4th year center Abbott Girduckis(39) leaves an ECHL best season, scoring 18 goals and 28 assists for 46 points with a +4 rating in his 2nd season with Jacksonville Icemen to a new opportunity, signing 2022/2023 to HC Presov.
The 6’2″ 190 lbs. forward twice had 20+ assists as a junior and senior at R.I.T. Tigers. before turning pro with Toledo Walleye, recording 3 goals and 2 assists in 7 ECHL games to earn him a follow-up contract and 1st AHL loan to Cleveland Monsters for no points.
He was loaned again for 6 games with up team, Hartford Wolf Pack last season and pocketed a 1st league goal for himself.
We’re thinking the 26-year old from Belleville, ON comes away with some good totals from his time in Slovakia‘s top hockey.
Undrafted 3rd year left wing Liam Pecararo(28) signs for a 2nd season but third overall stint with Greenville Swamp Rabbits.
The former 3-year Northeastern University Huskies‘ forward only actually played one season for the school team, just about detonating the stat sheet with 11 goals and 19 assists in 38 Hockey East games as a junior before turning pro with 2 AHL games for Springfield Thunderbirds, getting a 1st assist.
He was re-signed for his rookie campaign, but spent most of his time on reassignment to South Carolina, where he was able to connect for a career high goals (23), assists (21) and points (44).
The 5’11” 185 lbs. pivot was also basically a point-per-game guy with two-year junior team, Waterloo Blackhawks.
After his 2nd USHL season, he agreed to attend University Of Maine Black Bears, but that only lasted one stint before he returned to his junior hockey home in Indiana.
The 25-year old Canton, MA native should have a complete breakout run in 2021/2022, as they play a normal schedule with hopefully zero interruptions.
He does ignite for a career tying 23 goals, new bests 28 assists and 51 points, and will take these to a new opportunity, signing for 2022/2023 in Tipos Extraliga with HC Slovan Bratislava.
It’s likely he’ll do well in Slovakia’s top hockey and very potentially move up the European hockey ladder.
10th year, Finnish-born goaltender Jussi Olkinuora(45) walks away from the 2022 IIHF World Championships with a bunch of awards for the home team, Finland, including MVP, Best GAA, Best Goaltender and a Gold Medal, his 2nd in two years.
He also won a similar award for winning the 2022 Olympics.
The 6’3″ 201 lbs. net minder was undrafted, but quickly signed by Winnipeg Jets upon complete his 2nd season at University Of Denver Pioneers.
He only stayed with them for a pair of seasons, but signed with their new affiliate Manitoba Moose in the following frame, only to be reassigned to Tulsa Oilers for most of the session.
The Helsinki native split for three campaigns in his homeland before accepting an offer to head to the KHL.
He came to life with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, but has decided to play in Switzerland 2022/2023 for EHC Beil-Bienne.
The 31-year old could return on a one-way NHL deal and hit his payday is what we’re looking at.
Tim Wallace(28) will enter his 15th season (excluding two in a row he didn’t play) with a new role for Milton-Keynes Lightning as Player-Coach and continues as Director Of Player Development in the tier 2 NIHL.
The 6’1″ 205 lbs. forward has played 382 AHL games, 105 NHL and even one full season in the ECHL after 3 overseas.
He’s played complete campaigns in Sweden and Germany before arriving in England.
The 37-year old, University Of Notre Dame Fighting Irish graduate from Anchorage, AK must be still having a good time to keep it going.
14th year right wing Chad Costello(13) puts up a modest 26 goals and 46 assists for 72 points as a 35-year old playing for Allen Americans, where he was a three-time scoring champ from 2014-2016 and consecutive Kelly Cup winner.
The 5’9″ 175 lbs. forward has skated 375 games in the ECHL, scoring an absolutely massive 172 goals and 389 assists for 561 points with a +78 rating.
He played his rookie and next two seasons in leagues that don’t exist anymore: IHL and Central Hockey League.
The former 2-year Northeastern University Huskies has accepted the duties to become the next head coach of the only Texas team he knows.
8th year left wing Kellen Jones(11) returns from three successful seasons overseas, most recently playing his 2nd stint for Vasterviks IK of HockeyAllsvenskan to sign with Fort Wayne Komets for 2021/2022.
Undrafted, he’s worked his way up from an pair of ECHL contracts to playing a pair of seasons under an AHL deal to Bridgeport Sound Tigers before splitting.
The former two-time Quinnipiac University Bobcats assistant captain was a pretty big scorer through 4 years of college.
Originally an Edmonton Oilers‘ 7th round pick in the 2010 draft (#207 overall), he managed to only sign with their affiliate Oklahoma City Barons.
The 31-year old should put up some nice totals for his new team, who he joins with identical twin brother, Conner Jones.
After putting up a career high 47 assists and 59 points with a +19 rating, he has decided it’s time to move on, so retires from the game at his peak. Way to be.
Army West Point Black Knights‘ senior, right wing captain Eric Butte(19) signed an ato to join Kansas City Mavericks.
In 3 ECHL games, he was unable to secure any points.
The 6’1″ 190 lbs. forward scored a college career high 11 goals and tied his 17 points in 2021/2022.
A Belmont, MA native, he went north for 2 years of junior hockey with Langley Rivermen for 109 BCHL games.
It wouldn’t be tough to see the 24-year old pick up a contract for 2022/2023, if he wants one.
After 17 seasons with the last three played in the top German league, DEL, Chris Bourque(17) announces that it’s time to hang up the skates.
He’s a veteran of 794 AHL games, scoring a quite impressive 251 goals and 495 assists with a +63 rating, 51 NHL games, 3 Hershey Bears’ Calder Cup Championships, 6 All-Star game appearances, twice most points, once most assists, one regular season MVP and once Playoff MVP.
The 5’8″ 176 lbs. forward worked for everything he ever got.
At 36-years old, we’re sure the former 1-year Boston University Terriers‘ d-man will find something good to do.
University Of New England College Nor’easters‘ graduate defenseman Chris Jones(2) took 5 years of solid scoring with a deep NCAA D3 tournament run to a 2-way deal with Indy Fuel.
He skated only a single ECHL game, and left a 6-2 win with a +1 rating before being sent to Knoxville Ice Bears.
In 2 SPHL games, he scored a 1st goal and was a +1 before entering into the postseason, where he picked up another assist before exiting.
He played 5 seasons of junior hockey, mostly for Wenatchee Wild, finishing up in the BCHL.
The 5’11” 190 lbs., Seattle, WA blue liner could most definitely latch on with another good team to start his rookie year 2022/2023.
RPI Engineers‘ graduate goaltender Linden Marshall(40) went out into the world as an undrafted, unrestricted free agent and signed up with Greenville Swamp Rabbits.
The 6’3″ 194 lbs. net minder played roughly 8 minutes in a relief effort, saving 8 without letting one in.
He was just under a week later scoped by Cleveland Monsters and signed to an ato.
The 23-year old from Victoria, BC is off to a nice start.
