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[7] [8] The 2019 Kelly Cup was the fourth copy of the trophy, but was allowed to be kept by the Newfoundland Growlers when the previous cup returned to circulation. [ 2 ] On one occasions an ECHL club has won the Kelly Cup coincidentally with its NHL affiliate winning the Stanley Cup: 2024 when the Florida Panthers and their ECHL affiliate, the ...
At least 739 players have played at least one game in the NHL after appearing in the ECHL. [2] As of the 2024–25 season, 29 of the 32 NHL teams held affiliations with an ECHL team, [3] with only the Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Ottawa Senators having no such franchise affiliation. NHL teams sometimes lend contracted players ...
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 ...
The Steelheads and the rest of the WCHL joined the ECHL in 2003. As of the 2022-23 season, the Steelheads are the westernmost ECHL team. During the 2003–04 season and since the 2005–06 season the Steelheads have been an affiliate of the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars. [2] The Austin-based Texas Stars have been the Dallas Stars AHL ...
The Allen Americans are a professional ice hockey team headquartered at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, which currently plays in the ECHL.The team was founded in 2009 in the Central Hockey League (CHL) where they played for five seasons, winning the Ray Miron President's Cup twice.
The 2015–16 ECHL season was the 28th season of the ECHL. The regular season schedule ran from October 16, 2015 to April 9, 2016 [ 1 ] with the Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. Twenty-eight teams in 21 states and one Canadian province each played a 72-game schedule.
[2] [3] Former International Hockey League commissioner Dennis Hextall has stated that he had heard that the Colorado Eagles may already be included in the ECHL's tentative schedule for the 2011–12 season. [4] On May 29, 2011, KEVN-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota reported that Colorado was to move to the ECHL in time for the 2011–12 season. [5]
Brabham, who was the first inductee into the ECHL Hall of Fame in 2008, owned three of the original five teams. The Virginia businessman was crucial to the league surviving its earliest seasons. Only five Brabham Cup winners have gone on to win the ECHL Kelly Cup playoff championship, with the Alaska Aces doing so three times, despite the ...