The best part of ECHL hockey is the goaltending.
Oct 29
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
Every ECHL offseason represents a chance for a fresh start.
Oct 4
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
It’s as sure a sign of summer when NHL teams are playing some musical chairs with their ECHL affiliates. A number of high profile NHL clubs are making switches for their Premier ‘AA’ affiliates this offseason including the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, a pair of Original Six franchises and the St. Louis Blues are getting back in the ECHL mix on a more official basis for the first time in a while.
Jul 10
Perhaps it’s fitting that Matthew Wedman, a player who didn’t skate a single regular-season game with the Florida Everblades, netted the 2024 Kelly Cup-winning goal Saturday night against the Kansas City Mavericks.
Jun 10
The Florida Everblades have made history. With a stunning 4-3 overtime win in Game 5 of the Kelly Cup Finals, Florida won its third straight Kelly Cup, becoming the first team to ever win three consecutive titles in ECHL history.
Jun 9
It’s not surprising that the best-of-seven Kelly Cup Finals, between the Florida Everblades and Kansas City Mavericks, are tied at 1 after the opening weekend of the series.
Jun 3
The Florida Everblades, winners of the last two Kelly Cups, will face the Kansas City Mavericks, who won the Brabham Cup as regular-season champions.
May 30
The Florida Everblades are trying to do something no team in ECHL history has done before – win three consecutive Kelly Cup championships – and Game 1 of the best-of-seven 2024 finals will be Friday against the Kansas City Mavericks at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri.
The Kansas City Mavericks have a chance to do something no ECHL team has done since 2014 – follow a regular-season championship with a playoff championship.
The stage is set for what should be an absolutely thrilling championship series in the ECHL. The regular-season champion Kansas City Mavericks will take on the two-time defending Kelly Cup champion Florida Everblades in the 2024 Kelly Cup Finals.
May 29
The Florida Everblades are four wins away from making ECHL history. The two-time defending champions have advanced to the Kelly Cup Finals for the third straight year after defeating the Adirondack Thunder in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals. Florida will look to become the first team to win three consecutive championships in the ECHL.
It’s hard not to root for the Adirondack Thunder at least a little bit.
May 21
