Any coach will tell you that a hockey team cannot be carried just by its star players. Depth is pivotal.
Jan 8
The ECHL’s holiday break is a tough time for coaches and a great time for players.
Dec 24, 2024
When Tye Felhaber took to the ice Monday night to make his NHL debut, it felt as if there was a collective applause from the entire Double-A level of hockey.
Dec 18, 2024
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, 2024
The best part of ECHL hockey is the goaltending.
Oct 29, 2024
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, 2024
Every ECHL offseason represents a chance for a fresh start.
Oct 4, 2024
For the vast majority of players in the NHL, they're going to need a stop playing within the farm system of the club that either drafted or signed them. Some will get their start in the ECHL, the premier "AA" hockey circuit, while many will spends some time in the American Hockey League, the last step for most players before they realize their NHL dreams.
Sep 12, 2024
So what happens after an NHL team drafts a player?
Jul 9, 2024
The Indy Fuel’s Ross MacDougall, backtracking in front of his own net, coughed up the puck to the Wheeling Nailers’ Matt Koopman.
Apr 5, 2024
I don’t know if the Kalamazoo Wings are going to make the playoffs, though I think they will.
Mar 30, 2024
Playing in the ECHL can be a grueling endeavor.
Mar 14, 2024
We all give a lot of love to the big scorers in the ECHL, the Brandon Hawkins and Wade Murphys of this world. And, of course, we love those big-shooting defensemen like Matt Register and Jalen Smereck. And the highlight-making goaltenders, such as Cam Johnson.
Feb 26, 2024
I don’t know what it is about us sports journalists, but we always seem to want to poke holes in things.
Feb 7, 2024
From a purely hockey perspective, I don’t know if the Fort Wayne Komets signing Daniel Amesbury was a great idea or not. But I do know it’s going to make for great theater when he debuts this weekend.
Feb 2, 2024
