Don’t look now, but the Iowa Heartlanders suddenly are a factor in the ECHL.
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ECHL teams have had four weekends of play, enough time for us to get a sense of interesting early storylines.
Nov 13
Michal Stinil leads the ECHL in scoring three weeks into the season – he leads all skaters in goals (eight) and points (14) through eight games – and it’s kind of cool to see.
Nov 6
The ECHL features plenty of daily movement across the league that is often difficult to keep up with. Between players moving back and forth from the AHL, the NHL, trades, and different situations, it can be hard to tell who's on a team's roster in a given night.
Nov 2
Ruslan Gazizov spent the previous three seasons playing for one of the top junior hockey clubs anywhere in the world. The now 20-year-old Russian forward was a highly-productive player for the OHL’s London Knights, helping them win the OHL championship last season and competing for the Memorial Cup.
Nov 1
The best part of ECHL hockey is the goaltending.
Oct 29
The emergency backup goalie, affectionately known as the EBUG, is one of those eccentricities that exists in hockey. When a team unexpectedly loses one of its rostered goalies, especially when they’re on the road, it’s become a necessity.
Oct 26
The ECHL has two expansion teams this season – the Bloomington Bison and Tahoe Knight Monsters – with another on the way in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Oct 25
The 2024-2025 ECHL season is off and running, and the opening weekend didn’t disappoint.
Oct 22
Matty Gaudreau wore two uniforms over his ECHL career that saw him play parts of four different seasons. He debuted in the league with the Worcester Railers and played his last ECHL game with the Reading Royals. On Saturday night, it just so happened that Reading was in Worcester for the latter’s home opener.
Oct 20
The last few seasons in the ECHL has brought a lot of intrigue. There have been new teams, plenty of new exciting players and prospects, and there’s been a three-peat champion bringing a little consistency to the mix.
Oct 18
The ECHL season is almost upon us. When the puck drops Friday, it will mark another exciting chapter for the premier ‘AA’ hockey league. For ECHL fans, we’ve got one more piece of news to get you even more excited for Friday nights throughout the season.
Oct 17
Training camps are opening in ECHL cities across North America, an exciting time for fans tracking the best prospects, best teams and ever-changing landscape of Double-A hockey.
Oct 7
ECHL Unfiltered, a documentary series produced by GameAbove Entertainment in partnership with the ECHL, is now available to stream on demand on the FloHockey platform.
Every ECHL offseason represents a chance for a fresh start.
Oct 4
