Colgate University Raiders‘ big 6’4″ 226 lbs. graduate center Ethan Manderville(14) signs a 1st pro contract with Indy Fuel for 2024/2025.
He scored a new best 9 goals and 19 points in 36 games last season.
From Philadelphia, PA, the 24-year old is likely to do well in the ECHL.
Merrimack College Warriors‘ graduate center Jake Durflinger(14) signs a 1st pro deal with 2022 Champs‘ Florida Everblades for 2022/2023.
The small-ish 5’9″ 174 lbs. forward only reached 10 points twice in college sessions and only had 10+ goals and 15+ assists through 3 USHL years with a couple different clubs.
He skated 4 years at University Of Denver Pioneers before arriving east.
The 24-year old from Walnut Creek, CA may find some room to score in the ECHL.
Not exactly sure what transpired yet, but he just signed with the new Iowa Heartlanders instead.
After a rookie season of 10 goals and 10 assists, he re-signs in Iowa to show everyone he can do more.
He ups his scoring in his 2nd frame to 18 assists and 27 points and will take that over to the EIHL for 2024/2025, signing with Manchester Storm.
2nd year defenseman Jeff Solow(12) decides to switch things up, kind of dramatically after 16 ECHL games for Worcester Railers, scoring 5 assists with a -3 rating to a new ride, signing to Glasgow Clan for the remainder of 2023.
The 6′ 194 lbs., who left a last season of juniors for Amarillo Bulls, where he ran up 7 goals and 20 assists in 33 NAHL games with a +9 rating to finishing up that frame with Merrimack College Warriors.
He would eventually leave that school and finish up his college career at SUNY-Oswego State Lakers.
The Naples, FL native will likely find some light in the EIHL and potentially move on to higher levels of hockey overseas as he goes.
He almost oddly only got 2 assists in 18 games, but then grab a 1st league goal in 2 playoff matchups.
In a not so surprising summer move, he leaves for Skycity Stampede and completely blows the lid off NZIHL scoring with 10 goals and 19 assists with a +28 rating in just 16 games, then added another 5 points (1-4) in 2 playoff battles en route to the 2023 Birgel Cup victory.
He catches the eye of Wheeling Nailers, who sign him to a 2-way contract for 2023/2024.
Ultimately, he would start the season with Birmingham Bulls and be loaned up to Jacksonville Icemen, who signed him.
After a 7 game spell, getting 1 assist with a +3 rating, he is waived and claimed by Maine Mariners, where we feel he will see more success.
He gets only 1 goal in 14 games with his new team and for the summer takes off to the AIHL and signs with Melbourne Ice to regain the fun in his game.
In 23 games, he scores 5 goals and 24 assists to hopefully turn a corner and agrees to terms with Tahoe Knight Monsters for 2024/2025.
Undrafted 4th year center Chase Berger(8) leaves HC Banska Bystrica with a solid one-year impression, scoring a career high 21 goals and 39 points in 46 Tipos Extraliga games.
The 6′ 194 lbs. forward signs with Bietigheim Steelers of DEL for 2022/2023.
He was always a good scorer through 4 years at Penn State University Nittany Lions with 10+ goals and 10+ assists in each session.
The St. Louis, MO native started his pro career with a pair of seasons for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, but seemed a little stilted on the scoresheet in the AHL.
At 27-years old, he may be starting to climb overseas a little on the late side.
He takes a fairly solid frame for his German team, getting 8 goals and 25 assists in 51 games to another new experience, agreeing with HC Kosice of Slovak Extraliga for 2023/2024.
In 37 games, he scores 10 goals and 17 assists with a +11 rating, but will add another league to his belt, signing in the IceHL with Fehervar AV19 for 2024/2025.
2nd year center Reggie Millette(16) signs with Fayetteville Marksmen for 2024/2025.
The 5’11” 194 lbs. forward scored 5 goals and 5 assists in 19 games with a +4 rating for Pensacola Ice Flyers last season.
He was actually under contract with Tulsa Oilers, where he got 2 assists in 34 games.
From Jacksonville, FL, he only played 2 years at American International College Yellowjackets before turning pro.
It would be little surprise to see him try to do well in this league, then leave for somewhere else to go skate his game.
University Of Maine Black Bears‘ portal transfer graduate student from 4-years at Merrimack College Crusaders, defenseman Dominic Dockery(44) decides after 17 NCAA Division 1 games to turn pro, signing for the remainder of 2021/2022 with Wheeling Nailers.
He’s already played his first ECHL game, a crushing 7-1 defeat of a good club, where he unfortunately left with a -2 rating.
The 6’2″ 185 lbs. forward has never really been much of a point guy on the back end, but there is occasional glimmers of offense through juniors, even 13 assists in 60 USHL games with Youngstown Phantoms before he hit college.
At just 24-years old, the Lockport, NY native will likely take to the pro game pretty well and contribute.
He’s actually traded late to Indy Fuel for 3 games, putting up an assist after notching 5 helpers in 29 earlier in the frame.
For his 2nd outing in 2022/2023, he inks with Wichita Thunder, another good city for him to help out.
Through an almost full slate of games as a rookie, 71, he scores 2 goals and 8 assists, which is definitely worthy of another look in a Thunder uniform.
He is comfortable in a Thunder jersey, so will return a 3rd season after scoring 9 assists and needs to repair a better +/- with hopefully a team that competes for the playoffs a little better in 2024/2025.
4th year defenseman Willie Raskob(15) decides to leave again after a successful 2019/2020 in Metal Ligaen with Rungsted Seier Capital.
He’ll head to join HK Nitra of Tipos Extraliga for 2021/2022.
The 5’10” 185 lbs. blue liner started his pro career with 1 game for Worcester Railers, but got traded immediately afterwards to Quad City Mallards, where he struck for 3 goals and 34 assists.
Kind of maybe obvious, he would sign for his sophomore frame with Stockton Heat, but only managed to get into one dreadful game before being reassigned to Kansas City Mavericks, where he once again took it up a level to score a new best 9 goals and 40 assists in 69 ECHL games.
This would have him searching for a new endeavor, sending him to Denmark for a season.
He returned closer to home for the COVID staggered 2020/2021 and signed with Indy Fuel.
The 4-year University Of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs‘ d-man, who always had 10+ assists per frame, struck for a new best 13 goals and 25 assists in 67 games, then added another 3 points in 4 playoff contests.
At 26-years old, he sure to find good game in Slovakia’s top league in the upcoming frame.
He completes a successful frame, getting 8 goals and 31 assists for 39 points, good enough for most by a d-man in the league and moves over to Czechia, signing with HK Vitkovice for 2022/2023 and once again finds good scoring fortune with 5 goals and 23 assists and a +8 rating to decide to stay put and re-sign for 2023/2024.
After a couple of successful years, he is 29-years old and leaves for an excellent opportunity with Vienna Capitals of IceHL.
3rd year center Robbie Payne(23) took 2020/2021 off due to COVID protocols, just like his team did, but he circles back to re-sign Adirondack Thunder for 2021/2022.
The 5’11” 194 lbs. former Northern Michigan University Wildcats‘ senior captain scored 24 goals that season to put him on Dallas Stars‘ radar.
For his rookie campaign, he would sign with affiliate Texas Stars and split time with their ECHL club Idaho Steelheads, where he was a point-per-game player.
The 28-year old last ignited the scoresheet in his 1st two years of juniors with Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings, running 119 points in 116 NAHL games.
It’s easily possible the Gaylord, MI native finds the route to the net on a more often basis.
He took another season off last year after 2 good sessions for Cleveland Monsters.
Next he will take his game to Erste Liga and signs with Ferencvarosi TC for 2024/2025.
5th year defenseman Blake Thompson(8) is taking his game overseas for 2022/2023, signing with Cardiff Devils.
The 6’1″ 205 lbs. blue liner is coming off a career year, scoring a new best 20 assists and 25 points.
He even scored a 1 AHL game loan up to Hartford Wolf Pack.
The former St. Norbert College Green Knights‘ d-man twice had close to 20 assists in a frame.
We think the 29-year old is going to find good room in the EIHL to continue to elevate his game.
He returns home from a pair of decent frames overseas and signs a 1-year ECHL deal with South Carolina Stingrays for 2024/2025.
University Of Maine Black Bears‘ 5th year graduate student, right wing Jack Quinlivan(4) signs his 1st contract for 2022/2023 with close to home, Worcester Railers.
His home base is the town next door, Shrewsbury.
The 6′ 194 lbs. forward has struggled some scoring, grabbing only 6 assists as 2nd year captain last season, but we feel he could come alive as a pro in a different environment.
At 26-years old, he should step right in.
Through 10 ECHL games, he got 2 goals and 1 assist, but was sidelined with injuries and they discovered papillary thyroid cancers to exit him.
He will return for his next official rookie season 2023/2024.
In 32 games, he comes away with 6 goals and 6 assists, but he is completely injury plagued, so enough is enough, he decides to call it quits and will become an amazing coach, if he decides on that route for himself.
