ECHL 1995/96

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The 1995/96 season was the eighth regular season of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The 21 teams completed 70 matches each in the regular season . The team with the highest points in the regular season were the Richmond Renegades , while the Charlotte Checkers won their first ever Riley Cup in the play-offs .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

East Division GP W. L. SOL GF GA Pts
Richmond Renegades 70 46 11 13 314 225 105
Charlotte Checkers 70 45 21st 4th 294 250 94
South Carolina Stingrays 70 40 22nd 8th 284 251 88
Roanoke Express 70 36 28 6th 231 260 78
Hampton Roads Admirals 70 32 15th 13 278 265 77
Raleigh icecaps 70 23 34 13 215 266 59
North Division GP W. L. SOL GF GA Pts
Toledo Storm 70 48 14th 8th 301 240 104
Wheeling Thunderbirds 70 42 23 5 289 261 89
Louisville River Frogs 70 39 24 7th 266 237 85
Columbus Chill 70 37 28 5 285 268 79
Dayton Bombers 70 35 28 7th 247 237 77
Erie Panthers 70 25th 40 5 227 293 55
Johnstown Chiefs 70 21st 38 11 249 322 53
Huntington Blizzard 70 21st 39 10 232 309 52
South Division GP W. L. SOL GF GA Pts
Louisiana IceGators 70 43 21st 6th 312 261 92
Nashville Knights 70 42 22nd 6th 368 307 90
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks 70 42 22nd 6th 283 260 90
Knoxville Cherokees 70 37 29 4th 323 303 78
Jacksonville Lizard Kings 70 33 29 8th 267 288 74
Birmingham Bulls 70 26th 39 5 258 360 57
Mobile mysticks 70 22nd 37 11 265 325 55

Riley Cup playoffs

  First round   Second round   Third round   Riley Cup Final
                                     
E1 Richmond Renegades 3                  
E5 Hampton Roads Admirals 0  
E1 Richmond Renegades 1
  S5 Jacksonville Lizard Kings 3  
S1 Louisiana IceGators 2
 
S5 Jacksonville Lizard Kings 3  
S5 Jacksonville Lizard Kings 3
  N1 Toledo Storm 2  
N1 Toledo Storm 3      
 
N5 Dayton Bombers 0  
N1 Toledo Storm 3
  S4 Knoxville Cherokees 0  
S2 Nashville Knights 2
 
S4 Knoxville Cherokees 3  
S5 Jacksonville Lizard Kings 0
  E2 Charlotte Checkers 4th
E2 Charlotte Checkers 3            
 
E4 Roanoke Express 0  
E2 Charlotte Checkers 3
  E3 South Carolina Stingrays 2  
E3 South Carolina Stingrays 3
 
N3 Louisville River Frogs 0  
E2 Charlotte Checkers 3
  S3 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks 1  
S3 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks 3      
 
E6 Raleigh icecaps 1  
S3 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks 3
  N2 Wheeling Thunderbirds 1  
N2 Wheeling Thunderbirds 3
 
N4 Columbus Chill 0  

Riley Cup winner

Riley Cup winner


Charlotte Checkers 		Phil Berger , François Bouchard , Jeff Connolly , Kimbi Daniels , Eric Fenton , Eric Flinton , Jason Kelly , Mick Kempffer , Scott Kirton , Dennis Maxwell , Scott Meehan , Darryl Noren , Charles Paquette , Kevin Rappana , Matt Robbins , Kurt Seher , Ken Shepard , Nick Vitucci , Shawn Wheeler , Marty Yewchuk
Trainers: John Marks

Awarded trophies

Award player team
John Brophy Award
Best Trainer 		Roy summer Richmond Renegades
ECHL Most Valuable Player
Best player of the regular season 		Hugo Belanger Nashville Knights
Riley Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player
Best player of the playoffs 		Nick Vitucci Charlotte Checkers
ECHL Rookie of the Year
Best rookie of the regular season 		Keli Corpse Wheeling Thunderbirds
ECHL Goaltender of the Year
Best goalkeeper of the regular season 		Alain Morissette Louisville River Frogs
ECHL Defenseman of the Year
Best Regular Season Defender 		Chris Valicevic Louisiana IceGators
ECHL Leading Scorer
Best scorer of the regular season 		Hugo Bélanger Nashville Knights
Riley Cup
winner of the ECHL playoffs 		Charlotte Checkers
Henry Brabham Cup
Best team of the regular season 		Richmond Renegades

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