Janicke joins Swamp Rabbits

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings and American Hockey League’s Ontario Reign, announced that forward Trevor Janicke has signed with the team for the 2026-27 season.

Janicke joins the Swamp Rabbits following his second professional season, which was spent with the Fort Wayne Komets. He matched his rookie season goal total of 11 and surpassed his assist and point totals with 17 and 28, respectively, along with a +15 rating in 64 contests. Janicke also suited up in 17 Kelly Cup Playoff games, adding an assist in a run that finished in the Western Conference Finals against the Kansas City Mavericks.

Janicke reunites with Head Coach/GM Chad Costello, who was his interim coach with the Rapid City Rush during his rookie year. In the 2024-25 campaign, Janicke earned 25 points in 30 games.

A native of Maple Grove, Minnesota, Janicke enters his third professional season with 109 games to his credit. In 94 ECHL games with the Komets and Rush, he has 53 points (22g-31a), while adding one assist in 15 AHL games with the Calgary Wranglers.

Before turning professional, Janicke five collegiate seasons with the University of Notre Dame, amassing 85 points (44g-41a) in 175 games. He also captained the United States Hockey League’s Central Illinois Flying Aces and spent two seasons in the United States National Team Development Program, suiting up for the USA in the 2018 U-18 World Junior Championships, earning a silver medal. Janicke was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the fifth round (132nd overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.

Janicke comes from a hockey family. His brother, Justin, was a former college and USNTDP teammate of his and drafted by the Seattle Kraken in 2021. He recently finished this past season as a runner-up for the Kelly Cup championship with the Kansas City Mavericks. Their father, Curtis, also went to Notre Dame and racked up 144 points in 125 games across four seasons.