ECHL

Pro hockey's Double-A rung, coast to coast. Bus rides, weekend three-in-threes and a steady stream of guys getting the AHL call.

This week

No games this week — it's the off-season. The schedule shows up here as soon as games are on the calendar.

Standings

2025-26 final

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	L10	STRK
1Wheeling Nailers	72	46	20	3	3	98	0.681	231	175	6-4-0-0	0-2-0-0
2Maine Mariners	72	42	21	6	3	93	0.646	223	177	4-5-0-1	0-2-0-0
3Adirondack Thunder	72	37	24	10	1	85	0.590	213	216	3-4-3-0	1-0-2-0
4Reading Royals	72	36	26	8	2	82	0.569	199	205	4-5-1-0	0-3-1-0
5Trois-Rivières Lions	72	35	30	3	4	77	0.535	207	203	6-3-1-0	1-0-0-0
6Worcester Railers	72	35	30	5	2	77	0.535	196	213	8-2-0-0	6-0-0-0
7Norfolk Admirals	72	30	38	4	0	64	0.444	211	250	4-6-0-0	2-0-0-0
8Greensboro Gargoyles	72	19	46	6	1	45	0.313	184	276	1-9-0-0	0-2-0-0

Leaders

2025-26 final

Points

Player	GP	G	A	PTS
Marcus Crawford	70	14	72	86
Brandon Hawkins	69	35	43	78
Brayden Watts	71	24	51	75
Simon Pinard	70	30	43	73
Danny Dzhaniyev	72	24	49	73
Danny Katic	62	38	32	70
Kirill Tyutyayev	70	22	46	68
Brannon McManus	72	31	36	67
Austin Magera	71	32	33	65
Devon Paliani	72	32	33	65

Goalies

Player	GP	GAA	SV%
Cam Johnson	49	1.84	0.923
Jack LaFontaine	29	1.97	0.928
Taylor Gauthier	36	2.09	0.929
Brad Arvanitis	38	2.17	0.929
T.J. Semptimphelter	35	2.28	0.917

Coverage

Illustration of a dim junior-hockey rink from behind the bench, a taped stick leaning on the boards under a red scoreboard glow

Minors·Sep 22, 2026

Around the minors: Victo's six-goal comeback, a 17-year-old goalie, four ECHL stripes to the NHL

Opening week in the CHL brought an 8-7 comeback in Victoriaville, first weekly awards in the WHL and OHL, and a big Kings camp cut.

Ferda Desk · 3 min read

A plain championship banner is raised toward the rafters of a small junior hockey arena while players in unmarked jerseys watch from the blue line.

Minors·Sep 22, 2026

Around the minors: banners, camp cuts and a Hartford reboot

Kitchener, Chicoutimi and Everett raised championship banners while NHL camps sent dozens of players to the AHL.

Ferda Desk · 3 min read