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ECHL: Norfolk Admirals Re-Sign Denis Smirnov for Third Season

The Norfolk Admirals announced today they have re-signed Denis Smirnov for the 2024-25 ECHL season. Smirnov, a Moskva, RUS native, played 62 games for the Admirals last season between the regular season and the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs. The 27-year-old first broke into the ECHL during the 2021-22 season when he signed with the Kalamazoo […]

2025 NHL Draft: Conrad Jack’s September Top 32 Rankings

The first of many scouting events of the 2025 NHL Draft has come and gone, it’s already that time when sites have started preparing content for the 2025 NHL Draft or started posting content already. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup has long been wrapped up with Team Canada winning gold, but it wasn’t just the draft-eligible […]

ECHL: An Interview With Adirondack Thunder Forward Patrick Polino

The Adirondack Thunder made a couple of eye-catching trades during the 2024 off-season, and one of those trades was with the Cincinnati Cyclones, as Adirondack acquired forward Patrick Polino in exchange for Tristan Ashbrook. Polino, 29, spent three seasons with the Cyclones, where he put up 54 goals and 82 assists for 136 points in […]

ECHL: Kalamazoo Wings Add Goaltenders To Roster

The Kalamazoo Wings have announced that they have signed goaltender Chad Veltri to a standard contract and goaltender Brent Moran to a PTO. This comes after the K-Wings would lose Hunter Vorva, who decided to play overseas. Veltri, 26, joins the K-Wings after spending five years at the NCAA level, which included four seasons at […]

ECHL: Idaho Steelheads Re-Sign Pair of Forwards

The Idaho Steelheads have announced that they have re-signed 6’2″ forward Sam Sternschein and 5’10” forward Jade Miller for the 2024-25 ECHL season. Sternschein’s Junior and Collegiate Career The Syosset, New York native, started his junior career in the 2014-15 season playing in the USHL. In his three seasons in the USHL, Sternschein split his […]

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits Re-Sign Jake Flynn

Greenville, S.C. — As the ECHL’s 2024-25 regular season is 31 days away, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits are not taking their foot off the gas when it comes to signing players to their roster. Today, September 17, the club announced that a familiar face is making a return in an orange and navy sweater, Jake […]

Chris Wideman Announces Retirement

NHL Defenseman Chris Wideman has announced his retirement after playing six years in the NHL. The 34-year-old defenseman didn’t play during the 2023-24 season due to a back injury and played in only 46 games during the 2022-23 season, putting up six assists. The St. Louis, Missouri native would be drafted by the Ottawa Senators […]

ECHL: South Carolina Stingrays Add Another Assistant Coach

The South Carolina Stingrays have announced that they hired Mike Hamilton as the team’s second assistant coach. Hamilton becomes the fourth member of the Stingrays coaching staff, joining Head Coach Jared Nightingale, Assistant Coach Scott Davidson, and Player/Coach Trevor Mingoia. He has spent the majority of his post-playing career in Charleston. This will be Hamilton’s […]

ECHL: Craig Martin Heads Overseas

Forward Craig Martin is heading overseas for the second time in his career as he will join the Manchester Storm of the EIHL. Martin began the 2022-23 season overseas in Slovakia, where he put up four goals and five assists for nine points in 20 games before re-joining the Jacksonville Icemen in December of 2022. […]

ECHL: Idaho Steelheads Sign Three Forwards

The Idaho Steelheads have announced that they have signed forwards Brian Chambers, Blake Swetlikoff, and Brendan Hoffman. Brian Chambers’ Career Brian Chambers is a 6’1″ forward from Weymouth, Massachusetts. Chambers spent his junior career playing for the Northeast Generals in the NAHL (2016-18) and the Cedar Rapid RoughRiders and Sioux Falls Stampede in the USHL […]