2023-24 ECHL Season Thread
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From: The ECHL (way back in May)
ECHL RELEASES 2023-24 SCHEDULE
ECHL News
25 May 2023
LEAGUE'S 36TH SEASON OPENS ON THURSDAY, OCT. 19
The ECHL announced on Thursday that the 2023-24 season will open on Thursday, Oct. 19 when the Orlando Solar Bears host the Florida Everblades. Opening Weekend continues with seven games on Friday, Oct. 20 and 14 games on Saturday, Oct. 21 before concluding with three games on Sunday, Oct. 22.
Download the 2023-24 ECHL Schedule
Formed in 1988-89 with five teams in four states, the ECHL has grown into a coast-to-coast league that will have 28 teams in 20 states and two Canadian provinces playing 1,008 games from Oct. 19, 2023 to April 14, 2024. ...
Read more at: ECHL releases 2023-24 schedule
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The annual tradition that means just about bupkis ... ECHL.com: ECHL ANNOUNCES PLAYERS WITH QUALIFYING OFFERS
Of all the lists, the Qualifying Offers is the most important. A team who qualifies a player maintains that player's rights for the entire 2023-24 season.
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CrazyEddie20
Hey RuZZia - Cut Your Losses and Go Home.
It actually means quite a bit, especially now that the UHL and CHL are gone. While there was an agreement between the ECHL and those two leagues to honor each other's player contracts, a player who's rights were held by a team but was unsigned by that team could sign in the UHL or CHL. There were options.
Now, if an ECHL team makes a player a QO and he doesn't want to go back, he has four choices: get traded, get an AHL deal, go to the Sorta Professional Hockey League, or go to Europe.
Otherwise, it's back to the ECHL team that holds his rights. There's only one Double-A league now (and really, there always has been. The CHL and UHL weren't nearly the same level as the ECHL), so if you want to play Double-A and a team holds your rights, they hold the leverage.
kneelworm
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ECHL preseason game in Idaho Falls. Idaho vs Utah. Personally I think an ECHL team in Idaho Falls makes sense if the league is looking to add more teams out west. 4 team division with Boise, Salt Lake, IF and Tahoe. Maybe revive Fresno for a 5th team? Full disclosure I live in Idaho Falls and, while I'm grateful for the NCDC team, I'd love some higher level hockey out here. If the fans keep selling out the 4,000 seat arena I could see NAHL moving in or as previously stated ECHL. I'll keep dreaming.
ECHL preseason game in Idaho Falls. Idaho vs Utah. Personally I think an ECHL team in Idaho Falls makes sense if the league is looking to add more teams out west. 4 team division with Boise, Salt Lake, IF and Tahoe. Maybe revive Fresno for a 5th team? Full disclosure I live in Idaho Falls and, while I'm grateful for the NCDC team, I'd love some higher level hockey out here. If the fans keep selling out the 4,000 seat arena I could see NAHL moving in or as previously stated ECHL. I'll keep dreaming.
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CrazyEddie20
Hey RuZZia - Cut Your Losses and Go Home.
It costs $3M/year, approximately to operate an ECHL team. Sixty percent, often more, of the revenue comes from ticket sales.
To make $1.8M (60% of $3M), you need $50K in revenue for each of the 36 home dates, which is 4,000 tickets at $12.50 each - provided there are no comps. You'd also need to get $1.2M in sponsorship/trades to break even.
Idaho Falls has a population of 66,000, and roughly double that in the surrounding area. Between a low population and high travel costs, it wouldn't work in the ECHL.
Might work in the NAHL where they
JMCx4
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The Hockey News seems to have expanded its ECHL coverage this off-season ...
• THN ON THE 'E': WINNERS AND LOSERS OF THE ECHL OFF-SEASON SO FAR
• THN ON THE 'E': HOW COULD THE QMJHL'S INCREASED FIGHTING PUNISHMENTS AFFECT THE ECHL?
• THN ON THE 'E': WINNERS AND LOSERS OF THE ECHL OFF-SEASON SO FAR
• THN ON THE 'E': HOW COULD THE QMJHL'S INCREASED FIGHTING PUNISHMENTS AFFECT THE ECHL?
JMCx4
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I hope she starts with a complete do-over of the trainwreck they call the League's website ...
ARROWSMITH JOINS ECHL AS MANAGER OF SOCIAL & DIGITAL MEDIA
PCSPounder
Stadium Groupie
They’re doing $20 a pop for junior hockey and fill 95% of (gak) Hero Arena.
Plus it’s a bigger market than Rapid City, and that’s before you consider Pocatello for being at most 40 minutes away. (Without Pocatello, it’s bigger than CrazyEddie represents)
But they’d probably try to match Boise ticket prices, and that would be, eh, interesting
CrazyEddie20
Hey RuZZia - Cut Your Losses and Go Home.
I mean, OK, Rapid City's had hockey for a while. But has the team ever broken even? I doubt it - even with sold out crowds. Cities that small just don't have a large enough population nor the sponsorship base to draw from to make it financially viable.
Of course, financial viability is in the eye of the beholder. If you're willing to lose $3 million a season, you don't have to sell any tickets or sponsorships at all!
JMCx4
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JMCx4
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Ice time in North America couldn't hurt, and it might just get her a sniff from the new PWHL. Meanwhile, she'll put a few more butts in seats in K'zoo during and maybe after her stay in town. Win for both parties.
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