Posts About "ECHL"
Washington Capitals Part Ways with Reading Royals
June 5th, 2014 The Washington Capitals have filled vacancies at the GM and head coach positions, but they may be looking for a new ECHL affiliate. The ECHL’s Reading Royals have signed a new affiliation agreement with the Philadelphia Flyers after two seasons with the Capitals. During their brief time as a Capitals affiliate, the Royals won their...
Changes Continue to Sweep Through Buffalo
April 18th, 2014 The Buffalo Sabres wrapped up a historically bad season last week where the club posted a 21-51-10 record. The Sabres will now embark on a long but interesting offseason where GM Tim Murray will take on the challenge of remaking the organization into a contender. This has no doubt been a season of change for the Sabres. Changes swept...Sour Loss, Sweet Homecoming for Reading's Cruthers
It’s hard for a losing team to find a lot of positives in a game that ended 7-2, but the one pro on a long list of cons was the return of the Reading Royals’ former captain and all-time leading scorer Ryan Cruthers. Donning purple and white for the second time this season and the first time at home since 2012, Cruthers and his...
T.J. Syner Returns to the Reading Royals
November 23rd, 2013 Although separated by only 50 miles, the journey from Hershey to Reading can seem long for an ECHL player eying an AHL roster spot. Movement between the Washington Capitals, the Hershey Bears and the Reading Royals has been free-flowing early this season, with players like Dmitry Orlov being recalled to the NHL, and others being...
Branham And Skalde Primed For Success
September 12th, 2013 The Anaheim Ducks enter this season with a new ECHL affiliate, the Utah Grizzles. The two organizations came to terms earlier this season. The Grizzles are led by Head Coach/General Manager Tim Branham who came over from the Reading Royals where he was an Assistant Coach. Branham comes to Utah primed for success having won the...
Top 10 Best Developmental Ice Hockey Leagues (North America)
July 10th, 2013 Over the last few decades, the hockey world has been blessed to see some of the best talent compete on ice surfaces throughout North America. While the NHL is the destination that talented hockey players aspire to reach one day, most hockey players usually improve their skill sets by playing in various developmental leagues. Honing...
Brian Boucher Back With Flyers’ Organization
January 14th, 2013 Earlier this morning, the Philadelphia Flyers announced that the organization had once again acquired goaltender Brian Boucher, this time from Carolina – along with defenseman Mark Alt – for minor league forward Luke Pither. No matter how far away Boucher gets, he seems to keep making his way back to where it all started –...
Worst NHL First-Round Draft Picks of the 2000s
November 28th, 2012 Have you wondered what would have happened if your hockey team's scouting staff had pick another player instead of the player they drafted in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft? Usually, each NHL team has a knowledgeable scouting staff whose purpose is to analyse every draft-eligible prospect and compile a list of the best players...
Aces High: Dubinsky and Gomez Return to Their Roots
November 13th, 2012 Who says you can’t go home? Certainly not Scott Gomez or Brandon Dubinsky. The Anchorage natives are both suiting up with their hometown ECHL team, the Alaska Aces, during the NHL lockout. Dubinsky currently leads the Aces in both goals, eight, and points, with twelve, in twelve games played. The 26-year-old Blue Jackets forward...
2007 NHL Entry Draft: Was it the Gift or the Curse?
June 21st, 2012 It has been five years since the 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, hosted by the Blue Jackets. The depth of talent that was chosen in every round was quite superlative but, for some reason or another, the amount of players actually chosen who made it to the big leagues has been remarkably low....
