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Maurizio Colella skating for the Rapid City Rush

ECHL: Rapid City Rush Bring Back Maurizio Colella for a Third Season

The Rapid City Rush have announced that they have re-signed 6’0″ forward Maurizio Colella for the 2024-25 season. Junior and Collegiate Career Maurizio Colella started his junior career in the OJHL, playing with the Wellington Dukes, where he had four goals and five assists with 32 penalty minutes in 33 games. Colella then went on […]

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Mitchell Russell wearing black jersey while skating with the puck on his stick

ECHL: Ghost Pirates Sign Chris Lipe and Mitchell Russell

Earlier today, the Savannah Ghost Pirates announced that they have signed defenseman Chris Lipe and forward Mitchell Russell for the 2025-2026 season. Chris Lipe Joins the Crew Chris Lipe is a 25-year-old defenseman from Rockford, Michigan, who has been with the Iowa Heartlanders since the 2022–2023 season. Before joining the Heartlanders, Lipe played at the […]

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ECHL: Rapid City Rush Bring Back Christian Propp

The Rapid City Rush have announced that they have re-signed 6’2″ goaltender Christian Propp for the 2025-26 season. Junior and Collegiate Career Christian Propp started his junior career in the 2015-16 season playing in the OHL. He spent five seasons in the OHL playing for the Barrie Colts, North Bay Battalion, Soo Greyhounds, and Kingston […]

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ECHL: Utah Grizzlies Sign Pair of Defensemen

The Utah Grizzlies have announced that they have signed 5’11” defenseman Avery Winslow and 6’2″ defenseman Colby Enns for the 2025-26 season. Avery Winslow’s Junior Career The St. Pete Beach, Florida native started his junior career in the BCHL in the 2018-19 season playing for the Wenatchee Wild. In his one season with the Wild, […]

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2025 NHL Draft: Top 10 Underrated OHL Prospects

The Ontario Hockey League has provided some of the top talent in professional leagues across the globe and has had an especially strong presence in North America. Plenty of names from past NHL drafts have made their own unique, indelible marks on professional hockey, but what lies ahead for this already prestigious league? While the […]

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ECHL: Norfolk Admirals Transactions | 11/19/2024

The Norfolk Admirals and Manitoba Moose announced today that goaltender Domenic DeVincentiis has been assigned from the Moose to the Admirals. This comes after the Winnipeg Jets reclaimed goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen off waivers from the Colorado Avalanche. DeVincentiis has been off to a terrific start with the Moose this season, despite being just 2-3-0 through […]

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ECHL: Maine Mariners and Toledo Walleye Swap Rookies

The Maine Mariners and Toledo Walleye struck a deal on Wednesday afternoon as the Mariners sent forward Griffin Ness to Toledo in exchange for defenseman Cole Cameron. Both players joined their teams late last season after finishing their collegiate careers. What Did The Mariners Get? Cole Cameron joins the Mariners blueline after playing just eight […]

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ECHL: Martin Has Heading Overseas

Defenseman Martin Has is heading back home to Czechia on a try-out agreement with HC Plezn after spending the last three years in North America, including the last two years in the ECHL with the Fort Wayne Komets and South Carolina Stingrays, where he’s put up four goals and 13 assists for 17 points in […]

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Winnipeg Jets Prospects Vying for a Spot in the 2023 Memorial Cup

The regular season is over, and the playoffs will start this week in the Canadian Hockey League. With that, teams will have one goal: to win their respective leagues’ championship title and claim their spot in the 2023 Memorial Cup. The 2023 Memorial Cup will occur in Kamloops, British Columbia, from Friday, May 26, 2023 […]

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Winnipeg Jets prospect Dom DiVincentiis sets Battalion franchise record

On a Thursday night, North Bay Battalion goaltender Domenic DiVincentiis set the record for most goaltender wins in franchise history in a single season for the Ontario Hockey League’s North Bay/Brampton Battalion. The franchise was founded as the Brampton Battalion on December 3, 1996, and began to play in 1998. The team relocated to North […]

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