ECHL: Gunnarwolfe Fontaine Heads Overseas

Originally posted on Inside The Rink
By Armand Klisivitch | Last updated Jun 12, 2026 7:38 PM ET

Cincinnati Cyclones forward Gunnarwolfe Fontaine is heading overseas to Italy to play with HC Pustertal in the EIHL. In his first full season in the ECHL, Fontaine had 21 goals and 24 assists for 45 points in 71 games. He spent five games in the AHL with the Iowa Wild at the end of the 2024-25 season. He is the second member of the Cyclones to head overseas since the season ended, joining Gabriel Bernier.

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Prior to going pro, the East Greenwich, Rhode Island, native spent two seasons in the USHL with the Chicago Steel. During his two seasons with the Steel, he had 46 goals and 54 assists for 100 points in 105 games. Fontaine would add six goals and six assists for 12 points in nine games during the 2019 playoffs.

The seventh-round pick of the Nashville Predators in 2020 would then take the NCAA, where he spent his first four years at Northeastern University. Over the course of his four years with the Huskies, he had 32 goals and 65 assists for 97 points in 131 games. He would help the Huskies win a Hockey East Championship in 21. Fontaine spent his final year of eligibility at Ohio State, where he had 17 goals and 23 assists for 40 points in 40 games.

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