Yanick Turcotte

ECHL Announces Fines and Suspensions | 11/18/2024

The ECHL Department of Player’s Safety handed out two suspensions on Monday, which marked the third straight day that the league has handed out at least one suspension. Yanick Turcotte Suspended Fort Wayne Komets Forward Yanick Turcotte has been suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount for his actions in Sunday’s game vs Cincinnati […]

ECHL Announces Multiple Suspensions | 10/27/2024

The ECHL announced multiple suspensions prior to Sunday’s game. Four different players have been fined and suspended, and another player just received a fine. Leppard and Yeamans Suspended Bloomington Bison forward Jackson Leppard has been suspended five games and fined an undisclosed amount for his actions in Saturday’s game vs Iowa Heartlanders. Leppard left the […]

ECHL: Fort Wayne Komets Sign Yanick Turcotte, Add Two Others To Try Out Agreements

The Fort Wayne Komets have announced that they’ve signed forward Yanick Turcotte for the 2024-25 season. They’ve also signed defenseman Nick Parody and goaltender Francis Boisvert to try-out agreements. Turcotte joins the Komets after playing in just four games with the Adirondack Thunder last season before heading overseas to Hungary. In 28 games with Ferencvarosi […]

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: Yanick Turcotte Heads Overseas

Yanick Turcotte has announced that he is going overseas after seven seasons in the ECHL where he played seven seasons putting up six goals and 23 assists for 30 points along with 607 penalty minutes as he spent time with the Worcester Railers, South Carolina Stingrays, and Adirondack Thunder. The 6’0 forward has struggled with […]

Adirondack Thunder Name Assistant Captains

The Adirondack Thunder have their leadership group as earlier today they announced Patrick Grasso as the sixth captain in team history and have now announced the assistants for the upcoming season as Yanick Turcotte, Ryan Smith, and Colin Felix will all wear the “A” for the Thunder this season. All three guys are more than […]

ECHL: Adirondack Thunder Standouts From The PreSeason

The Adirondack Thunder split their preseason home and home with the Reading Royals, and in every preseason and training camp, there are a few names that catch people’s eyes. This year is no different, as there were a few names and areas that caught my eye over the last week, one of those being a […]

Xavier Parent and Mike Bergin Help Quiet Lions In Weekend Series

The Adirondack Thunder have officially passed the Trois-Rivieres Lions in the standing and now have sole possession of fifth place in the North Divison after taking two out of three from the Lions during the weekend series. Everything was clicking for the Thunder this weekend except for the PP. Still, they were getting chances but […]