ECHL 2004/05

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The 2004/05 season was the 17th regular season of the American ice hockey league ECHL . The 28 teams played 72 games each in the regular season . The team with the highest points in the regular season were the Pensacola Ice Pilots , while the Trenton Titans won their first ever Kelly Cup in the play-offs .

Team changes

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

• The Cincinnati Cyclones went inactive for financial reasons.
• The Greensboro Generals stopped playing.
• The Roanoke Express stopped the game.
• The Columbus Cottonmouths moved to the Southern Professional Hockey League .
• The Baton Rouge Kingfish were reactivated and relocated to Victoria , British Columbia , where they then played under the name Victoria Salmon Kings .
• The Florence Pride changed its name back to Pee Dee Pride.

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

American Conference

East Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Columbia Inferno	72	38	22nd	4th	8th	199	186	88
South Carolina Stingrays	72	39	24	3	6th	230	219	87
Charlotte Checkers	72	39	26th	2	5	226	219	85
Greenville Grrrowl	72	39	28	0	5	210	204	83
Pee Dee Pride	72	31	36	2	3	203	219	67
Augusta Lynx	72	28	35	5	4th	188	237	65

South Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Pensacola Ice Pilots	72	51	16	2	3	248	178	107
Florida Everblades	72	42	20th	4th	6th	237	192	94
Gwinnett Gladiators	72	40	24	1	7th	241	202	88
Mississippi Sea Wolves	72	39	24	4th	5	223	215	87
Louisiana IceGators	72	26th	40	2	4th	192	266	58
Texas Wildcatters	72	17th	44	2	9	178	260	45

National Conference

North Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Reading Royals	72	43	22nd	2	5	220	161	93
Trenton Titans	72	42	21st	4th	5	220	161	93
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies	72	42	22nd	3	5	205	189	92
Toledo Storm	72	41	26th	2	3	203	194	87
Peoria Rivermen	72	38	26th	2	6th	213	177	84
Wheeling Nailers	72	38	29	2	3	171	173	81
Johnstown Chiefs	72	22nd	36	5	9	191	258	58
Dayton Bombers	72	23	40	2	7th	175	225	55

West Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Alaska Aces	72	45	19th	3	5	233	187	98
Long Beach Ice Dogs	72	43	20th	4th	5	220	181	95
Idaho steelheads	72	42	23	2	5	223	183	91
Bakersfield Condors	72	40	22nd	5	5	232	205	90
Fresno Falcons	72	39	25th	3	5	204	217	86
San Diego Gulls	72	35	29	4th	4th	206	222	78
Las Vegas Wranglers	72	31	33	3	5	201	199	70
Victoria Salmon Kings	72	15th	52	3	2	178	298	35

Kelly Cup Playoffs

Tournament schedule

First round

Second round

Third round

Kelly Cup Final

S1

Pensacola Ice Pilots

1

E4

Greenville Grrrowl

3

E4

Greenville Grrrowl

0

S2

Florida Everblades

3

S3

Gwinnett Gladiators

3

S4

Mississippi Sea Wolves

1

S2

Florida Everblades

4th

E3

Charlotte Checkers

2

S2

Florida Everblades

3

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

1

S3

Gwinnett Gladiators

1

E3

Charlotte Checkers

3

E1

Columbia Inferno

2

E3

Charlotte Checkers

3

S2

Florida Everblades

2

N2

Trenton Titans

4th

N1

Reading Royals

3

N4

Toledo Storm

1

N1

Reading Royals

1

N2

Trenton Titans

3

N2

Trenton Titans

3

N3

Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies

0

N2

Trenton Titans

4th

W1

Alaska Aces

3

W1

Alaska Aces

3

W4

Bakersfield Condors

2

W1

Alaska Aces

3

W2

Long Beach Ice Dogs

0

W2

Long Beach Ice Dogs

3

W3

Idaho steelheads

1

Kelly Cup winner

Kelly Cup winner Trenton Titans

BJ Abel , Andrew Allen , Scott Bertoli , Paul Brown , Bryce Cockburn , Nick Deschenes , Jerramie Domish , Connor Dunlop , Les Haggett , Leon Hayward , Chris Houle , Tim Judy , Rick Kowalsky , Matt Libby , Steve Munn , Chris Pittman , Brent Robinson , Rosario Ruggeri , Michael Schutte , Jeff Smith , Jarrett Thompson , Matt Zultek Head Coach: Mike Haviland   Assistant Coach : Ted Dent

Awarded trophies

Award	player	team
John Brophy Award Best Trainer	Nick Vitucci	Toledo Storm
ECHL Most Valuable Player Best player of the regular season	Scott Gomez	Alaska Aces
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player Best player of the playoffs	Leon Hayward	Trenton Titans
ECHL Rookie of the Year Best rookie of the regular season	Joey Tenute	South Carolina Stingrays
ECHL Goaltender of the Year Best goalkeeper of the regular season	Chris Madden	Long Beach Ice Dogs
ECHL Defenseman of the Year Best Regular Season Defender	Ray DiLauro	Wheeling Nailers
ECHL Leading Scorer Best scorer of the regular season	Scott Gomez	Alaska Aces
ECHL Plus Performer Award Player with the best plus / minus balance	Aaron Philips	Pensacola Ice Pilots
ECHL Sportsmanship Award High sporting standard and exemplary behavior	Kris Goodjohn	Gwinnett Gladiators
Kelly Cup winner of the ECHL playoffs	Trenton Titans
Henry Brabham Cup Best team of the regular season	Pensacola Ice Pilots
EA "Bud" Gingher Memorial Trophy Best Team at the American Conference	Florida Everblades
Bruce Taylor Trophy Best Team in the National Conference	Trenton Titans

Web links

• Official website of the ECHL
• Statistics on hockeydb.com