The moment we’ve all been waiting for happened yesterday! ECHL Opening Night for 10 teams is officially scheduled for December 11th. The schedule only has games up until January 14th, since 12 teams are potentially beginning play January 15th for 62 games. Teams beginning December 11th are set to play 72 games. Here are the rosters, schedules, and players still on Qualifying Offers for every team that starts in December.
* – Denotes Player signed contract before heading overseas or retiring
Players Signed: Spencer Asuchak, Jared Vanwormer, Braylon Shmyr, Joshua Lammon, Les Lancaster, Cody Corbett, Corey Durocher, Cole Fraser, Patrick Watling, Zane Franklin, Nolan Kneen, Ben Carroll, Jared Bethune, Colton Heffley, Olivier Archambault, Chris Nell
Qualifying Offers: Turner Ottenbreit, Kayle Doetzel, Jacob Doty, Brett Pollock, Jordan Topping and Gabriel Gagne
Schedule
December 12th at Tulsa
December 18th vs Rapid City
December 19th vs Rapid City
December 26th vs Tulsa
December 27th vs Tulsa
December 31st vs Wichita
January 1st at Wichita
January 2nd at Wichita
January 8th at Kansas City
January 9th at Kansas City
Players Signed: John McCarron, Micheal Neville, Cam Johnson, Joe Pendenza, Kyle Neuber, Ben Masella, Blake Winiecki, Cody Sol, Michael Downing, Darik Angeli, Levko Koper, Jake Clifford, Logan Roe, Jared Thomas, Stephen Baylis, Theo Calvas, Nolan Gluchowski, Adrian Clark
Qualifying Offers: Patrick McCarron, and Michael Huntebrinker
Schedule
December 11th vs Jacksonville
December 12th vs Orlando
December 18th at Greenville
December 19th at Greenville
December 26th vs Jacksonville
December 28th at Jacksonville
December 30th vs Orlando
January 2nd at Orlando
January 3rd at Orlando
January 8th at Orlando
January 13th vs Jacksonville
Players Signed: Brien Diffley*, Joe Masonius, Garrett Thompson, Karl El-Mir, Luke Ripley, Patrick Polino, Gage Torrel, Tim Davison, Nick Jermain, Ryan Zuhlsdorf, Curtis Leonard, Hayden Hawkey, Evan Weninger, Chris Carlisle, Brendan Connolly
Qualifying Offers: Ryan Black, Adam Larkin, Travis Howe, Jimmy Lodge
Schedule
December 11th at South Carolina
December 12th at Jacksonville
December 18th vs Florida
December 19th vs Florida
December 26th at South Carolina
December 27th at South Carolina
January 1st vs South Carolina
January 6th vs Wheeling
January 8th at Indy
January 9th at Indy
Players Signed: Alex Rauter, Joe Sullivan, Cody Payne, Charles Williams, Tim Shoup, Derian Plouffe, Connor McDonald, Matthieu Foget, Jake Ryczek, Thomas Ebbing, Patrick McGrath, Colton Leiter, Dan Bakala, David Broll, Willie Raskob
Qualifying Offers: Keoni Texeira, Craig Wyszomirski, Bobby MacIntyre, Spencer Watson, Michael Doherty and Ryan Van Stralen
Schedule
December 11th vs Kansas City
December 12th at Wheeling
December 18th at Kansas City
December 26th vs Wheeling
December 27th at Wheeling
December 31st at Wheeling
January 2nd vs Wheeling
January 8th vs Greenville
January 9th vs Greenville
Players Signed: Brendan Warren, Ian McKinnon, Abbott Girduckis, Jared Hilderman, Adam Dauda, Kevin McKernan, Nathan Perkovich, Jacob Cederholm, Wacey Rabbit, Cameron Critchlow, Dalton Thrower
Qualifying Offers: Trey Phillips, Mitch Jones, Jack Glover, Chase Lang, Everett Clark
Schedule
December 11th at Florida
December 12th vs Greenville
December 18th vs South Carolina
December 19th at South Carolina
December 26th at Florida
December 28th vs Florida
December 29th at Orlando
January 2nd vs South Carolina
January 9th vs Orlando
January 13th at Florida
Players Signed: Luke Bafia, Tommy Muck, Loren Ulett, Justin Woods, Cole Candella, Bryan Lemos, Ryan Cook, C.J. Eick, Austin Farley, Dylan Fitze, Robbie Holmes, Spencer Naas, Charlie O’Connor, Anthony Florentino, Phil Marinaccio, Marcus Crawford, Justin Kapelmaster, Matt Schmalz, Brendan Robbins, Rob Bordson, Dylan Malmquist, Anthony Rinaldi
Qualifying Offers: Michael Parks, Jack Walker and Sam Kurker
Schedule
December 11th at Indy
December 18th vs Indy
December 19th at Wichita
December 26th at Wichita
December 27th at Wichita
December 31st vs Tulsa
January 2nd vs Tulsa
January 8th vs Allen
January 9th vs Allen
Players Signed: Trevor Olson*, Chris LeBlanc, Tommy Panico, Paul Meyer, Kevin Lohan, Alexander Kuqali, Peter MacArthur, Johno May, Richie Boyd, Michael Lackey, Tad Kozun, Matt Alvaro, Kylar Hope, Michael Brodzinski, Jake Coughler, Luke McInnis, Tyler Bird, Adam Rockwood, Taylor Cammarata
Qualifying Offers: Clint Windsor, Cody Donaghey, Brandon Anselmini, Brent Pedersen, and Hunter Fejes
Schedule
December 12th at Florida
December 18th at Wheeling
December 19th at Wheeling
December 29th at Jacksonville
December 30th at Florida
January 2nd vs Florida
January 3rd vs Florida
January 6th vs South Carolina
January 8th vs Florida
January 9th at vs Jacksonville
Players Signed: Tyler Coulter, Cedric Montminy, Adam Carlson, Gordon Defiel, Adam Carlson, Mark Auk, Mike Hedden, Tayler Thompson, Tanner Karty, Gabe Chabot, Joey Sides, Peter Quenneville, Shawn Boutin, Jake Wahlin, Gary Haden, Hayden Lavigne, Griffin Luce, Colin Saccoman, Garrett Klotz, Eric Israel, Kyle Froese, Bo Bauer, Brett Beauvais
Qualifying Offers: Tyler Parks, Chris Leibinger, Josh Elmes, Stephane Legault, Brennan Saulnier, Darian Romanko and Dante Salituro
Schedule
December 11th vs Utah
December 12th vs Utah
December 18th at Alllen
December 19th at Allen
December 31st at Utah
January 1st at Utah
January 2nd at Utah
January 6th vs Wichita
January 8th vs Wichita
January 9th vs Wichita
Players Signed: Andrew Cherniwchan, Tim Harrison, Cameron Askew, Jordan Klimek, Jade Miller, Frederic Letourneau, Max Gottlieb, Connor Moore, Jesse Lees, Justin Florek, Tariq Hammond, Dan DeSalvo, Darien Craighead, Max Novak, Nick Saracino, Jesse Lees, Brett Orr
Qualifying Offers: Tom Parisi, Neal Goff, Jaynen Rissling, Branden Troock, Mark Cooper, Dylan Steman
Schedule
December 11th vs Greenville
December 18th at Jacksonville
December 19th vs Jacksonville
December 26th at Greenville
December 27th vs Greenville
January 1st at Greenville
January 2nd at Jacksonville
January 6th at Orlando
January 8th vs Wheeling
January 9th vs Wheeling
Players Signed: Charlie Sampair, Devin Williams, Joey Colatarci, Dean Balsamo, Danny Moynihan, Shane Switzer, Gregg Burmaster
Qualifying Offers: Cam Knight, Miles Liberati, Jake Bolton, Jack Nevins and Cory Ward
Schedule
December 11th vs Wichita
December 12th vs Allen
December 18th at Utah
December 19th at Utah
December 26th at Allen
December 27th at Allen
December 31st at Kansas City
January 2nd at Kansas City
January 8th vs Utah
January 9th vs Utah
January 10th vs Utah
Players Signed: Austin Beaulieu, Mitch Maxwell, Jared Pike, Yuri Terao, Matt Hoover, Edwin Hookenson, Alex Lepkowski, J.C. Brassard, Brayden Gelsinger, Jack Jenkins, Brad Barone, Christian Horn, Tanner Jago
Qualifying Offers: Martin Ouellette, Connor Yau and Griffen Molino
Schedule
December 11th at Rapid City
December 12th at Rapid City
December 18th vs Tulsa
December 19th vs Tulsa
December 31st vs Rapid City
January 1st vs Rapid City
January 2nd vs Rapid City
January 8th at Tulsa
January 9th at Tulsa
January 10th at Tulsa
Players Signed: Alec Butcher, Brad Drobot, Marc-Olivier Duquette, Jeremy Beaudry*, Luke Lynch, Andrew Gaus, Shane Zumeski, Will Smith, Kyle McKenzie, Chad Duchesne, Cody Bradley, Tyler Drevitch, Dylan MacPherson, Nick Minerva, Kevin Dufour
Qualifying Offers: Steve Johnson, Josh Holmstrom and Cam Brown
Schedule
December 12th vs Indy
December 18th vs Orlando
December 19th vs Orlando
December 26th at Indy
December 27th vs Indy
December 31st vs Indy
January 2nd at Indy
January 6th at Greenville
January 8th at South Carolina
January 9th at South Carolina
Players Signed: Peter Crinella, Jay Dickman, Spender Dorowicz, Alex Berardinelli, Austin Albrecht, Cam Clarke, Billy Exell, Garrett Schmitz, Shaquille Merasty, Anthony Beauregard, Lane Bauer, Stefan Fournier
Qualifying Offers: Mitch Gillam, Jacob Graves, Sean Allen, Patrik Parkkonen, Jason Salvaggio and Fabrizio Ricci
Schedule
December 11th at Tulsa
December 19th vs Kansas City
December 26th vs Kansas City
December 27th vs Kansas City
December 31st at Allen
January 1st vs Allen
January 2nd vs Allen
January 6th at Rapid City
January 8th vs Rapid City
January 9th vs Rapid City
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