The Hockey News: On The 'E'

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller: - Justin and Jacob were joined by Joe Ernst, the ECHL's senior VP of hockey. Ernst gave the lowdown on disallowing the Game 7 goal in the Fort Wayne versus Cincinnati series. Ernst walked through the process of reviews, along with this particular one. Ernst also explained some of the things behind the scenes tha...

In this week's episode of The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller: - The Fort Wayne Komets faced a devastating end to their season last week in a Game 7 loss to the Cincinnati Cyclones. The final score was 1-0 Cincinnati, but the officials disallowed a potential equalizer with 71 seconds left in the game due to goaltender interference. The decision caught the atten...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Justin A. Cohn: - Justin tees up Game 7 between the Fort Wayne Komets and Cincinnati Cyclones, which happened Wednesday night. Heading into Game 7, the Komets came off a commanding 6-0 victory. - Justin originally picked Cincinnati to win in six games, and that brought us to the legend that is "Witchita in six." One of Justin's...

The time has arrived for another episode of The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller. Here's what's in it: - The Utah Grizzlies had a stunning 2-0 start on the Idaho Steelheads in the first round of the ECHL playoffs. That's with Idaho having almost all of its NHL and AHL contracted players as well. Justin and Jacob spoke about their success in Wednesday's recording...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller: - Cincinnati Cyclones coach Jason Payne joins the show. He is one of two Black head coaches in the ECHL, and he had a 14-year playing career where he put up 1,285 penalty minutes. Payne and the hosts discuss his days as an enforcer, how they prepared him for his coaching career, his team's quantum leap this seas...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Justin A. Cohn: - Jacob and Justin were joined by Witchita Thunder forward Jason Pineo. After finishing his senior season at Niagara University last month, the 25-year-old signed a contract with the Thunder. Since turning pro, Pineo has recorded five points in 11 games. Pineo peeled back the curtain on the process of going from...

- With just two weeks left in the regular season, Justin and Jacob held an award show for the 2022-23 season. Justin dished out his top-three ballot for the top coach, rookie, goaltender, most valuable player and under-the-radar prospect. - Cameron Wright of the Utah Grizzlies is the prospect of the week. Wright, signed to an AHL contract with the Colorado Eagles, leads the Grizzlies in scoring wi...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Justin A. Cohn: - What a month for Fort Wayne Komets goaltender Ryan Fanti. After making headlines in the hockey world for an ECHL goalie fight against the Wheeling Nailers' Brad Barone, he returned to the highlight reel by scoring from behind his own net against the Rapid City Rush. He made a bit of history in the process, but...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller: - DJ Abisalih is one of the longest-tenured broadcasters in the ECHL and has an encyclopedic knowledge of the league. The Wheeling Nailers radio broadcaster joins Justin and Jacob for the whole episode and starts by describing his role and his favorite goal call. - The Wheeling Nailers are fittingly the team of...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller: - Jordan Binnington and Marc-Andre Fleury's goalie fight may have been interrupted, but in the ECHL — they let the netminders go. Fort Wayne and Wheeling had a crazy goalie fight, and Justin was on sight. - Ryan Fanti is the prospect of the week, not just because of his fight but also due to what Justin says is...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller: - The ECHL's Toledo Walleye (Detroit Red Wings) are the team of the week. The Walleye were once 8-10-3 but are now 37-15-6 and have won 14 straight games. Goaltending is a big part of the story, with Sebastian Cossa and John Lethemon on NHL deals. - Justin recently covered his 1,500th game for the Fort Wayne Kom...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Justin A. Cohn:  - Adirondack Thunder coach Pete MacArthur joined the show. The 37-year-old is in his first year as a head coach. A veteran of 190 games in the AHL and another 265 in the ECHL, MacArthur shared some insights on how being not far removed from the game has been a benefit.  - Team of the Week: Adirondack Thunder. M...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Justin A. Cohn: - Kevin Mandolese, 22, suited up for the Ottawa Senators and recorded 46 saves en route to a win in his NHL debut against the New York Islanders. Mandolese played most of this season in Belleville, but he spent time with the Allen Americans, where he posted a 4-1-0 record. - The Allen Americans are the team of t...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller: - Wichita Thunder coach Bruce Ramsay joins the show to bring expert insight into the ECHL affiliate of the San Jose Sharks. This is the first season the Thunder are affiliated with the Sharks after being with the Edmonton Oilers for the last few seasons. Ramsay has coached at many levels and is the all-time pena...

On this week's episode of The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Justin A. Cohn: - The Reading Royals are the team of the week. The ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms are second in the North Division with a 25-12-2 record. There are two players with NHL contracts on the team in Evan Barratt and Mason Millman. - Hunter Jones is the prospect of th...

In this week's episode of The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller: - Joe Ernst joins the show. He's the senior VP of hockey operations in the ECHL and has been in the league in some capacity for 32 years. He talks about the state of the league, trying out the two-referee system, how he hands out supplemental discipline and more. - Carson Focht of the Kalamazoo Wing...

On this week's episode of The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Justin A. Cohn: - Goaltender Michael DiPietro of the ECHL's Maine Mariners is the prospect of the week. Since being acquired by the Boston Bruins organization and subsequently re-assigned to the Mariners, DiPietro has a .906 SP in eight ECHL games. - The ECHL All-Star Classic took place last Monday in Norfolk, Va....

On this episode of The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Justin A. Cohn: - If you saw NHL linesman Dan Kelly shove Toronto Maple Leaf Michael Bunting earlier this week, it also relates to the ECHL. - Josh Maniscalco is the player of the week. The 23-year-old has 22 points in 25 games for the Wheeling Nailers, the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and AHL's Wilkes-Barre/...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Justin A. Cohn: - Hunter Fejes is a seven-year pro and has played for the Orlando Solar Bears along the way. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma earlier this year, and in October, he was declared cancer free. He’s been working his way back since and hopes to be back in the lineup soon. He joins the show to chat with Justin...

This week on The Hockey News On The 'E' where Justin Cohn and Jacob Stoller cover the ECHL: - Colten Ellis is a St. Louis Blues goalie prospect playing for the Tulsa Oilers in the ECHL. The 2019 third-round pick could be part of the Blues' next wave of goalies. Jordan Binnington did spend some time developing in the ECHL after all. - Shawn Szydlowski of the Orlando Solar Bears passed 500 regular-s...

In the first-ever episode of The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast, where Jacob Stoller and Justin Cohn cover everything in the ECHL: - Sebastian Cossa joins the show to talk about his adjustment to the ECHL, what he works on in practice, how he's embracing his development and more. - Jacob and Justin evaluate ECHL prospects for the Vegas Golden Knights. - The inaugural Coast to Coast: Justin's News...