After a nearly 15-year absence in the state, ECHL announced it will add an expansion team in Rio Rancho beginning in the 2026 season.The franchise, tentatively called the New Mexico Pro Hockey ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A minor professional hockey team is coming to Rio Rancho, the ECHL announced Friday. The New Mexico Professional Hockey Club will begin play in the 2026-27 season at ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Pro hockey is back in New Mexico. The ECHL is coming to Rio Rancho. City leaders and team management came together Tuesday to announce the New Mexico Pro Hockey Club as the ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Professional hockey is returning to New Mexico. The ECHL, a development league for the NHL and AHL, has awarded an expansion franchise to the city of Rio Rancho.

There wasn’t a ceremonial puck drop Tuesday at Rio Rancho Events Center ... as plans for the ECHL’s New Mexico Hockey Club were announced Tuesday in a press conference at the team’s future ...

The ECHL announced Friday the league Board of Governors has approved the expansion application Rio Rancho, New Mexico, which will begin playing in the 2026-27 season. REV Entertainment’s Sports ...

The ECHL had 27 teams in the U.S. and Canada in 2021-22 and plans to play with 28 this coming season. The New Mexico-based team will be an expansion franchise, Cordova said. The Rio Rancho ...

Darren White said they are looking at the Rio Rancho Events Center to host the new team. “Ultimately, if you are accepted, the ECHL has launched the NHL career or careers of hundreds of hockey ...

That club, based in Rio Rancho, N.M., marks the 31st team to join the ECHL, an official minor league of the National Hockey League (NHL). Key details of the venture include: REV Entertainment (the ...