Icemen add Peters, Allen

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – The Jacksonville Icemen, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres and the American Hockey League’s Rochester Americans, announced that the team has agreed to terms with defensemen Dilan Peters and Carter Allen for the 2024-25 season.

Peters has registered five assists with 41 penalty minutes in 31 ECHL games in stints with the Wheeling Nailers, Newfoundland Growlers, Reading Royals and Indy Fuel from 2022-2024. Peters also appeared in four games with the SPHL’s Birmingham Bulls last season. Prior to turning pro, the Sarnia, Ontario resident played two junior seasons in the North American Hockey League where he posted five points (1g-4a) with 106 penalty minutes in time with the Shreveport Mudbugs and St. Cloud Norsemen from 2019-21.

Allen, 27, joins the Icemen after playing last season overseas with the Coventry Blaze of the Elite Ice Hockey League, logging six assists in 45 games. He collected three points (1g-2a) in 27 ECHL games split between the Cincinnati Cyclones and South Carolina Stingrays during the 2022-23 season. The year prior, Allen appeared in 63 games with South Carolina posting ten assists with 58 penalty minutes. The Lambton Shores, Ontario resident totaled 22 points (4g-18a) with 79 penalty minutes during his three collegiate seasons at SUNY-Oswego from 2017-2020.