4th year defenseman Tanner Jago(34) switches up a good season with UTE, scoring 3 goals and 25 assists in 37 Erste Liga games to a new deal for 2022/2023 with Amiens Les Gothiques of Ligue Magnus.
He was coming off a bit of a strange COVID-struck campaign, where he only played 6 ECHL games for Utah Grizzlies and 7 in Slovak Extraliga with HC Banska Bystrica.
In the prior season, his rookie run, he signed with Texas Stars, but was mostly reassigned to affiliate Idaho Steelheads, where he played 49 games before the session pandemic stopped in its’ pre-playoff tracks.
The former Bentley University Falcons senior captain will likely do very well in France’s top hockey.
After 2 decent overseas seasons, first in Austria, then France, he put together some ok numbers, but decides to take a bit of a step back for 2023/2024 and signed up to play in the SEMHL, close to home for the Brandon, MB native.
4th year right wing Brendan Robbins(15) signed for his 4th ECHL team, but this time chose one as close to his Nashua, NH home as he could, agreeing with Worcester Railers for 2023/2024.
In 2 games, he has an assist.
He had a 2nd season of 7 goals and 19 assists in the last frame.
The 6’2″ 190 lbs. forward was always a pretty good scorer at University Of Maine Black Bears.
He played 5 years of juniors with his final campaign for Islanders HC, where he was close to a point-per-game player in USPHL Premier.
11th year defenseman Adam Clendening(44) signs a 1st minor league contract to continue as a potential prospect in a system, signing a 1-year AHL deal with the first team he ever skated pro hockey games for, Rockford Icehogs.
The 6′ 194 lbs. Chicago Blackhawks‘ 2nd round pick in the 2011 (#36 overall) has definitely played a good batch of NHL games with maybe little fanfare, earning 4 goals and 20 assists with a healthy +11 rating in 90 games.
He has a goal and 7 assists in 13 games this season.
The former Boston University Terriers‘ could definitely put up the points in college, as he was good for 29 assists as a sophomore before he turned pro.
It would be little surprise to see the 30-year old branch out and head overseas next season.
Before he goes anywhere, he finds himself involved in a minor league deal that sends him to Hartford Wolf Pack for the remainder of 2023.
He has 3 times hit 30 assists in the minors and we feel he will make a fourth this frame.
Rounding out last season with 29 assists, as we thought, he makes a bit of a late decision to join Ilves for 2023/2204, signing a 1-year deal to skate in Liiga.
Florida Everblades‘ 10th year center Joe Pendenza(22) signs on for a 5th ECHL straight season, 2023/2024.
The assistant captain helped the team to consecutive Kelly Cup Championships, 2022 and 2023.
He played exactly 20 games in each series, scoring 16 points with a combined +10 rating.
The 5’11” 190 lbs. forward has skated 255 AHL games and 269 in the lower league with a phenomenal +69 rating.
From Wilmington, MA, the 32-year old, former twice 30+ point scorer at UMass-Lowell Riverhawks is probably pretty happy where he is, playing hockey.
5th year center Colt Conrad(79) takes a pair of decent AHL frames for Henderson Silver Knights to a deal with Fischtown Pinguins for 2023/2024.
The 5’10” 183 lbs. forward should do well in Germany’s highest league, DEL.
He was a big 32 assist guy in his 2nd season, reassigned to Newfoundland Growlers.
The Brandon, MD native also did big assists 27 and twice had 15+ at Western Michigan University Broncos.
At 26-years old he played no junior hockey, heading from his senior year to college hockey.
Undrafted left wing Max Kaufman(92) takes a graduate year of eligibility, his 2nd at Boston University Terriers into a 1st pro contract with Laval Rocket, but is reassigned to start his career with affiliate Trois Rivieres Lions.
The small 5’8″ 165 lbs. forward has already skated 14 ECHL games, getting a 1st goal and 2 assists with a +3 rating.
He committed to University Of Vermont Catamounts after a successful USHS-Prep junior year at Kent School and spent three seasons there.
The Pittsford, NY native would take an interesting move and head north for a pair of campaigns for Langley Rivermen, where 51 goals and 56 assists in 105 BCHL games before heading to school.
At 25-years old, he may already be ready to join a squad and make a difference.
After a decent enough early showing season, he signs for his rookie run 2022/2023 with 1st year team, Savannah Ghost Pirates.
He produces 9 goals and 11 assists in 57 games last season, which isn’t bad for a 1st year player until he finds himself involved in a trade that sends him to Tulsa Oilers for 2023/2024, but will need a contract.
In a little bit of a switch, he maybe can’t come to terms with his new club and agrees to a 1-year deal with Meudon Cometes of France2.
11th year right wing Paul Thompson(15) signed a 1-year contract to join Bridgeport Islanders for 2021/2022, but has only skated 4 games with them (1 goal), while mostly being reassigned to affiliate Worcester Railers.
In 10 ECHL games, his first since 1 in 2011, he has 2 goals and 3 assists.
The 6’1″ 201 lbs. forward has 610 AHL games to his credit, scoring a healthy 174 goals and 165 assists.
He also has appeared in 24 NHL games with two different clubs, grabbing 3 assists.
The 33-year old, former 4-year University Of New Hampshire Wildcats top scorer as a junior and senior from close by Derry, NH is probably just happy to be pulling down deals from elite teams.
For 2022/2023, he returns to southern CT for a 2nd season.
12 years, 697 games in the minors and 24 in the show with 3 assists is quite enough, so we await to see what team he may have skated for previously to pick him up as an assistant coach.
Merrimack College Warriors‘ graduate center Jordan Seyfert(12) dips a toe in and comes away with a 1-year ECHL deal to Kalamazoo Wings for his rookie run, 2023/2024.
The 5’10” 179 lbs. forward seems like he puts up better numbers than he does, as 7 goals and 13 points were both college highs for him last season.
It was similar during his 2 years of junior hockey, yet he did manage to win himself back-to-back Clark Cups with different teams.
The 24-year old from Annville, PA knows how to win, so is a good guy to have on your team.
12th year defenseman Mark Louis(4) elects to return on a 1-year ECHL deal with Greenville Swamp Rabbits for 2023/2024.
The very big 6’4″ 224 lbs. blue liner has spent most of the last 6 years with Cardiff Devils of the EIHL, spare one he went to Slovak Extraliga.
He played 5 years of WHL before heading to St. Francis Xavier University Aigles Bleus, but left midway through his 4th year to sign with Portland Pirates of the AHL.
The Ponoka, AB native signed a 1-year NHL deal to join the parent club Arizona Coyotes after skating with them during that season’s playoff run.
At 36-years old, you have to wonder what he is thinking for his next move, but we do think could easily slide back across the pond and become an assistant coach with his long time club.
Quinnipiac University Bobcats‘ graduate, assistant captain left wing Michael Lombardi(18) signs an ato with Tuscon Roadrunners after helping his college team to a stunner upset for the 2023 NCAA Division 1 Championship.
He twice had 10+ goals and assists with a crazy combined +56 rating.
The 6′ 190 lbs. forward scored a 1st AHL goal in his debut a 4-2 loss.
A Barrington, RI native, he split for a BCHL season with West Kelowna Warriors for his only junior experience before college.
The 24-year old will likely need to earn everything he gets.
They definitely want to see him back in a Roadrunners‘ jersey for 2023/2024, his rookie campaign.
