Kulakov’s unpenalized boarding hit on Senden late in […]

ECHL Weekly Recap: Florida Everblades | 02/12-02/18/24

The Florida Everblades had a rare four-game week against three opponents last week. They managed to get four points out of a possible eight, maintaining a slim one-point lead for fourth place in the South Division over the Orlando Solar Bears. The Everblades have 24 games remaining in their season, fifteen against teams near them in […]

ECHL Weekly Recap: Florida Everblades | 02/05-11/2024

The Florida Everblades went from famine to feast last week. They entered last week on a five-game losing streak, dropping games against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, Jacksonville Icemen, and Savannah Ghost Pirates. Their opponent the previous week was the North-division leading Adirondack Thunder, who entered game one Wednesday night on a 17-game point streak. The Everblades […]

Joe Pendenza: That Love of the Game and Baking

33-year-old Joe Pendenza credits his family, especially his uncle Vin, for his inspiration to play hockey. That inspiration led to his success on the ice for over 17 seasons, including nine as a professional. Born in Wilmington, Mass., on Thanksgiving Day in 1990, Joe grew up watching his uncle play in high school. Later, when […]

ECHL: An Interview With Florida Everblades Two-Time Kelly Cup Championship Coach Brad Ralph

The Florida Everblades have won back-to-back Kelly Cup Championships in 2022 and 2023, and in the ECHL, players come and go, but one thing that has stayed constant with the Everblades and that is Head Coach Brad Ralph, who spent seven years in the ECHL as a player putting up 96 goals and 127 assists […]

ECHL Fan Focus: From Australia with Love

When you think of sports in Australia, you think of Australian Rules Football, soccer, cricket, and rugby. Ice hockey wouldn’t even come up on the top 10 list of sports played down under. According to statista.com, there were 4,716 registered ice hockey players in Australia in 2019. In contrast, according to statista.com, there were 561,700 […]

ECHL Weekly Recap: Florida Everblades | 01/29-02/04/24

The Florida Everblades would love to forget last week, having entered the week in fifth place in the South Division and two points out of the final playoff spot. The Everblades have been hot in 2024, going 7-2-1-1, and last week’s opponents should have given them at least two wins. All three games last week […]