The Evansville Icemen recently announced its eight qualifying offers for the 2015-16 season as of July 1. Each ECHL team was entitled to reserve the rights to a maximum of eight qualified players. Of the eight qualified players, no more than four could be veterans (260 regular season professional hockey games played as of the

The Cincinnati Cyclones went to work on July 1, signing a couple of key players to return while handing out qualifying offers to another seven. Nick Huard will start the season with the Cyclones after impressing in a 13-game audition at the end of the 2014-15 season, said the coach in a team press release.

The Rockford IceHogs made its first playoff appearance in several seasons following a solid 2014-15 campaign, but don’t expect the team to stand pat through the summer months. The Powerful Pig added several players through the month of July and got a look at some top prospects at a camp hosted by the parent team

The Milwaukee Admirals have endured an extra long off season for the first time in a while but have used the time to advantage. The Ads saw a string of 12-straight playoff appearances broken in the spring and have changed a lot in the off season, including its look. Among the news out of Milwaukee

One of the many off season affiliation changes in the American Hockey League that saw teams bring affiliates a little closer to the parent teams involved the Lake Erie Monsters. A longtime affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche, it makes a lot of sense that the Monsters will now send players to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Iowa Wild proudly announced on its team website recently its selection as the AHL Western Conference’s recipient of the award for Best Fan Experience at all of its home games. “Everything that we do is for our fans, which we believe to be the best in the AHL,” said Iowa Wild President Todd Frederickson in