2020-21 ECHL Season Thread

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Everblades Coach Brad Ralph fined/suspended 1 game for abuse of officials under ECHL Supplemental Discipline bylaws.

He was suspended under "Rule 28 - Supplementary Discipline", which is in the rulebook.

28.1. Supplementary Discipline - In addition to the automatic fines and suspensions imposed under these rules, the Commissioner may, at his discretion, investigate any incident that occurs in connection with any Pre-season, Exhibition, League or Playoff game and may assess additional fines and/or suspensions for any offense committed during the course of a game or any aftermath thereof by a player, goalkeeper, Trainer, Manager, Coach or non-playing Club personnel or Club executive, whether or not such offense has been penalized by the Referee.

 

[JMCx4]

A Statement From WesBanco Arena Executive Director Denny Magruder, concerning this weekend's canceled games:
"We are disappointed for the players, staff, and fans of the Wheeling Nailers that they weren't able to finish the games on Saturday and Sunday. We have been unable to pinpoint the cause of this perimeter failure. We have contacted the professionals at Everything Ice, who built and installed the system, so that we can permanently resolve the current issues and continue this season without interruption."

Watching Indy @ Wheeling tonight on FloHockey. Six minutes into the first period, and the players have not had to put on their swim suits yet.

ETA: Two periods completed. The diving boards are still stowed under the bleachers @ WesBanco.

ETAx2: Regulation win for Wheeling, 3-1 over the Indy Fuel. And the WesBanco Arena fire extinguishers remain fully charged.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Watching Indy @ Wheeling tonight on FloHockey. Six minutes into the first period, and the players have not had to put on their swim suits yet.

ETA: Two periods completed. The diving boards are still stowed under the bleachers @ WesBanco.

ETAx2: Regulation win for Wheeling, 3-1 over the Indy Fuel. And the WesBanco Arena fire extinguishers remain fully charged.

WELL, NO Fuel @ Nailers game tonight.... the game was postponed due to unplayable ice and safety concerns

 

[GindyDraws]

Watching Indy @ Wheeling tonight on FloHockey. Six minutes into the first period, and the players have not had to put on their swim suits yet.

ETA: Two periods completed. The diving boards are still stowed under the bleachers @ WesBanco.

ETAx2: Regulation win for Wheeling, 3-1 over the Indy Fuel. And the WesBanco Arena fire extinguishers remain fully charged.

Tonight's game in Indy has been postponed. I have no clue why besides them saying the ice is unplayable.

Are we having ice plant issues?

 

[JMCx4]

Tonight's game in Indy has been postponed. I have no clue why besides them saying the ice is unplayable.

Are we having ice plant issues?

It's the next contagion.

 

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Tonight's game in Indy has been postponed. I have no clue why besides them saying the ice is unplayable.

Are we having ice plant issues?

You may wish to scroll back a bit....

 

[jabberoski]

WELL, NO Fuel @ Nailers game tonight.... the game was postponed due to unplayable ice and safety concerns

This game was in Indy, not Wheeling

 

[JMCx4]

This game was in Indy, not Wheeling

Yep, and the two teams dragged the bad ice back from Wheeling to Indianapolis with them on their skates. It's like Mad Cow Disease.

 

[crimsonace]

Tonight's game in Indy has been postponed. I have no clue why besides them saying the ice is unplayable.

Are we having ice plant issues?

No. The issue last night was a freak thing that had nothing to do with the ice plant.

 

[JMCx4]

From: FloHockey.tv > News > ECHL

The Wichita Thunder Are Finding A Million Ways To Win

The Wichita Thunder are flying under the radar but putting together one of the best seasons in the entire ECHL.

Apr 14, 2021 by Jacob Messing


The Wichita Thunder saw their six-game winning streak snapped Sunday night, but their postseason path is encouraging two-thirds of the way through the season as they find ways to win in every fashion.

Wichita’s recent six-game push has them sitting atop the ECHL’s Western Conference via points, placing them in early contention for the Henry Brabham Cup, awarded to the team with the most regular-season points.

Wichita sits third in FloHockey’s latest ECHL Power Rankings, slipping a spot due to the hot streak of the Allen Americans.

The Thunder boast the ECHL’s leading scorer in breakout star Anthony Beauregard. The 25-year-old has recorded 16 goals and 36 assists for 52 points in 47 games in his third season in the league. ...

Read more at: The Wichita Thunder Are Finding A Million Ways To Win - FloHockey

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

No. The issue last night was a freak thing that had nothing to do with the ice plant.

it was just announced the game will NOT be rescheduled and it's a NO Contest

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

ECHL Warrior G of the Week: Greenville's Ryan Bednard for the 4th time this abbreviated season;

ECHL Inglasco Player of the Week: Orlando's Aaron Luchuk

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Wheeling abruptly changes Head coaches due to ongoing pandemic;

Mark French asked for and got his release from the parent Pittsburgh Penguins; Derek Army, is now the coach in Wheeling..... if that surname sounds familiar, you're right. Army's father, Tim, is the Iowa head coach for Minnesota Sports and Entertainment's Iowa Wild

Nailers Homepage

 

[royals119]

Derek Army, is now the coach in Wheeling..... if that surname sounds familiar, you're right. Army's father, Tim, is the Iowa head coach for Minnesota Sports and Entertainment's Iowa Wild

Nailers Homepage

I don't know Tim Army, but Derek is very familiar as he played five years for the Nailers, and was an assistant with Worcester for the last two years. He also had a few AHL games in Portland, among other cities.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

I don't know Tim Army, but Derek is very familiar as he played five years for the Nailers, and was an assistant with Worcester for the last two years. He also had a few AHL games in Portland, among other cities.

Tim also was a part of the Portland staff post Trotz/Paul Gardner and that era when Nashville became a reality when Poile left Washington in the hands of now Vegas GM George McPhee.

actually Tim Army spent 1985-86 (3rd season with New Jersey's affiliation) here as a player after Philadelphia sold the affiliate franchise to Gil Stein back at the end of 1982-83.... 1983-84's Calder Cup banner in the Cross Arena archives is the Devils' lone accomplishment in Portland in those 5 seasons...

Army then was hired by Anaheim... as an assistant and when Poile left Washington in the hands of McPhee, he hired Trotz/Gardner immediately to help legitimize Nashville as a hockey market... Tim was that successor beginning in 2002 to 2005, as both Philadelphia and then Washington both left Portland for Hershey once Ebright had vacated Baltimore for Portland....

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

another Nailers move;

Brad Drobot ends career after 7 seasons; joins Derek Army as an assistant

 

[JMCx4]

another Nailers move;

Brad Drobot ends career after 7 seasons; joins Derek Army as an assistant

INTERIM assistant to the Interim head coach. Either way, good career move for Drobot. I wonder how many misconducts he can rack up from behind the bench before this season is over.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

INTERIM assistant to the Interim head coach. Either way, good career move for Drobot. I wonder how many misconducts he can rack up from behind the bench before this season is over.

depends on how long Pittsburgh chooses to keep both on the bench there.....

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Butros Ghafari (Rapid City) fined and Suspended 3 games;

also, Maine HC/ASST. GM Riley Armstrong talked about how the ECHL handles the trade deadline even with the reduction from 26 to 14 teams on the latest ECHL Week

 

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One of the replies to the thread says "the ice became unplayable with under a minute left in the first period"

 

[Atlantian]

This

One of the replies to the thread says "the ice became unplayable with under a minute left in the first period"

is the second game in Indy and fourth overall that had to be suspended or cancelled due to poor ice conditions. Taking into account the ice issues in the Fed last night as well, could we potentially see a larger scale ice problem with the ECHL playing through June and possibly into July?

 

[Atlantian]

One of the replies to the thread says "the ice became unplayable with under a minute left in the first period"

Game will be resumed Monday (4/25) at 7pm. Orlando leads 2-0 with 5:04 left in the first period.

 

[Atlantian]

Tonight’s game between Jacksonville and Florida was postponed due to “safety reasons” aka one of the teams likely had a couple of positive Covid tests

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Indy Fuel's Nick Robertson fined/suspended 1 game

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Abbott Girduckis (Jacksonville) named ECHL Inglasco Player of the Week;

Garrett Metcalf (Utah) Warrior ECHL Goaltender of the Week