Then there were four.

I’d venture that almost every Florida Everblades fan would struggle to pick Matthew Wedman out of a lineup. But those same fans certainly adore him right now.

The first round of the 2024 Clark Cup Playoffs wrapped up Wednesday evening, with three of the four best-of-three first-round series going to a decisive third game. Tri-City, Lincoln, Youngstown and Green Bay were the four teams to advance to this week’s semifinals.

The Jacksonville Icemen will take on the Florida Everblades in the first round of the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs. This is the one of the two South Division semifinals. The other will feature the Greenville Swamp Rabbits and Orlando Solar Bears.

The Indy Fuel’s Ross MacDougall, backtracking in front of his own net, coughed up the puck to the Wheeling Nailers’ Matt Koopman.

For the first time since 2016, the RIT Tigers are Atlantic Hockey champions and will be headed to the NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament. The Tigers earned a 5-2 win over AIC to claim the Jack Riley Memorial Trophy and punch their ticket to the NCAA regionals.

The Michigan Tech Huskies are going dancing. After a tense 2-1 win over Bemidji State on the road in the Mason Cup Final, the Huskies won the CCHA postseason championship and claimed an automatic bid to the NCAA men’s hockey tournament.

We’re in the stretch run of this ECHL regular season – every team has between 10 and 14 remaining games – and only the Kansas City Mavericks and Idaho Steelheads have locked up playoff spots so far. In other words, so incredibly much has yet to be decided.

The stage is set for the 2024 Atlantic Hockey Championship, as No. 1 seed RIT hosts the original No. 5-seeded AIC.

Assessing the Mason Cup Championship game comes down to one question: Can anyone slow the roll of Bemidji State?

Playing in the ECHL can be a grueling endeavor.

The semifinals of this year’s CCHA Mason Cup Playoffs feature a stark contrast in games in terms of anticipated drama.

The semifinals of the 2024 Atlantic Hockey Postseason are set for this weekend, and the remaining programs have been re-seeded for another round of best-of-three series.

Every hockey player in the state of Minnesota dreams of big things, but if there's a one common goal among the boys in the State of Hockey it is to be named Mr. Hockey. Hagen Burrows is living that dream after earning Minnesota's prestigious Mr. Hockey Award as the most outstanding senior player in the state.

Of course, South Carolina Stingrays forward Jack Adams wants to be a hockey coach someday. With that name, how could he not?