The Jacksonville Icemen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres and the AHL’s Rochester Americans are pleased to announce that the Icemen are the 2023-24 recipient of the League’s Hockey Operations Department of the Year Award. The award is presented annually to the team judged to have the bestContinue Reading

North Florida (17-16, 7-8 ASUN) took the final game of the weekend series against Lipscomb (11-23, 7-8 ASUN) in narrow fashion, 6-5, to complete its seven-game home stretch on Sunday afternoon at Harmon Stadium. The Ospreys had another outstanding game from Jakob Runnels, who went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBIsContinue Reading

The ECHL on Sunday announced the schedule for the Division Semifinals in the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs. All series in the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs are best-of-seven series.Continue Reading

The Atlanta Gladiators ended the Jacksonville Icemen’s 2024 Regular season on the losing side with a 7-4 win on Sunday at the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena and with that, all heads turn to the Playoffs. The Icemen will enter the playoffs as the #2 seed in the South Division andContinue Reading

ECHL action returned to the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena on Saturday night as the Jacksonville Icemen held their fan application night with the Atlanta Gladiators in town and with the Kelly Cup Playoffs just days away the arena was packed. After a scoreless first period, Riley F3iddler-Schultz got the IcemenContinue Reading

North Florida (16-16, 6-8 ASUN) stayed in the thick of it through the first five innings, but the bullpen couldn’t contain Lipscomb (11-22, 7-7 ASUN) in the defeat on Saturday afternoon at Harmon Stadium. The Ospreys took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, but Lipscomb responded immediately toContinue Reading

Jonah Bride crushed two home runs as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp bested the Charlotte Knights 7-5 Friday night in front of 5,680 fans at 121 Financial Ballpark. Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Jacksonville’s (8-5) offense woke up in a big way. Bride (2) started the inning with hisContinue Reading

Garrett Van Wyhe notched the game-winning goal at 3:40 of overtime, lifting the Jacksonville Icemen past the Savannah Ghost Pirates 4-3 in Friday night’s hockey at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Three stars: 1. Van Wyhe, Jacksonville (two goals, one assist). 2. Joe Murdaca, Jacksonville (24 saves). 3. Logan Drevitch, SavannahContinue Reading

North Florida (16-15, 6-7 ASUN) dropped their opening game to Lipscomb (10-22, 6-7 ASUN) on Friday night at Harmon Stadium. The Ospreys fell behind early 4-0 after a big third inning from Lipscomb. UNF kept things close with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Gabriel Esquivel reached on an errorContinue Reading

Otto López reached base four times and hit a home run Thursday, but the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp fell to the Charlotte Knights 6-2 at 121 Financial Ballpark. Charlotte’s (3-9) bats hurt Jumbo Shrimp (7-4) early. Zach DeLoach ripped a leadoff single in the second. Two batters later, Carlos Pérez reached on an error and Brett Phillps walkedContinue Reading

Ticketmaster is preparing to resist a new legislation proposed in California. The bill, identified as AB2808, seeks to address the alleged monopolistic behavior of Ticketmaster and Live Nation in the event and ticketing markets, by mandating that event tickets are available for purchase through multiple endpoints, both at the primaryContinue Reading

The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp were on the winning side of a 2-1 pitcher’s duel against the Charlotte Knights Wednesday afternoon at 121 Financial Ballpark. Jacksonville (7-4) put a runner on in each of the first five innings, but Charlotte (2-10) was able to escape each time. Trailing 1-0, the JumboContinue Reading

With three regular-season games left on the schedule and 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs berths and seeding still hanging in the balance, the Florida Everblades needed a big-time performance against the Jacksonville Icemen Wednesday night at Hertz Arena. That big-time performance is exactly what the back-to-back Kelly Cup Champions got upContinue Reading

The ECHL on Wednesday announced its All-Rookie Team for 2023-24 as determined in a vote of ECHL coaches, broadcasters, media relations directors and media, who were asked to select a goaltender, two defensemen and three forwards. A rookie is defined as a player who has played in less than 25Continue Reading

Following an impressive series in Durham, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp pitched their way to a 4-1 victory against the Charlotte Knights Tuesday night at 121 Financial Ballpark. The Jumbo Shrimp (6-4) cruised through eight no-hit innings against the Knights (2-8). Following a strikeout to begin the ninth, Rafael Ortega (2) cranked aContinue Reading