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ECHL: Allen Americans Announce 2024 Qualifying Offers

The Allen Americans interesting off-season continues as it appears that the Americans will have a completely different team not only off the ice with the changes in ownership and head coach as the Americans have elected to offer only two players qualifying offers in Liam Finlay and Ty Farmer, the least amount of players protected […]

ECHL: Allen Americans Announce Their End of Season Roster

The Allen Americans, along with the rest of the ECHL, have announced their end-of-season rosters. Teams are allowed to have up to 20 players on their end-of-season roster. Allen’s roster consists of nine forwards, nine defensemen, and one goaltender. Of these 20 players, the Americans can reserve the rights of the players and give eight […]

ECHL: Liam Finlay Heading Overseas

Forward Liam Finlay is heading overseas to Scotland after spending just two seasons with the Allen Americans, where he would put up 44 goals and 45 assists for 89 points in 80 games. The 27-year-old winger would have a fantastic rookie year in which he would put up 33 goals and 37 assists for 70 […]

ECHL: Allen Americans Announce 2024 Kelly Cup Playoff Roster

The Allen Americans have officially announced their 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs roster. The Americans’ roster consists of 14 forwards, seven defensemen, and three goaltenders. Roster The forwards Allen has on their playoff roster are James Hardie, Easton Brodzinski, Mikael Robidoux, Grant Hebert, Blake Murray, Colby McAuley, Liam Finlay, Kameron Kielly, Chaz Smedsrud, Bennett MacArthur, Jordan-Ty […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Allen Americans | 3/30/2024

The Rapid City Rush and Allen Americans faced off in the series finale of their three-game series on Saturday night. Starting Lineups The Allen Americans started the game with a forward trio of Grant Hebert, Mikael Robidoux, and Solag Bakich. They had a defensive pairing of Ryan Gagnon and Andrew Jarvis with Marco Costantini in […]

Idaho Steelheads Open the Floodgates to Take a 3-1 Series Lead Over the Allen Americans

The Idaho Steelheads and Allen Americans entered Game Four, with Idaho leading the series 2-1. The Steelheads entered the game having just suffered a 7-2 loss in Game Three, their largest loss of the regular season and postseason. First Period-Floodgates Start to Open The Steelheads came into Game Four looking for revenge after losing in […]

ECHL 2022-23 All-Rookie Team

The ECHL announced the members of the All-Rookie Team for this season today. They clarify the definition of a rookie as, “a player who has played in less than 25 professional games at the “AA” level or higher prior to the start of the current season.” These players have all had fantastic seasons and earned […]

ECHL: Rapid City Rush are Preparing for a Must-Win Series Against Allen Americans

The Rapid City Rush will welcome the Allen Americans to town this week for a Thursday, Friday, and Saturday series. The Rush enter this weekend having played 63 games with nine games remaining in the regular season. Through the 63 games, the Rush are 30-32-1-0 with 61 points and a 0.484 win percentage. The Rush […]

ECHL: Utah Grizzlies Fighting To Keep A Spot Alive For The Playoffs

Friday 3/16/23 was the start of a three-game series against the Allen Americans. With only 12 games left in the season, the Grizzlies fought to win all three games and secure their spot in the playoffs. The first period didn’t go well for the Grizzlies as Allen scored two goals in under eight minutes – […]

Allen And Utah Battle It Out In High Scoring Series

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, the Utah Grizzlies started a three-game series against the Allen Americans during the biggest snowstorm to hit Salt Lake City this year. Most areas got hit with a foot or more of snow, and Allen’s bus got stuck on their way to the arena, so the ECHL and Maverick Center […]