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) – 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.

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 ...

The addition of a team in New Mexico will give the ECHL 31 teams in two seasons’ time. This year, the league introduced the Tahoe Knight Monsters (Vegas Golden Knights) and Bloomington Bison ...

The league announced Friday morning that the Board of Governors has approved the expansion application of Rio Rancho, New Mexico for admittance into the ECHL. The club will begin play in the 2026 ...

ECHL New Mexico will play its games at the Rio Ranchero Event Center, which holds 7,000 people. Rio Ranchero Event Center previously hosted hockey from 2006-2009 and again from 2010-2012.

Matter of fact, there won’t be until October 2026, when pro hockey makes its formal return to New Mexico. There was the celebratory air to match one, however, as plans for the ECHL’s New ...

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 question will soon be answered. The New Mexico Pro Hockey Club will drop the puck as an ECHL expansion franchise beginning in the 2026-27 season, club officials confirmed this week.

Professional hockey is officially skating back into New Mexico. 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.