ECHL 2009-10
ECHL 2009-10 | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE | |||||||
Pacific Division | |||||||
Bakersfield Condors | 72 | 38 | 29 | 5 | 232 | 243 | 81 |
Las Vegas Wranglers | 72 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 234 | 257 | 76 |
Stockton Thunder | 72 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 235 | 241 | 76 |
Ontario Reign | 72 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 214 | 229 | 72 |
Mountain Division | |||||||
Idaho Steelheads | 72 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 260 | 191 | 103 |
Alaska Aces | 72 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 232 | 240 | 80 |
Utah Grizzlies | 72 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 260 | 253 | 77 |
Victoria Salmon Kings | 72 | 34 | 32 | 6 | 230 | 243 | 74 |
AMERICAN CONFERENCE | |||||||
East Division | |||||||
Elmira Jackals | 72 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 275 | 231 | 83 |
Reading Royals | 72 | 37 | 29 | 6 | 254 | 275 | 80 |
Trenton Devils | 72 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 244 | 252 | 75 |
Johnstown Chiefs | 72 | 18 | 43 | 11 | 215 | 307 | 47 |
North Division | |||||||
Kalamazoo Wings | 72 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 273 | 243 | 94 |
Cincinnati Cyclones | 72 | 44 | 25 | 3 | 235 | 200 | 91 |
Toledo Walleye | 72 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 254 | 274 | 77 |
Wheeling Nailers | 72 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 240 | 249 | 73 |
South Division | |||||||
Charlotte Checkers | 72 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 253 | 223 | 94 |
South Carolina Stingrays | 72 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 248 | 216 | 94 |
Florida Everblades | 72 | 48 | 28 | 9 | 234 | 221 | 85 |
Gwinnett Gladiators | 72 | 31 | 33 | 8 | 243 | 277 | 70 |
Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
National Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Bakersfield Condors | 3 | Victoria Salmon Kings | 2 |
Stockton Thunder | 3 | Alaska Aces | 1 |
Utah Grizzlies | 3 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 2 |
Idaho Steelheads | bye | ||
American Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Cincinnati Cyclones | 3 | South Carolina Stingrays | 2 |
Charlotte Checkers | 3 | Toledo Walleye | 1 |
Florida Everblades | 3 | Elmira Jackals | 2 |
Reading Royals | 3 | Kalamazoo Wings | 2 |
National Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Idaho Steelheads | 4 | Utah Grizzlies | 0 |
Stockton Thunder | 4 | Bakersfield Condors | 1 |
American Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Cincinnati Cyclones | 4 | Charlotte Checkers | 3 |
Reading Royals | 4 | Florida Everblades | 0 |
National Conference | Finals | ||
Idaho Steelheads | 4 | Stockton Thunder | 2 |
American Conference | Finals | ||
Cincinnati Cyclones | 4 | Reading Royals | 3 |
Kelly Cup | Finals | ||
Cincinnati Cyclones | 4 | Idaho Steelheads | 1 |
ECHL 2010-11
ECHL 2010-11 | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
WESTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
Pacific Division | |||||||
Bakersfield Condors | 72 | 41 | 27 | 4 | 222 | 210 | 86 |
Stockton Thunder | 72 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 232 | 210 | 86 |
Las Vegas Wranglers | 72 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 216 | 230 | 81 |
Ontario Reign | 72 | 27 | 39 | 6 | 195 | 269 | 60 |
Mountain Division | |||||||
Alaska Aces | 72 | 47 | 22 | 3 | 241 | 174 | 97 |
Idaho Steelheads | 72 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 225 | 217 | 77 |
Utah Grizzlies | 72 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 189 | 227 | 73 |
Victoria Salmon Kings | 72 | 32 | 36 | 4 | 217 | 234 | 68 |
EASTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
Atlantic Division | |||||||
Reading Royals | 72 | 44 | 23 | 5 | 257 | 220 | 93 |
Elmira Jackals | 72 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 249 | 264 | 74 |
Trenton Devils | 72 | 27 | 37 | 8 | 218 | 257 | 62 |
North Division | |||||||
Kalamazoo Kings | 72 | 44 | 23 | 5 | 255 | 223 | 93 |
Wheeling Nailers | 72 | 38 | 29 | 5 | 230 | 210 | 81 |
Cincinnati Cyclones | 72 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 199 | 299 | 76 |
Toledo Walleye | 72 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 239 | 255 | 72 |
South Division | |||||||
Greenville Road Warriors | 72 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 255 | 192 | 96 |
South Carolina Stingrays | 72 | 37 | 29 | 6 | 194 | 204 | 80 |
Florida Everblades | 72 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 236 | 222 | 79 |
Gwinnett Gladiators | 72 | 30 | 34 | 8 | 203 | 250 | 68 |
Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
Western Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Victoria Salmon Kings | 3 | Bakersfield Condors | 1 |
Utah Grizzlies | 3 | Stockton Thunder | 1 |
Idaho Steelheads | 3 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 2 |
Alaska Aces | bye | ||
Eastern Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Greenville Road Warriors | 3 | Elmira Jackals | 1 |
Reading Royals | 3 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 1 |
Kalamazoo Kings | 3 | Florida Everblades | 1 |
Wheeling Nailers | 3 | South Carolina Stingrays | 1 |
Western Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Victoria Salmon Kings | 4 | Utah Grizzlies | 0 |
Alaska Aces | 4 | Idaho Steelheads | 0 |
Eastern Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Wheeling Nailers | 4 | Greenville Road Warriors | 3 |
Kalamazoo Kings | 4 | Reading Royals | 0 |
Western Conference | Finals | ||
Alaska Aces | 4 | Victoria Salmon Kings | 0 |
Eastern Conference | Finals | ||
Kalamazoo Kings | 4 | Wheeling Nailers | 2 |
Kelly Cup | Finals | ||
Alaska Aces | 4 | Kalamazoo Kings | 1 |
ECHL 2011-12
ECHL 2011-12 | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
WESTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
Pacific Division | |||||||
Ontario Reign | 72 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 242 | 193 | 94 |
Las Vegas Wranglers | 72 | 42 | 22 | 8 | 235 | 198 | 92 |
Stockton Thunder | 72 | 34 | 33 | 5 | 204 | 216 | 73 |
Bakersfield Condors | 72 | 24 | 41 | 7 | 199 | 241 | 55 |
Mountain Division | |||||||
Alaska Aces | 72 | 43 | 18 | 11 | 224 | 172 | 97 |
Colorado Eagles | 72 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 250 | 252 | 82 |
Utah Grizzlies | 72 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 183 | 223 | 72 |
Idaho Steelheads | 72 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 194 | 236 | 71 |
EASTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
Atlantic Division | |||||||
Elmira Jackals | 72 | 45 | 22 | 5 | 228 | 224 | 95 |
Wheeling Nailers | 72 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 219 | 202 | 83 |
Reading Royals | 72 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 229 | 235 | 80 |
Trenton Titans | 72 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 211 | 271 | 52 |
North Division | |||||||
Kalamazoo Wings | 72 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 264 | 237 | 84 |
Chicago Express | 72 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 216 | 234 | 80 |
Cincinnati Cyclones | 72 | 35 | 28 | 9 | 228 | 227 | 79 |
Toledo Walleye | 72 | 28 | 38 | 6 | 189 | 258 | 62 |
South Division | |||||||
Gwinnett Gladiators | 72 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 214 | 200 | 93 |
Greenville Road Warriors | 72 | 41 | 25 | 6 | 232 | 215 | 88 |
Florida Everblades | 72 | 39 | 26 | 7 | 260 | 218 | 85 |
South Carolina Stingrays | 72 | 37 | 28 | 7 | 191 | 180 | 81 |
Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
Western Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Idaho Steelheads | 3 | Ontario Reign | 2 |
Las Vegas Wranglers | 3 | Utah Grizzlies | 0 |
Stockton Thunder | 3 | Colorado Eaglers | 0 |
Alaska Aces | bye | ||
Eastern Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Elmira Jackals | 3 | Reading Royals | 2 |
South Carolina Stingrays | 3 | Gwinnett Gladiators | 1 |
Kalamazoo Wings | 3 | Wheeling Nailers | 1 |
Florida Everblades | 3 | Greenville Road Warriors | 0 |
Western Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Las Vegas Wranglers | 4 | Idaho Steelheads | 1 |
Alaska Aces | 4 | Stockton Thunder | 1 |
Eastern Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Florida Everblades | 4 | Elmira Jackals | 1 |
Kalamazoo Wings | 4 | South Carolina Stingrays | 1 |
Western Conference | Finals | ||
Las Vegas Wranglers | 4 | Alaska Aces | 1 |
Eastern Conference | Finals | ||
Florida Everblades | 4 | Kalamazoo Wings | 1 |
Kelly Cup | Finals | ||
Florida Everblades | 4 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 1 |
ECHL 2012-13
ECHL 2012-13 | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
WESTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
Pacific Division | |||||||
Ontario Reign | 72 | 46 | 19 | 7 | 246 | 192 | 99 |
Stockton Thunder | 72 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 223 | 216 | 83 |
Las Vegas Wranglers | 72 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 196 | 192 | 79 |
San Francisco Bulls | 72 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 191 | 252 | 59 |
Bakersfield Condors | 72 | 22 | 44 | 6 | 171 | 247 | 50 |
Mountain Division | |||||||
Alaska Aces | 72 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 228 | 172 | 108 |
Idaho Steelheads | 72 | 45 | 20 | 7 | 262 | 198 | 97 |
Colorado Eagles | 72 | 34 | 31 | 7 | 239 | 224 | 75 |
Utah Grizzlies | 72 | 29 | 30 | 13 | 217 | 277 | 71 |
EASTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
Atlantic Division | |||||||
Reading Royals | 72 | 46 | 19 | 7 | 246 | 185 | 99 |
Elmira Jackals | 72 | 40 | 25 | 7 | 247 | 220 | 87 |
Wheeling Nailers | 72 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 193 | 225 | 74 |
Trenton Titans | 72 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 226 | 247 | 72 |
North Division | |||||||
Cincinnati Cyclones | 72 | 42 | 22 | 8 | 227 | 195 | 92 |
Toledo Walleye | 72 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 224 | 195 | 83 |
Kalamazoo Wings | 72 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 205 | 215 | 76 |
Fort Wayne Komets | 72 | 33 | 35 | 4 | 205 | 246 | 70 |
Evansville IceMen | 72 | 25 | 40 | 7 | 207 | 272 | 57 |
South Division | |||||||
Gwinnett Gladiators | 72 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 211 | 191 | 89 |
Florida Everblades | 72 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 260 | 241 | 89 |
South Carolina Stingrays | 72 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 198 | 171 | 84 |
Greenville Road Warriors | 72 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 226 | 219 | 80 |
Orlando Solar Bears | 72 | 38 | 27 | 7 | 197 | 253 | 63 |
Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
Western Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Alaska Aces | 4 | San Francisco Bulls | 1 |
Ontario Reign | 4 | Utah Grizzlies | 0 |
Idaho Steelheads | 4 | Colorado Eagles | 2 |
Stockton Thunder | 4 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 3 |
Eastern Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Reading Royals | 4 | Greenville Road Warriors | 1 |
Cincinnati Cyclones | 4 | Toledo Walleye | 2 |
Gwinnett Gladiators | 4 | South Carolina Stingrays | 0 |
Florida Everblades | 4 | Elmira Jackals | 2 |
Western Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Stockton Thunder | 4 | Alaska Aces | 2 |
Idaho Steelheads | 4 | Ontario Reign | 0 |
Eastern Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Reading Royals | 4 | Florida Everblades | 3 |
Cincinnati Cyclones | 4 | Gwinnett Gladiators | 2 |
Western Conference | Finals | ||
Stockton Thunder | 4 | Idaho Steelheads | 2 |
Eastern Conference | Finals | ||
Reading Royals | 4 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 1 |
Kelly Cup | Finals | ||
Reading Royals | 4 | Stockton Thunder | 1 |
ECHL 2013-14
ECHL 2013-14 | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
WESTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
Pacific Division | |||||||
Ontario Reign | 71 | 44 | 20 | 7 | 215 | 191 | 95 |
Bakersfield Condors | 72 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 197 | 202 | 78 |
Stockton Thunder | 72 | 33 | 31 | 8 | 224 | 235 | 74 |
Las Vegas Wranglers | 72 | 20 | 44 | 8 | 174 | 248 | 48 |
Mountain Division | |||||||
Alaska Aces | 71 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 243 | 164 | 97 |
Utah Grizzlies | 71 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 187 | 173 | 85 |
Idaho Steelheads | 72 | 39 | 26 | 7 | 223 | 212 | 85 |
Colorado Eagles | 71 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 211 | 218 | 78 |
EASTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
Atlantic Division | |||||||
Reading Royals | 72 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 229 | 182 | 96 |
Wheeling Nailers | 72 | 39 | 27 | 6 | 216 | 196 | 84 |
Elmira Jackals | 72 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 172 | 256 | 56 |
North Division | |||||||
Kalamazoo Wings | 72 | 42 | 22 | 8 | 224 | 197 | 92 |
Cincinnati Cyclones | 72 | 41 | 23 | 8 | 247 | 204 | 90 |
Fort Wayne Komets | 72 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 215 | 215 | 84 |
Evansville IceMen | 72 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 226 | 273 | 73 |
Toledo Walleye | 72 | 21 | 44 | 7 | 193 | 268 | 49 |
South Division | |||||||
South Carolina Stingrays | 72 | 43 | 23 | 6 | 197 | 173 | 92 |
Orlando Solar Bears | 72 | 43 | 24 | 5 | 225 | 219 | 91 |
Greenville Road Warriors | 72 | 39 | 27 | 6 | 220 | 208 | 84 |
Florida Everblades | 72 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 240 | 222 | 82 |
Gwinnett Gladiators | 72 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 203 | 227 | 63 |
Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
Western Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Alaska Aces | 4 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 0 |
Stockton Thunder | 4 | Ontario Reign | 0 |
Bakersfield Condors | 4 | Utah Grizzlies | 1 |
Idaho Steelheads | 4 | Colorado Eagles | 2 |
Eastern Conference | Quarter-Finals | ||
Fort Wayne Komets | 4 | Reading Royals | 1 |
Greenville Road Warriors | 4 | Kalamazoo Wings | 2 |
Wheeling Nailers | 4 | South Carolina Stingrays | 0 |
Cincinnati Cyclones | 4 | Orlando Solar Bears | 2 |
Western Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Alaska Aces | 4 | Idaho Steelheads | 1 |
Bakersfield Condors | 4 | Stockton Thunder | 1 |
Eastern Conference | Semi-Finals | ||
Cincinnati Cyclones | 4 | Fort Wayne Komets | 2 |
Greenville Road Warriors | 4 | Wheeling Nailers | 2 |
Western Conference | Finals | ||
Alaska Aces | 4 | Bakersfield Condors | 2 |
Eastern Conference | Finals | ||
Cincinnati Cyclones | 4 | Greenville Road Warriors | 2 |
Kelly Cup | Finals | ||
Alaska Aces | 4 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 1 |
Report
The ECHL is a AA American Ice Hockey League, equivalent to Division 3 in English Football terms (Modern Day League 1). It is aligned with the NHL (National Hockey League) the Premier League of Ice Hockey in North America which has Head Offices in both Toronto and New York as well as teams throughout Canada and USA. Kalamazoo Wings of the International Hockey League joined the ECHL (an orphaned acronym meaning East Coast Hockey League) in 2009-10. The team is famous for being the first to dye their home ice green for a match on St. Patrick’s Day – a tradition started on March 17th 1982 by Boston Irish-American Steve Doherty, the teams Public Relations Officer. It is as tradition which they still maintain to this day.
A fifth Division – the North Division – was required within the ECHL for this expansion – and the Wings won it the first three years of their history in the ECHL. After slipping to second place in the division in 2012-13 they won the North Division title again in 2013-14. Kalamazoo Wings lost in the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals 3 games to 2 to Reading Royals in 2009-10; In 2010-11 they made it all the way to the Kelly Cup (another Irish Connection) but lost to Western Conference Champions Alaska Aces 4 games to 1. They made it to the Eastern Conference Finals the following year losing 4-1 to Florida Everblades, and in 2013-14 after a year absent from the playoffs they lost in the Eastern Conference Quartet-Finals 4 games to 2 to Greenville Road Warriors.
For the 2014-15 season the Central Hockey League, based primarily in Texas and the Prairie States merged with the ECHL creating a sixth division. ECHL once stood for East Coast Hockey League but merged with numerous other regional AA leagues until it became a National League, thus dropping the East Coast Hockey League name and just going by the orphaned acronym ECHL. The Kelly Cup is named after Patrick J. Kelly, one of the founding fathers of the ECHL, who retired in 1996. Prior to 1997 when the Cup was named after him the Riley Cup was awarded to the ECHL Champions.
The Wings were not only the first to dye the Ice green, but also the first to dye the ice pink in aid of breast cancer. To read more about this Green Ice Tradition please read this article from the Kalamazoo Wings: https://www.kwings.com/en/news/bird-s-eye-view-the-green-light [Last Accessed 27 April 2021]
References
Logos
[1] ECHL (2020) ECHL [Internet] Available from: https://echl-cloudinary.corebine.com/echl-production/image/upload/c_fill,dpr_1.0,f_jpg,h_565,w_1080/v1/echl-prod/ECHL [Accessed 24 January 2021]
Websites
[2] ECHL (2021) Official Guide & Record Book 2020-21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.echl.com/en/pages/official-guide-record-book [Accessed 27 April 2021][Direct Link: https://res.cloudinary.com/echl-production/image/upload/v1606494995/echl-prod/assets/2020-21_ECHL_Guide_and_Record_Book.pdf [Accessed 27 April 2021]
[3] Kalamazoo Wings (2021) Birds Eye View: The Green Light [Internet] Available from: https://www.kwings.com/en/news/bird-s-eye-view-the-green-light [Accessed 27 April 2021]
[4] ECHL (2021) Kelly Cup Champions [Internet] Available from: https://www.echl.com/en/pages/award-pages/kelly-cup-champions [Accessed 27 April 2021]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Martha Griffin.
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Last Updated: 27 April 2021
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