By Travis Rogers, TheSinBin.net

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The ECHL is seen by most fans as a springboard for new players to get to the American Hockey League or even the National Hockey League one day. But for many young professional players, the ECHL is a goal that takes time to obtain.

Players that, for a variety of reasons, were initially overlooked by scouts or didn’t make an ECHL club out of training camp, look for ways to make it to “The E.” One of those ways is to play the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL,) grind it out, and wait for a chance to come up to the ECHL.

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