Vinnie Purpura

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Signs 6’6 Rookie Goaltender and Re-Signs T.J. Friedmann

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they have signed goaltender David Fessenden and re-signed forward T.J. Friedmann to contracts for the 2024-25 season. Fessenden comes in after spending five seasons at the NCAA level with the University of Alabama-Huntsville, the University of New Hampshire, and last season at Canisius College. In 79 games at the […]

ECHL: Reading Royals: Royals Acquire Two Players Rights

On July 31st, the Reading Royals announced the playing rights of forward Travis Broughman and goaltender Vinnie Purpura have been acquired from the Adirondack Thunder. This is in exchange for the playing rights of forward Tag Bertuzzi. Bertuzzi has signed an AHL contract with the Utica Comets on July 30, 2024. Broughman tallied 27 points including 14 goals and 13 assists in the […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024 Qualifying Offers

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they have given eight players qualifying offers, which is the league’s maximum. Two of those eight players have already decided to take the overseas route. Players who have already signed for the 2024-25 season don’t need to be given qualifying offers. Here are the rules of the qualifying offers: […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024 Season-Ending Roster

The Adirondack Thunder have officially released their 2024 Season-Ending Roster of 20 players following their announcement earlier this week that they were protecting 23 players. Each team is allowed to protect a maximum of 20 players and reserve the rights to eight players; no more than four can be veterans. The ECHL considers any player […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024 Protected List

The Adirondack Thunder have announced that they will be protecting 23 players on this year’s protected list. 20 of the 23 players that the Thunder protected played at least one game with the team over the course of the team’s historic 2023-24 season, and six of the 23 players either spent the 2023-24 season overseas […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder 2023-24 Season Recap

The Adirondack Thunder had a historic 2023-24 season, putting together a 43-18-7-4 record for 97 points as they would win both the North Division and Eastern Conference during the regular season; it was the first time since 2018 that the Thunder had won the North Division and the first time in Franchise history that the […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Announce 2024 Kelly Cup Playoff Roster

The Adirondack Thunder released their 24-man Kelly Cup Playoff Roster on Monday Afternoon. The roster consists of 14 forwards, eight defencemen, and two goaltenders. It was a very busy season for the Adirondack Thunder as 47 different skaters took the ice the year, and the Kelly Cup Roster is a nice mix of faces that […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Injury Update | 03/31/2024

The Adirondack Thunder have been dealing with a multitude of injuries lately, and after Saturday Night’s game, Head Coach Pete MacArthur gave the media an update and timeline on most of the news, which is not good news for Thunder fans. Patrick Grasso and Mike Gillespie are both in concussion protocol and have not skated. […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Transactions | 03/26/2024

The Adirondack Thunder IR continues to grow as you can now add forward Grant Jozefek (3/23) and goaltender Vinnie Purpura (3/25) to that list. Jozefek played for the Thunder on Friday vs Norfolk but wouldn’t play in the final two games, and there was nothing that I saw that really caught my attention with Jozefek […]

ECHL: Were No Moves The Right Move For The Adirondack Thunder?

The ECHL Trade Deadline has come and gone, and for the second straight season, the Adirondack Thunder have decided to stay put. There’s no question that where the Thunder were at this point last year and where they sit today are two completely different places but yet the same results when it comes to movement […]