All Americans sign defenders Matt Register and Kevin Spinozzi – Player Profiles

The Allen-Americans helped a defense that was the last in the Echl allowed in 2024-25 (4.23 goals per match) with the addition of defenders Matt Register and Kevin Spinozzi.

Matt Register

Matt Register does not need an introduction for All-Fans, because he started his professional career with the Americans in the CHL days (2011-12). He returned to the Echl Americans in 2015-16 and again in 2019-2020 and 2020-21. With the announcement today that Matt will return to all as a player/assistant coach and then becomes the assistant coach when he retires as a player, it is a full-circle moment. It has been a whole trip from 2010 to 2025. Matt is perhaps the best defender in the history of the competition.

-This is what Steve Martinson had to say about Matt: “Reggie is the Brent Burns of the Echl. He leads the League defenders when scoring, but was also the best plus/minus player of Idaho in the last three years. In three years in Idaho he collected 173 points and he was 173 points.”

– It is difficult to know where to start when describing the career of Matt Register so far. It is best to simply list them in random order. This goes:

Three times Kelly Cup champion
Triple Echl defender of the year
Only defender who is once called Kelly Cup Playoff MVP
Played in Europe for a year and won a championship
In his last seven Echl seasons, starting with last season, he is done with 1st, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st, 5th, 1st and 2nd in assists under all Echl defenders
In his last seven Echl seasons, starting with last season, he is done with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd, 4th, 1st and 1st in points under all Echl defenders
Ranked #2 of all time in the history of the Echl in games played by a defender (683).
Ranked #2 of all time in assists by a defender (431)
Ranked #3 of all time in points by a defender (547)
Selected eight times as an Echl All-Star

Perhaps the best thing about giving back all is that the Americans should not face him. He has been a thorn in Allen’s side where he also played.

Kevin Spinozzi

Kevin Spinozzi with his father, old coach, Frank Spinozzi

– Kevin Spinozzi joins the Americans after playing the last four seasons in France. His father (Frank) is an old hockey coach who moved to France in 2010-11 to coach professional hockey. Kevin, who comes from the Montreal area, was 14 at the time and played a year in France before he returned to Canada to play youth hockey.

-Spinozzi is a 29-year-old, 6’2 “, 214 pound, left-shot defender who will start his ninth professional season with the Allen Americans. He is a first style of the player who also has skill and grit. Here are some of his statistics:

In 140 games in France he had 118 points (56 g, 62a)
In 150 Echl games with Wheeling, Toledo and Rapid City he achieved 79 points (27G, 52a)
He played his junior hockey in the OHL (Soo Greyhounds & Sarnia Sting) and was the captain in Sarnia in his last Junior season (2016-17).
In 275 OHL matches he amounted to a total of 113 points (28 g, 85a) and 297 penalty minutes.

– Spinozzi fits exactly in a Steve Martinson system, as you can see by his quote: “Kevin has a bomb from the point, but is also difficult and can play a hard match against the top players of the competition.”

– Here is a video from 10 years ago, when Kevin Junior played in Sarnia and was about to go to the Arizona Coyotes development camp. He also mentions that his father is a hockey coach. According to Elite-Prospects, the coaching career of Frank Spinozzi returns to 1991-92. He has coached professional hockey in France since 2010-11. Although this video is from 10 years ago, it gives you a good idea of what all gets with Kevin.

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