Kelly Cup Playoffs

ECHL: Icemen Player Spotlight: Matheson Iacopelli

With the 2022-2023 regular season coming to a close, the Jacksonville Icemen are getting set for another Kelly Cup playoff appearance. There will be some new names donning Icemen sweaters this postseason, one of whom fans have heard a lot lately; Matheson Iacopelli. With four goals in his last four games, Iacopelli is beginning to […]

ECHL: The Reading Royals Are Headed to their Last Week of Regular Season Games

The Reading Royals walk into their final week of regular season games as they split a series against the Norfolk Admirals over the weekend. This week the Royals head into their last week of regular season games with just three games left, one of which is a rematch against the Norfolk Admirals on home ice. […]

ECHL: CLINCHED! Icemen Secure Spot In Kelly Cup Chase

For the second year in a row, the Icemen are in. The Jacksonville Icemen punched their ticket to the Kelly Cup Playoffs Friday evening with a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Gladiators. Jacksonville had a chance to secure their place in the playoffs on Wednesday but failed to beat the Florida Everblades, losing 4-2. Wednesday’s […]

ECHL: CLINCHED: Swamp Rabbits Finally Punch their Ticket to The Kelly Cup Playoffs After a Week of Struggling

Finally, after much waiting and setbacks, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits clinched the ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs! This past week has been rather difficult for the Rabbits, as they’ve lost four games in a row in just a week. Yesterday, April 7, things changed significantly for this team when they battled against the Orlando Solar Bears […]

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 […]

ECHL: Atlanta Gladiators Blank Florida Everblades, Playoffs still a Small Possibility.

Assistant captain Cody Sylvester notched his first-ever hat trick, and rookie Goalie Tyler Harmon stopped all 37 shots he faced for a 4-0 win over the Florida Everblades Sunday afternoon. The Gladiators needed the win as they fell to the Everblades on Saturday night, putting them seven points behind Florida for the final spot in […]

Jacksonville Icemen hockey player is skating towards the camera with the puck as a Solar Bears player follows behind over his left shoulder

ECHL: Icemen Weekend Recap – No April Fools

The Jacksonville Icemen took on the Orlando Solar Bears in back-to-back games this weekend, contending for critical points in the ECHL’s South Division playoff race. Going into the weekend, the Icemen found themselves in the third spot in the division, just two points back from first place and just one point back from second. Orlando […]

ECHL: Royals Punch their Ticket to the Kelly Cup Playoffs

With a 6-2 victory over the Trois-Rivières Lions, the Reading Royals are now on their way to the Kelly Cup playoffs. After a tough loss against the Adirondack Thunder on Wednesday, missing a chance to clinch their playoff spot, the Royals have finally claimed their place with their win over Trois-Rivières. The Royals are the second […]

ECHL: Atlanta Gladiators Get Important Win, Catching up to The Florida Everblades

Duluth, GA– Goalie Joe Murdaca, in his first game back from injury, stopped 29 out of 30 shots to lead the Atlanta Gladiators (33-25-6-1) over the Florida Everblades (34-21-4-4) by a score of 4-1. forward Mike Pelech had a phenomenal game as well, scoring two goals and assisting on the other two Gladiator goals. The […]

ECHL: The North Divison Playoff Race Is Heating Up

It’s that time of year, folks, as with less than a month remaining in the ECHL regular season, the playoff races are starting to take shape across the league, and in the North Divison, So far only one team in the Divison has punched their ticket to the Kelly Cup Playoffs, and that is the […]