The ECHL announced that it has named Nick Potter of the Kansas City Mavericks the 2024-25 recipient of the ECHL Athletic Trainer of the Year Award, presented by Warrior Hockey.
The winner is determined in a vote of the league’s athletic trainers.
Potter, who previously received the award during the 2018-19 season, is in his ninth year with the Mavericks. He served as the President of the ECHL Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society (PHATS) Executive Committee and is a member of the ECHL Player Safety Committee, ensuring the highest quality of healthcare and medical advancements provided to players and teams.
Potter is also the league representative on the AHL Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society Executive Committee.
Before joining the Mavericks staff, Potter spent eight seasons as an assistant athletic trainer for the Kansas City Chiefs. A 2005 Western Michigan University graduate, he spent his 2004 and 2005 summers as an athletic training intern for the Detroit Lions.
Potter earned his master’s degree in sports management from Texas Tech University, where he spent two seasons as a graduate assistant with the school’s football and golf teams. He is a certified athletic trainer and a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and Kansas City Athletic Trainers Society, in addition to his membership in PHATS.
The ECHL gave out the first Athletic Trainer of the Year award in 2007-08, when Brian Grogesky of the Reading Royals picked up the honor. Click here for a complete list of previous winners.