{"id":553645,"date":"2026-04-16T04:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/553645\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:44:06","slug":"echl-today-april-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/553645\/","title":{"rendered":"ECHL Today \u2013 April 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/today041626.jpg\" alt=\"ECHL Today text with today's date\" width=\"502\" height=\"287\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Admirals (28-37-4) at Greensboro Gargoyles (18-44-7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10:30 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Krist\u00f3f Papp leads Norfolk against the Gargoyles with 14 points (4g-10a).<br \/>\nGreensboro\u2019s Ruslan Khazheyev has made at least 30 saves in four of his last six appearances.<br \/>\nAdmirals are one of two teams to have not played a shootout this season.<br \/>\nGargoyles are 13-2-1 when leading after two periods.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Toledo Walleye (41-17-12) at Fort Wayne Komets (44-16-10)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7:35 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Toledo\u2019s Riley McCourt is tied for third among defensemen with 45 assists.<br \/>\nJalen Smereck leads Fort Wayne against the Walleye with 11 points (3g-8a).<br \/>\nWalleye are league\u2019s least-penalized team with 8.51 penalty minutes per game.<br \/>\nKomets are 7-for-16 on the power play (43.8 percent) in their last four games.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Cup Playoffs Update<\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne can clinch the Central Division title on Thursday if:<\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne wins OR Fort Wayne loses in overtime\/shootout<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foco.vegb.net\/c\/3065197\/1608989\/10075\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image001-1.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tShare  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPost <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBluesky <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\treddit <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThreads <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThis entry was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/category\/american-pro\/echl\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ECHL<\/a> and tagged <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/echl-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ECHL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/joinphn\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#JoinPHN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/jointeamphn\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#JoinTeamPHN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/phn\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#PHN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/phnbsog\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#PHNBSOG<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/phnechl\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#PHNECHL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/phnnhl-prohockeynews\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#PHNNHL @PROHOCKEYNEWS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/prohockeynews-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Prohockeynews<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/teamphn\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TEAMPHN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/phn_bsog\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@PHN_BSOG<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/tag\/prohockeynews\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@PROHOCKEYNEWS<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/prohockeynews.com\/author\/phn-staff-report-with-official-press-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PHN Staff Report with official press release<\/a>. 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