Dispatches from the @IndyFuel broadcast booth. Personal account: @crimsonace
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The Indy Fuel have been named finalists in three categories for the 2025-26 ECHL Team Awards!
A huge thank you to our staff, fans, and community for helping make this possible!
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This is a big blow to the @IndyFuel blueline to lose both Grima and Christian Berger to Europe. Both have earned overseas opportunities, which are lucrative - especially for North American players.
βοΈ πππππππ ππππ: We are pleased to confirm the signing of Canadian defenceman Nick Grima for the 2026/27 Elite League Season.
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Of note, Coventryβs coach - Kevin Moore - is a former Fuel assistant who coached Grima in Indy.
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Andrew Smith - Fuel PXP retweeted
Jun 12
Now that the ECHL protected lists are out, it's time for this great flowchart, created and updated by my friend, Andrew Zadarnowski, on signing those players. Click on the image to get the entire flowchart:
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Some coaching news in the division - Jesse Kallechy stepping down from Fort Wayne.
Jun 11
The #Komets will have a new coach for their 75th season. Jesse Kallechy has decided to decline an offer to stay on with the franchise. More to come as this story develops:
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Join yours truly and Coach Dixie Wooten next Tuesday at King Jugg as host a LIVE edition of Fishers Freight Coaches Corner.
Football talk is on tapπ»
Join us at King Jugg Brewing Company for live conversations with Head Coach Dixie Wooten and Freight players hosted by the one and only Andrew Smith!
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Half the season. All the heat. π₯
Half Season Ticket Memberships are available now β‘οΈ bit.ly/43n9ziK
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The @IndyFuel submit their protected list. This is essentially everyone who was under an ECHL deal last year or the team had the rights to. These players can be re-signed when the league year begins in two weeks, or traded between now and then to complete futures deals.
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Note: This is largely procedural. From this list, trades can be made and players can be re-signed. Essentially, the Fuel are protecting these players until the league year ends in two weeks. Then, they will make their 20-man end-of-season roster, from which they can make QOs.
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The only two players who could have been on the list but weren't were Jay Ahearn & Kyle Bettens, who were both college signings who were placed on team suspension when they went back to school.
AHL contracts (Weeks, Flores, Weiss, Dafoe, Israels, Lombardi) are not on the list.
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Andrew Smith - Fuel PXP retweeted
.@FishersFreight Jordan Davis with the INSANE one handed catch for a TD!π±π€―
@OvernghtMedia @onairwitheva @ashstro @crimsonace
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Andrew Smith - Fuel PXP retweeted
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#InTheBooth with @onairwitheva and @ashstro for tonightβs @IndoorFL game between the @FishersFreight and @tulsa_oilers_fb. Watch at 7 p.m. on Overnight.
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Christian Berger signs with Belfast of the EIHL after a year where he was one of the @IndyFuelβs top defensemen.
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The Kelly Cup Final is set: Florida vs. Kansas City. With rosters constantly changing and players moving up/down, it's rare the top two teams from the regular season move through to the Cup Final, but those two have been head-and-shoulders above everyone else all year.
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Judd Brackett was the Iceβs director of player personnel from 2008-14, during which they won two Clark Cups and brought in a number of future NHL players, including Torey Krug, Blake Coleman, Nic Dowd and Daniil Tarasov. Congrats.
We have appointed Judd Brackett as Assistant General Manager, Player Evaluation, and Freddie Hamilton as Chief of Staff.
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The official start of the 2026-27 season is three weeks away.
Jun 1
Kelly Cup playoffs have yet to reach the finals, but 1st day to sign players for 2026-27 is only 3 weeks away. Critical dates in June:
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8 Protected Lists due
20 Future Considerations Trade Deadline
22 Season-Ending Rosters due
23 1st day to sign contracts for 2026-27 Season
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Andrew Smith - Fuel PXP retweeted
Road game ready π₯
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Former Checker Dave Cameron staying in Ottawa.
May 19
THE GOAT IS STAYING ON THIS MOUNTAIN ποΈ
We announced today that Head Coach Dave Cameron has signed a two-year extension with the team through the 2027-2028 season.
π° | Read the full article here: bit.ly/4ufNBKc
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