ECHL 2007/08

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The 2007/08 season was ECHL's 20th regular season . The 25 teams completed 72 games each in the regular season . The team with the highest points in the regular season were the Cincinnati Cyclones , who also won their first ever Kelly Cup in the play-offs .

Team changes

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

• The Long Beach Ice Dogs stopped playing.
• The Toledo Storm became inactive as their arena was demolished and had to be rebuilt.
• The Mississippi Sea Wolves returned to the league after two years of inactivity due to damage to their own arena from Hurricane Katrina .
• The Elmira Jackals from the United Hockey League were added to the league as an expansion team.
• The Trenton Titans changed their name to Trenton Devils.

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

North Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Cincinnati Cyclones	72	55	12	1	4th	292	178	115
Elmira Jackals	72	41	24	3	4th	245	219	89
Reading Royals	72	38	26th	6th	2	247	233	83
Johnstown Chiefs	72	36	30th	3	3	235	234	78
Dayton Bombers	72	29	31	6th	6th	201	229	70
Trenton Devils	72	29	36	3	4th	183	220	65
Wheeling Nailers	72	22nd	43	3	4th	186	284	51

South Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Texas Wildcatters	72	52	9	4th	7th	266	177	115
South Carolina Stingrays	72	47	22nd	2	1	256	192	97
Gwinnett Gladiators	72	44	23	2	3	247	198	93
Florida Everblades	72	39	25th	4th	4th	230	198	86
Columbia Inferno	72	33	28	5	6th	217	227	77
Charlotte Checkers	72	34	31	1	6th	212	229	75
Augusta Lynx	72	32	35	1	4th	200	223	69
Mississippi Sea Wolves	72	29	40	1	2	204	262	61
Pensacola Ice Pilots	72	19th	44	4th	5	157	263	47

National Conference

Pacific Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Las Vegas Wranglers	72	47	13	5	7th	244	179	106
Fresno Falcons	72	42	22nd	4th	4th	242	216	92
Bakersfield Condors	72	26th	37	2	7th	230	280	61
Stockton Thunder	72	27	40	3	2	200	250	59

West Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Victoria Salmon Kings	72	42	23	4th	3	256	239	91
Idaho steelheads	72	40	22nd	5	5	224	183	90
Alaska Aces	72	41	26th	4th	1	245	229	87
Utah grizzlies	72	32	30th	2	8th	239	259	74
Phoenix RoadRunners	72	24	39	5	4th	208	265	57

Kelly Cup Playoffs

American Conference qualification

• (N4) Johnstown Chiefs - (N5) Dayton Bombers 2-0
• (S1) Texas Wildcatters - (S8) Mississippi Sea Wolves 3: 1
• (S2) South Carolina Stingrays - (S7) Augusta Lynx 3-2
• (S3) Gwinnett Gladiators - (S6) Charlotte Checkers 3: 0
• (S4) Florida Everblades - (S5) Columbia Inferno 0: 3

Tournament schedule

First round

Second round

Third round

Kelly Cup Final

N1

Cincinnati Cyclones

4th

N4

Johnstown Chiefs

0

N1

Cincinnati Cyclones

4th

N3

Reading Royals

3

N2

Elmira Jackals

2

N3

Reading Royals

4th

N1

Cincinnati Cyclones

4th

S2

South Carolina Stingrays

1

S1

Texas Wildcatters

2

S5

Columbia Inferno

3

S5

Columbia Inferno

2

S2

South Carolina Stingrays

3

S3

Gwinnett Gladiators

2

S2

South Carolina Stingrays

3

N1

Cincinnati Cyclones

4th

P1

Las Vegas Wranglers

2

P1

Las Vegas Wranglers

4th

P4

Stockton Thunder

2

P1

Las Vegas Wranglers

4th

W3

Alaska Aces

1

W2

Idaho steelheads

0

W3

Alaska Aces

4th

P1

Las Vegas Wranglers

4th

W4

Utah grizzlies

0

P2

Fresno Falcons

2

W4

Utah grizzlies

4th

W4

Utah grizzlies

4th

W1

Victoria Salmon Kings

1

W1

Victoria Salmon Kings

4th

P3

Bakersfield Condors

2

Kelly Cup winner

Kelly Cup winner Cincinnati Cyclones

Mathieu Aubin , Thomas Beauregard , Jimmy Bonneau , Maxime Daigneault , Jean-Michel Daoust , Jason Deitsch , David Desharnais , Cédrick Desjardins , Barret Ehgoetz , Jon Gleed , Billy Irish-Baker , Olivier Latendresse , Matt Macdonald , Ryan Maki , Conrad Martin , TJ McElroy , Sean Perkins , Scott Reynolds , Ryan Russell , Chad Starling , Bryan Schmidt , Jeremy Swanson , Matt Syroczynski , Avery Wilson Trainers: Chuck Weber

Awarded trophies

Award	player	team
John Brophy Award Best Trainer	Chuck Weber	Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL Most Valuable Player Best player of the regular season	David Desharnais	Cincinnati Cyclones
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player Best player of the playoffs	Cédrick Desjardins	Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL Rookie of the Year Best rookie of the regular season	David Desharnais	Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL Goaltender of the Year Best goalkeeper of the regular season	Anton Chudobin	Texas Wildcatters
ECHL Defenseman of the Year Best Regular Season Defender	Peter Metcalf	Alaska Aces
ECHL Leading Scorer Best scorer of the regular season	David Desharnais	Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL Plus Performer Award Player with the best plus / minus balance	Chad Starling	Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL Sportsmanship Award High sporting standard and exemplary behavior	Jeff Campbell	Gwinnett Gladiators
Birmingham Memorial Award Best Referee	David Jones
Kelly Cup winner of the ECHL playoffs	Cincinnati Cyclones
Henry Brabham Cup Best team of the regular season	Cincinnati Cyclones
EA "Bud" Gingher Memorial Trophy Best Team at the American Conference	Cincinnati Cyclones
Bruce Taylor Trophy Best Team in the National Conference	Las Vegas Wranglers

Web links

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