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With TV deals, sizable prize money, 3ICE summer hockey league launches with long-term optimism
Bryan Trottier and Grant Fuhr are among the NHL legends behind the benches for the new league.
theathletic.com
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Kevin Fitzgerald remembers the pitch vividly.
Come play three-on-three hockey in an upstart league, all costs will be covered traveling across the United States and Canada, and you’ll get paid to do it.
“It sounded too good to be true,” Fitzgerald said. “I thought there was no way this was legit.”
Three weeks into 3ICE, the 25-year-old forward has close to $18,000 in his bank account, proving the pitch was, indeed, legit.
“I’m a guy right out of college, so after the first week that was the largest deposit I’ve ever had go into my bank account,” Fitzgerald said.
A nine-stop summer touring circuit, 3ICE is many things, but most importantly it’s a potentially life-changing financial event for the 42 players spread across six teams. At each stop, the members of the winning team earn $7,000 in prize money, with tiered payouts based on finish for the other five teams. At the end of the season, members of the championship team will each take home $127,000.
By comparison, the typical AHL salary ranges from $60,000 to $70,000 annually. In the ECHL, teams have a weekly salary cap of $13,900 spread between 20 players.