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ECHL Postpones 13 Games After Players Go on Strike
The player strike halted multiple ECHL games due to unresolved disputes over pay, safety, and scheduling despite a 20% salary increase offer from the league.
- On Dec. 26, multiple ECHL games were postponed after players initiated a leaguewide strike, affecting the Toledo Walleye at Huntington Center and Cincinnati Cyclones at Heritage Bank Center.
- The dispute stems from nearly a year of failed CBA talks, with the ECHL says it prevented a vote on its 20% salary increase offer, and the PHPA warns of a strike beginning Dec. 26.
- The league's final offer included an immediate 19.8 percent salary-cap increase, with the current weekly cap at $14,600, and coverage of housing, utilities, and medical benefits.
- Fans face immediate disruptions as the ECHL allows refunds or exchanges for postponed games, with Ticketmaster refunds automatic but taking three to four weeks, and warns more postponements may occur.
- The work stoppage positions the Idaho Steelheads and others amid the most significant labor interruption in years, while AHL/PHPA talks near a new agreement after the Aug. 31 CBA expiration.
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ECHL postpones 13 games after players go on strike
The ECHL postponed 13 games Friday after players went on strike, causing a work stoppage in the North American development minor hockey league two tiers below the NHL. The Professional Hockey Players’ Association announced it “commenced job action” and cited travel for back-to-back games, a holiday break, guaranteed contracts, health benefits during the offseason and player compensation as unresolved issues in talks on a new collective bargainin…
·Albuquerque, United States
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Unable to find a common ground with the ECHL League, the circuit players executed their threat of strike on December 26th. The players are therefore in a stoppage of work and the game of December 26th against Thunder-Adirondack has been postponed.
·Montreal, Canada
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