Goatheads add international experience to blueline
Make that 16 players on the New Mexico Goatheads’ roster. The first-year ECHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche signed defenseman Edvin Nilsson for the 2026-27 season, it was announced Thursday. The ECHL allows teams to have 21 players for the first 30 days of the season, which begins for the Goatheads on Oct. 16 at the Rio Rancho Events Center. That number then drops to 20. At least two ...
The New Mexico Goatheads, a first-year ECHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche, have bolstered their roster with international talent. Defensively, defenseman Edvin Nilsson, a native of Tranås, Sweden, signed with the team for the 2026-27 season. The 20-year-old, who played the past two seasons in the British Columbia Hockey League, will make his professional debut.
Nilsson will join a Goatheads squad that already boasts seven defensemen and nine forwards, with at least two of those goaltenders. The team will have 16 players on its roster, the maximum allowed by the ECHL for the first 30 days of the season, which begins on October 16 at the Rio Rancho Events Center.
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