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Marksmen Sign Alex Gritz for 2025-26 Season

September 2, 2025

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The Fayetteville Marksmen, proud members of the SPHL, are pleased to announce the signing of forward Alex Gritz for the 2025-26 season. Gritz, 24, finished fifth in team scoring, despite just playing 37 games during the 2024-25 season and his .70 points-per-game-average was fourth among skaters who played at least half of the year. The centerman’s 12…

Marksmen unveil 2025-26 protected list

May 6, 2025

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The Fayetteville Marksmen, proud members of the SPHL, announced its protected list for the 2025-26 season on Tuesday morning. The players on the list, which consist of eight forwards, four defensemen and one goaltender, will have their rights held by the Marksmen if they play in the SPHL next season. The 2025 Protected List: Forwards: Cayden Cahill,…

Gritz Called Up To Wichita

January 21, 2025

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The Fayetteville Marksmen, proud members of the SPHL, announced the call-up of forward Alex Gritz to the ECHL’s Wichita Thunder Wednesday. Gritz, 24, has played in all 33 Marksmen games so far this season, and is second in team scoring with 25 points (12g+13a). The Cranberry Township, Penn., native is in his first professional season after playing…

Marksmen Get Point in OT Loss

January 11, 2025

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The Fayetteville Marksmen erased a two-goal deficit and forced overtime to pick up a point against the Knoxville Ice Bears and hold their third-place spot in the SPHL standings at the Crown Coliseum Saturday. Ryan Kenny’s back-to-back shutout but came to an end when Knoxville broke the ice nine minutes and 26 seconds into the game with…

Marksmen Win Back-and-Forth Thriller in a Shootout

December 31, 2024

ROANOKE, Va. – The Fayetteville Marksmen scored four-straight goals in the second period and Vitali Mikhailov notched a shootout goal in the fifth round to set up a 6-5 win over the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs at the Berglund Center Tuesday. New Year’s Eve action began evenly, with both teams getting offensive zone time, but Roanoke jumped ahead with the…

Marksmen Complete Sweep of Storm

December 8, 2024

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Ryan Nolan scored twice and added an assist to lead the Fayetteville Marksmen to a 4-3 victory, and three-game weekend sweep of the Quad City Storm at the Crown Coliseum Sunday. After back-to-back starts by Ryan Kenny, Mason Beaupit took to the crease for Fayetteville, looking to help his team complete the weekend sweep of Quad City,…

Hunter Scores Twice, Fatbacks Down Storm

December 7, 2024

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Dalton Hunter’s two-goal night, including a final-minute, game-winning goal stunned the Quad City Storm as the Fayetteville Fatbacks debuted with a 4-3 win on Rebrand Night at the Crown Coliseum Saturday. For the second-straight night, Quad City found the back of the net first, this time capitalizing on a powerplay opportunity at 6:41. Fayetteville found an answer…

Marksmen Take Down Storm in Shootout

December 6, 2024

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Ryan Nolan scored in the ninth round of the shootout and Ryan Kenny stopped eight shots to power the Fayetteville Marksmen to a 4-3 skills competition win over the Quad City Storm at the Crown Coliseum Friday. Despite peppering the Storm net with 18 shots through the first period, Quad City headed into the second period with…

Gritz Gets GWG, Marksmen Stay Hot with 6-2 Win over Mayhem

November 16, 2024

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Alex Gritz logged the eventual game-winning goal with his first professional tally, and Austen Long scored twice in the third period to add insurance as the Fayetteville Marksmen maintained their first-place standing and defeated the Macon Mayhem 6-2 at the Crown Coliseum Saturday. Fayetteville began Saturday’s action with strong play, but it would be Macon that would…

Marksmen Jump Into First With Overtime Win

November 3, 2024

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The Fayetteville Marksmen defeated the Pensacola Ice Flyers 4-3 in overtime and took sole possession of first place in the SPHL standings at the Crown Coliseum Sunday. The early matinee puck drop didn’t deter the Marksmen from starting on time, and Austen Long (1) scored the first Fayetteville penalty shot goal since 2015 to get the 1-0…

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