Physical Forward Travis Howe Returns for Third Season in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Icemen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s New York Rangers and the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack announced today that the team has agreed to terms with forward Travis Howe for the 2022-2023 season.

Howe, 28, returns to Jacksonville where he registered 11 points (3g, 8a) with 119 penalty minutes in 41 games played last season.   In addition, Howe scored a goal with 14 penalty minutes in eight postseason appearances this past spring. 

During the 2020-21 season, Howe recorded four points (1g, 3a) and 55 penalty minutes in 21 games split between the Icemen and the Fort Wayne Komets.  In total, the 6-4, 235-pound winger has accrued 42 points (15g, 27a) with 824 penalty minutes in 213 ECHL contests split between the Icemen, Komets, Utah Grizzlies and Greenville Swamp Rabbits from 2016-2022. 

Howe made one appearance with the American Hockey League’s Tucson Roadrunners during the 2018-19 season.  In the 2015-16 season, Howe totaled six points (2g, 4a) with 199 penalty minutes in 41 games with the South Professional Hockey League’s Macon Mayhem and Mississippi RiverKings.  During his final year of juniors, the Hull, Massachusetts resident recorded ten points with 246 penalty minutes in 50 games played with the Corpus Christi IceRays (NAHL).

The following is a list of players that have agreed to terms with the Icemen for the 2022-2023 season: 

Goaltender Charles WilliamsDefensemenGarret CockerillVictor HadfieldBo HansonBrandon FortunatoBrendan LessJacob PanettaTim Theocharidis

ForwardsJake HamacherBrendan HarrisTravis HoweLuke KeenanLuke LynchMatt SalhanySam SternschienMike SzmatulaJake Witkowski--The Icemen open the 2022-2023 season at home on October 22 against the Orlando Solar Bears.  Full and partial season ticket packages are currently available!   Contact the Icemen office at 904-602-7825, or visit www.jacksonvilleicemen.com for more information.

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