Weekend lookahead

Time to look ahead to the weekend in Indiana hockey.

ECHL
Evansville
Friday: at Greenville, 6 p.m. CST
Saturday: at Greenville, 6 p.m. CST
Sunday: at Greenville, 2 p.m. CST

Fort Wayne
Friday: at Toledo,  7:15 p.m. EST
Saturday: at Kalamazoo, 7:30 p.m. EST
Sunday: vs. Kalamazoo, 5:00 p.m. EST

USHL
Indiana
Friday: vs. USA, 7 p.m. EST at Pan Am Pavilion
Saturday: vs. Muskegon, 7 p.m. EST at Bankers Life Fieldhouse

NCAA
Notre Dame
Friday: vs. Alabama-Huntsville, 7:35 p.m.
Saturday: vs. Alabama-Huntsville, 7:05 p.m.

ECHL: Komets/IceMen schedules

Since we posted the Indiana Ice schedule, other schedules for in-state hockey teams, starting with the two ECHL teams.

The season runs from Oct. 19-April 12 for both teams.

Evansville IceMen
Fort Wayne Komets

ECHL protected lists

Earlier this week, the ECHL released the protected lists for all of its teams.

The link for the protected lists

Essentially, it means teams have exclusive negotiating rights with the following players in the ECHL until July.

Evansville: Kevin Moore, James Reid, Matt Krug, Dustin Hopfner, Jake Obermeyer, Donnie Harris, Aaron Gens, Jesse Perrin, Nathan Martine, Matt Gens, Daniel Tetrault, Philippe Plante, Peter Sakaris, Colin Reddin, Jason Dale, Dylan Clarke, Mark Cody, Patrick Kennedy, Chris Forfar, Myles McCauley, Darick Ste-Marie, Matt Schepke, Josh Beaulieu, Kevin R. Baker, Todd Robinson, Nathan Moon.

Fort Wayne: Charlie Effinger, Daniel Maggio, Scott Kishel, Nick Wheeler, Mathieu Gagnon, Jeremy Gates, Tyler Butler, Jamie Milam, Eric Giosa, Matt Firman, Jean-Michel Rizk, John Dunbar, Chris Auger, Mike Hoban, Brandon Marino, Matt Syroczynski, Thomas Beauregard, Kaleigh Schrock, Brett Smith, Colin Chaulk.

The Journal-Gazette's Justin Cohn has a decent explanation of the protected lists.