echl Stories - SB Nation
The end of the Roadrunners: 'The fans are devastated'
The latest incarnation of the Phoenix Roadrunners has only been in existence the past four years, but the team's Booster Club has been around for more than 40, following the minor-league hockey fran...
ECHL: Attendance to blame for loss of teams
You really never do know what posts are going to strike a chord. For whatever reason, this one a few days ago on three ECHL teams pulling the plug resulted in quite a few emails, including one from ...
Three more ECHL teams drop out
Two teams, the Fresno Falcons and Augusta Lynx, folded midseason in the ECHL this year. Three more are about to join them. A 23-team league to start the 2008-09 season, the ECHL will drop to just 19 ...
Flames suspend Ryder
Calgary Flames General Manager Darryl Sutter announced today that the organization has suspended forward Dan Ryder for violation of team rules and conduct detrimental to the best interests of the te...
Why the Falcons folded
In case you missed it, a second ECHL franchise folded yesterday, bringing the number of teams in the third tier minor-league to 21 from 23 three months ago. And some of the remaining franchises aren...
Ducks do the ECHL shuffle
I've written about nonsense like this before, but it's something that's worth hammering home again and again. The NHL needs to close this salary cap loophole, if only for the sake of the bubble player...
Certain photos copyright © 2009 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
