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Maine Mariners to resume games with ECHL contract ratified
The five-year deal boosts player pay and health protections while ending a strike that delayed dozens of games, resuming the 2025-26 season promptly, ECHL officials said.
- On Tuesday, the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players' Association ratified a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that will run through the 2029-30 season.
- A contract dispute between the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players' Association prompted a weekend strike that postponed dozens of games, including three for the Toledo Walleye, until negotiators reached a tentative deal Saturday and the union ratified it Tuesday.
- Ryan Crelin, ECHL Commissioner, said the deal significantly increases player compensation and health and safety provisions, the league said.
- With the ratification, the 2025-26 regular season resumes Tuesday night and the Maine Mariners return to play Wednesday after practicing Monday, while teams offer box office refund or replacement-ticket procedures.
- The strike marked the league's first in-season work stoppage, and leagues say postponed games will be made up with events scheduled Jan. 2-4 at Cross Insurance Arena.
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ECHL returns after player strike INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — According to a statement posted to the ECHL website, both the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association (PHPA) have reached an agreement on contracts, ending the strike that has been in effect since Dec. 26. “This new agreement ratified by both the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association significantly increases player compensation, improves health and safety, and de…
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