On the strength of three second-period goals, the Jacksonville Icemen claimed a 5-0 victory over the Florida Everblades in Game Four of the South Division Semifinals Friday night at Hertz Arena in front of 6,180 fans. Jacksonville holds a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The ECHL’s top two defensesContinue Reading
The Florida Everblades erupted for three goals in the second period, but an overtime goal by Derek Lodermeier lifted the Jacksonville Icemen to a 4-3 victory in Game Three of the South Division Semifinal series Wednesday night at Hertz Arena. An exuberant crowd of 4,874 saw Jacksonville take a 2-1Continue Reading
The ECHL held Game Two of the First Round of the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs in Jacksonville Florida as the Florida Everblades and Jacksonville Icemen took to the ice at the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena on Sunday afternoon and Matt Wedman scored the game-winning goal 8:24 into overtime, lifting the FloridaContinue Reading
The Kelly Cup Playoffs have begun and the Jacksonville Icemen played against the Florida Everblades in the first game of their series on Thursday, April 18th at 7 pm. The two teams have a history together, with Jacksonville winning eight out of the 11 games played in the regular season.Continue Reading
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
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
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
The ECHL on Thursday announced its All-ECHL First and Second Teams 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.Continue 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
The South Carolina Stingrays delivered a thrilling come-from-behind 5-3 victory over the Jacksonville Icemen in front of a crowd of 6,639 fans on Saturday evening. Mitchell Gibson made 31 saves in the victory. Continue Reading
The Jacksonville Icemen’s road woes continued with Derek Nesbitt’s go-ahead goal early in the second period, igniting a three-goal flurry and sending Jacksonville to a 4-0 defeat Thursday night at Infinite Energy Arena in Atlanta against the Atlanta Gladiators. Three stars: 1. Sean Bonar, Atlanta (28 saves, shutout); 2. Nesbitt,Continue Reading
The Jacksonville Icemen, an ECHL affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres and the Rochester Americans, are delighted to announce that Matt Vernon has been named the Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for March 25-30. This is the second time this season that he has received this weekly Vernon’s outstandingContinue Reading
The Jacksonville Icemen secured their third consecutive ECHL playoff ticket on Saturday night by defeating the Florida Everblades 2-0 at Hertz Arena in Estero. The victory was clinched by Riley Fiddler-Schultz, who had just returned from the American Hockey League earlier in the week and scored the game-winning goal forContinue Reading
ECHL action returned to the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena Friday Night as the Greenville Swamp Rabbits came to town to take on the red-hot Jacksonville Icemen but Former Icemen forward Eberle scored the eventual deciding goal at 17:55 of the second period for the South Division-leading Swamp Rabbits. Icemen goaltenderContinue Reading
The Jacksonville Icemen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres and the AHL’s Rochester Americans announced today that Rochester has assigned defenseman Noah Laaouan to Jacksonville and has recalled forward Riley Fiddler-Schultz. In addition, forward Olivier Nadeau has been reassigned to Rochester by the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres.Continue Reading