The Jacksonville Icemen will become the New York Rangers and Hartford Wolf Pack’s next ECHL affiliate. The Icemen secured a multiyear affiliation agreement with the Rangers organization beginning in the 2021-22 season until 2022-23 per Andrew Zadarnowski.
“The New York Rangers are excited to begin our partnership with the Jacksonville Icemen,” Drury said in the Jacksonville press release.. “We are eager to begin this next chapter of professional hockey in our organization, and we look forward to developing future Rangers players in Jacksonville.
Rangers needed to find a new ECHL affiliate
The Rangers former ECHL affilate, the Maine Mariners, elected to become the ECHL affilate of the Boston Bruins.