This weekend’s two contests are the first of six remaining games against Maine (23-31-3-0), which Adirondack (20-34-3-1) is trying to catch to escape last place in the ECHL’s North Division.

While the NHL season is on pause because of the 4 Nations Face-off, the AHL and ECHL seasons roll on. And there was some movement between the two down on the Pittsburgh Penguins farm on Thursday.

Brandon Mashinter is out as head coach of the Jacksonville Icemen, effective immediately, in what the ECHL hockey franchise on Friday termed a mutual agreement. The Icemen promoted assistant Sean ...

Jacksonville, currently third in the ECHL South Division with 80 points, could mathematically clinch a playoff berth within the next week. ... The Icemen have an eight-point edge on the fourth ...