The ECHL introduced on Tuesday that the League’s Board of Governors has voted to terminate the Membership of the Newfoundland Growlers, efficient instantly, for failure to satisfy its obligations below the ECHL Bylaws.
 
“We’re saddened to lose ECHL hockey within the Newfoundland market,” mentioned ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin. “We’d prefer to thank the Growlers followers and companions for his or her assist of the staff all through their existence, and are hopeful that hockey can return to the area for his or her devoted and passionate fanbase.”
 
The ECHL and Skilled Hockey Gamers’ Affiliation have agreed that as per the ECHL/PHPA Collective Bargaining Settlement, all ECHL Contracted Gamers on the Newfoundland roster are Unrestricted Free Brokers, nevertheless no ECHL Member might signal greater than two (2) Gamers from the free agent pool of Newfoundland Gamers. Any Participant from this pool who indicators and finishes the Season with a brand new ECHL Member for the steadiness of the 2023-24 Season shall be ineligible for that Member’s Protected Listing and shall develop into an Unrestricted Free Agent on the conclusion of the 2023-24 Season. The one exception to this rule applies to Serron Noel, whose ECHL rights will revert to the Allen Individuals on the finish of the Season as a part of the completion of a Future Consideration commerce owed by Newfoundland.
 
Any Participant on an AHL/NHL contract who was on Newfoundland’s roster after 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 20 (AHL/NHL Recall Reassignment Deadline) is ineligible to play within the ECHL for the rest of the Season.
 
The next video games on the 2023-24 ECHL regular-season schedule have been canceled:
 
ECHL Sport #943 – Trois-Rivières at Newfoundland (Friday, April 5)
ECHL Sport #954 – Trois-Rivières at Newfoundland (Saturday, April 6)
ECHL Sport #965 – Trois-Rivières at Newfoundland (Sunday, April 7)
ECHL Sport #974 – Norfolk at Newfoundland (Thursday, April 11)
ECHL Sport #995 – Norfolk at Newfoundland (Saturday, April 13)
ECHL Sport #1,007 – Norfolk at Newfoundland (Sunday, April 14)
 
The playoff seeding for the remaining six groups within the North Division will likely be decided by factors proportion, as will home-ice benefit within the Jap Convention Finals and the Kelly Cup Finals, within the occasion a North Division staff advances to that spherical.