Ryan Crelin

ECHL Expands To New Mexico

It’s been a topic of discussion over the past few years, and today, it came to fruition as the ECHL is expanding to Rio Ranchero, New Mexico. The 2026-27 season will be the third straight season with at least one new team in the league. ECHL New Mexico will play its games at the Rio […]

ECHL: A Check-in with ECHL Commissoner Ryan Crelin

ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin made his annual visit to Glens Falls, NY, before the Christmas/Holiday Break and touched on the state of the league while answering questions from the Media. The Media started the availability by asking him about the current state of the league. “First off the addition of two new teams so that’s […]

ECHL Announces Second Expansion Team for 2024-25

We all knew that the Lake Tahoe Knight Monsters were joining the ECHL next season, but what we didn’t know is that the ECHL will have a second team joining the league as the Board of Governors approved the expansion application for Bloomington, Illinois, and the team will join the ECHL next season. The new […]

ECHL: A Chat With The Commissioner, Ryan Crelin

The ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin made his annual visit to Glens Falls on Friday Evening, and there were a number of different topics that were discussed; one of them, which isn’t the biggest topic he touched on, caught my attention was the way they have redone the schedule so that each team in the North […]

ECHL Board Of Governors News and Notes

The ECHL Board of Governors meeting was held last week at the New York-New York Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and although nothing significant came out of the meetings, there are a few rule changes and important positions that were discussed during the two-day event in Sin City. Let’s take a look at […]

ECHL: A Chat With Commissioner Ryan Crelin

The ECHL is in its first full season coming out of COVID. The ECHL commissioner Ryan Crelin was recently in Adirondack and made himself available for the media to discuss the state of the League and answer questions. Despite the effects that COVID had on the League, the ECHL is finally back where it wants […]