The 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the
ECHL
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...
started April 13, 2016, following the conclusion of the
2015–16 ECHL regular season. The championship was won on June 9 by the
Allen Americans
The Allen Americans are a professional ice hockey team headquartered at the Allen Event Center, Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, which currently plays in the ECHL. The team was founded in 2009–10 CHL season, 2009 in the Centr ...
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Playoff format
At the end of the regular season the top team in each division qualified for the 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs and are seeded either 1, 2, or 3 based on highest point total earned in the season. Then the five non-division winning teams with the highest point totals in each conference qualified for the playoffs and are seeded 4 through 8. The Kelly Cup final pits the Eastern Conference champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.
Playoff seeds
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Missouri Mavericks were the Western Conference regular season champions and the
Brabham Cup winners with the best record in the ECHL. The Toledo Walleye earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
Eastern Conference
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Toledo Walleye – North Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, 99 pts
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South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston ...
– South Division champions, 98 pts
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Manchester Monarchs – East Division champions, 87 pts
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Florida Everblades
The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida, in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area. They play in the ECHL and are affiliat ...
– 95 pts
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Wheeling Nailers
The Wheeling Nailers are a professional ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey Lea ...
– 83 pts
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Adirondack Thunder
The Adirondack Thunder are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL that began play in the 2015–16 season. The team is based in Glens Falls, New York, and affiliated with the NHL's New Jersey Devils and AHL's Utica Comets. The Thunder play t ...
– 82 pts
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Kalamazoo Wings
The Kalamazoo Wings, nicknamed the K-Wings, are a mid-level professional ice hockey team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A member of the ECHL's Western Conference, Central Division, they play in the 5,113-seat Wings Event Center. They are the affiliate ...
– 82 pts
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Reading Royals
The Reading Royals are a professional ice hockey team that currently plays in the ECHL. The team participates in the North Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. The Royals play their home games at the Santander Arena located in downtown R ...
– 82 pts
Western Conference
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Missouri Mavericks
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– Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions,
Brabham Cup winners, 109 pts
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Fort Wayne Komets
The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team, which currently plays in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In all of North American professional hockey, only the Orig ...
– Midwest Division champions, 89 pts
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Colorado Eagles – West Division champions, 86 pts
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Allen Americans
The Allen Americans are a professional ice hockey team headquartered at the Allen Event Center, Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, which currently plays in the ECHL. The team was founded in 2009–10 CHL season, 2009 in the Centr ...
– 89 pts
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Idaho Steelheads
The Idaho Steelheads are an American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Boise, Idaho, and a member of the ECHL. The Steelheads play in the Mountain Division of the ECHL's Western Conference since the 2016–17 season.
In 1996, t ...
– 86 pts
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Utah Grizzlies
The Utah Grizzlies are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play their home games at Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.
Franchise history
The current Utah Grizzlies franchise started in 1981 as the Nashville South Stars i ...
– 84 pts
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Cincinnati Cyclones
The Cincinnati Cyclones are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The team is a member of the ECHL. Originally established in 1990, the team first played their games in the Cincinnati Gardens and now play at Heri ...
– 81 pts
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Quad City Mallards
The Quad City Mallards were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa that competed in the United Hockey League, International Hockey League, Central Hockey League and ECHL. They were named aft ...
– 80 pts
Playoff Brackets
Conference Quarterfinals
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''Home team is listed first.''
Eastern Conference
(1) Toledo Walleye vs. (8) Reading Royals
(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (7) Kalamazoo Wings
(3) Manchester Monarchs vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder
(4) Florida Everblades vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers
Western Conference
(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (8) Quad City Mallards
(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (7) Cincinnati Cyclones
(3) Colorado Eagles vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies
(4) Allen Americans vs. (5) Idaho Steelheads
Conference Semifinals
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''Home team is listed first.''
Eastern Conference
(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder
(5) Wheeling Nailers vs. (8) Reading Royals
Western Conference
(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (4) Allen Americans
(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies
Conference Finals
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''Home team is listed first.''
Eastern Conference
(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers
Western Conference
(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (4) Allen Americans
Kelly Cup Finals
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''Home team is listed first.''
(West #4) Allen Americans vs. (East #5) Wheeling Nailers
Statistical leaders
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes''
Goaltending
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on
goals against average
Goals against average (GAA), also known as average goals against (AGA), is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on spo ...
and the top five goaltenders based on
save percentage
Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various Goal (sports), goal-scoring sports that track Save (goaltender), saves as a statistic.
In ice hockey and lacrosse and association football, it is a sta ...
, with at least 240 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.
See also
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2015–16 ECHL season
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List of ECHL seasons
This is a list of season (sport), seasons of the ECHL since its inception:
Notes
References
External links ECHL official website
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ECHL seasons, *list ...
References
External links
ECHL website
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Kelly Cup playoffs
2015–16 ECHL season