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The 2021–22 ECHL season was the 34th season of the ECHL. The regular season was scheduled to run from October 21, 2021, to April 17, 2022, with the Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. Twenty-seven teams in 20 states and two Canadian provinces were each scheduled to play 72 games. [1]
The league announced its playoff format on January 21, 2022. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams in each division qualify for the 2022 Kelly Cup playoffs and are seeded one through four based on the highest points percentage earned in the season. Then the first two rounds of the playoffs are held within the division with the ...
The league, which combined teams from the defunct Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL) and All-American Hockey League (AAHL), began to play as the East Coast Hockey League in 1988 with five teams – the (Winston-Salem, North) Carolina Thunderbirds (now the Wheeling Nailers); the Erie Panthers (folded in 2011 as the Victoria Salmon Kings); the Johnstown Chiefs (now the Greenville Swamp Rabbits ...
Season No. of teams Reg. season games Start (reg. season) Finish (reg. season) Top record Champion; 1 1988–89: 5 60 April 12 Erie Panthers (37–20–3) Carolina Thunderbirds: 2 1989–90: 8 60 Winston-Salem Thunderbirds (38–16–6) Greensboro Monarchs: 3 1990–91: 11 64 April 11 Knoxville Cherokees (46–13–5) Hampton Roads Admirals: 4 ...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only 14 of the 26 member teams participated in the season, the playoff field was cut from 16 teams to eight, and there were no divisions. As the start of the season was delayed and extended to later in the year than normal, each playoff series is a best-of-five tournament, down from the previous 2019 playoffs and ...
On January 12, 2021, the team was approved by the ECHL Board of Governors to join the league for the 2021–22 season. [2] In March 2021, the team announced it had hired former ECHL commissioner Brian McKenna as team president. [3] The team name, Iowa Heartlanders, was announced on May 20, 2021. [4] On June 17, the Heartlanders announced they ...
All teams had a deadline to voluntarily opt out of the 2020–21 season by November 30, [3] but two teams had been granted extensions: the Fort Wayne Komets and Toledo Walleye. [4] The Komets and Walleye were then approved to postpone their start to February. [5] The league announced its schedule through February 11, 2021. [6]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cyclones voluntarily suspended operations for the 2020–21 ECHL season. [12] Prior to the start of the 2021–22 season, head coach Thomas was hired by the AHL's Providence Bruins as an assistant coach [13] and the Cyclones named Jason Payne as the next head coach. [14]