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
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 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
The 2024-2025 ECHL season is off and running, and the opening weekend didn’t disappoint.
Oct 22, 2024
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, 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
Johnny Gaudreau was not a big man, but he was larger than life. He was an artist with the puck on his stick who could make the seemingly impossible a reality. If only we could escape the reality his life and that of his younger brother Matthew were tragically cut short in a traffic accident Thursday in New Jersey.
Aug 30, 2024
While the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina still feel a bit distant, the final spots for teams hoping realize their Olympic dreams will be determined this week in Europe. A number of current NHL players and notable NHL prospects, as well as a number of North American minor leaguers will be participating in this year’s event.
Aug 29, 2024
So what happens after an NHL team drafts a player?
Jul 9, 2024
The 2024-25 ECHL schedule is here and teams have gone all in on their video releases on social media. We love to see it.
Jun 5, 2024
It’s only natural that we give a lot of love to the players who score highlight-reel goals and make snazzy 100-foot passes. We also love the goaltenders who make acrobatic saves. Fighters, we never stop talking about them, do we?
Mar 28, 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
The ECHL is filled with players who’ll freely admit that if they don’t ascend to the NHL – or at least the American Hockey League – they’ll be bitterly disappointed.
Feb 19, 2024