ECHL 2014/15

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The 2014/15 season was ECHL's 27th regular season . After the dissolution of the Central Hockey League , 28 teams competed. The team with the highest points in the regular season were the Toledo Walleye . However, the Kelly Cup was won by the newcomer Allen Americans , who prevailed in the final series against the South Carolina Stingrays with 4-3 victories.

Team changes

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

• The Las Vegas Wranglers withdrew from ECHL gaming operations.
• The Indy Fuel entered the league as an expansion team.
• On October 7, 2014, ten days before the start of the season, it was announced that the following teams moved to the ECHL after the split-up Central Hockey League : Allen Americans , Brampton Beast , Missouri Mavericks , Quad City Mallards , Rapid City Rush , Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder . They competed in the newly formed Central Division, part of the Western Conference.

Franchises for the 2014/15 season

Cincinnati Evansville Fort Wayne Kalamazoo Toledo Wheeling Indy Elmira Reading Florida Greenville Gwinnett Orlando South carolina Brampton Missouri Quad City Rapid City Everyone Tulsa Wichita Alaska Colorado Idaho Utah Bakersfield Ontario Stockton

The ECHL teams in the 2014/15 season. Points of the same color correspond to the division into a division.

Western Conference team Location Stadion Pacific Division Alaska Aces Anchorage , Alaska Sullivan Arena Bakersfield Condors Bakersfield , California Rabobank Arena Colorado Eagles Loveland , Colorado Budweiser Events Center Idaho steelheads Boise , Idaho CenturyLink Arena Ontario Reign Ontario , California Citizens Business Bank Arena Stockton Thunder Stockton , California Stockton Arena Utah grizzlies West Valley City , Utah Maverik Center Central Division All Americans Allen , Texas All event centers Brampton Beast Brampton , Ontario , Canada Powerade Center Missouri Mavericks Independence , Missouri Independence Events Center Quad City Mallards Moline , Illinois iWireless Center Rapid City Rush Rapid City , South Dakota Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Tulsa Oilers Tulsa , Oklahoma BOK Center Wichita Thunder Wichita , Kansas Intrust Bank Arena

Eastern Conference team Location Stadion North Division Cincinnati Cyclones Cincinnati , Ohio US Bank Arena Evansville IceMen Evansville , Indiana Ford Center Fort Wayne Comet Fort Wayne , Indiana Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Indy Fuel Indianapolis , Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum Kalamazoo Wings Kalamazoo , Michigan Wings Stadium Toledo Walleye Toledo , Ohio Huntington Center Wheeling Nailers Wheeling , West Virginia WesBanco Arena East Division Elmira Jackals Elmira , New York First arena Florida Everblades Estero , Florida Germain Arena Greenville Road Warriors Greenville , South Carolina Bon Secours Wellness Arena Gwinnett Gladiators Duluth , Georgia Arena at Gwinnett Center Orlando Solar Bears Orlando , Florida Amway Center Reading Royals Reading , Pennsylvania Santander Arena South Carolina Stingrays North Charleston , South Carolina North Charleston Coliseum

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = defeat after overtime , SOL = defeat after shootout, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The position within the conference is in brackets; Playoff qualification , division winner , conference winner

Eastern Conference

North Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Toledo Walleye	72	50	15th	5	2	281	182	107
Fort Wayne Comet	72	48	18th	2	4th	251	200	102
Kalamazoo Wings	72	36	30th	3	3	226	233	78
Wheeling Nailers	72	37	33	1	1	210	213	76
Cincinnati Cyclones	72	31	30th	2	9	195	212	73
Indy Fuel	72	31	30th	4th	7th	197	221	73
Evansville IceMen	72	15th	48	6th	3	169	271	39

East Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Florida Everblades	72	49	16	2	5	267	208	105
South Carolina Stingrays	72	45	20th	1	6th	224	163	97
Reading Royals	72	45	21st	4th	2	259	210	96
Orlando Solar Bears	72	37	25th	6th	4th	236	215	84
Greenville Road Warriors	72	39	29	1	3	216	215	82
Elmira Jackals	72	32	33	0	7th	186	217	71
Gwinnett Gladiators	72	20th	45	3	4th	174	263	47

Western Conference

Central Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
All Americans	72	48	14th	6th	4th	292	203	106
Rapid City Rush	72	37	28	2	5	218	206	81
Quad City Mallards	72	37	28	4th	3	205	186	81
Tulsa Oilers	72	37	29	3	3	248	244	80
Wichita Thunder	72	32	31	2	7th	213	240	73
Missouri Mavericks	72	28	35	5	4th	192	231	65
Brampton Beast	72	23	46	3	0	181	298	49

Pacific Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Idaho steelheads	72	48	18th	2	4th	258	187	102
Ontario Reign	72	43	19th	4th	6th	239	184	96
Colorado Eagles	72	41	23	4th	4th	236	209	90
Utah grizzlies	72	37	27	5	3	213	219	82
Alaska Aces	72	35	30th	3	4th	237	233	77
Bakersfield Condors	72	26th	38	3	5	202	265	60
Stockton Thunder	72	21st	49	1	1	199	296	44

Best scorer

Source: ECHL, abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , Pkt = points, SM = penalty minutes, +/– = plus / minus ; Fat: best value

Nat.	player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
	Chad Costello	All Americans	72	41	84	125	36	+43
	Wade MacLeod	Idaho steelheads	72	38	42	80	94	+23
	Jesse Schultz	Rapid City Rush	70	34	43	77	65	+6
	Brendan Connolly	Alaska Aces	62	31	46	77	112	+15
	Drew Fisher	Tulsa Oilers	68	18th	59	77	36	+22
	Jack Combs	Allen Americans Stockton Thunder Cincinnati Cyclones	47	31	45	76	47	+23
	Shawn Szydlowski	Fort Wayne Comet	57	38	36	74	50	+34
	Tyler Barnes	Toledo Walleye	71	34	40	74	30th	+20
	Gary Steffes	All Americans	63	44	29	73	59	+31
	Adam Brace	Florida Everblades	71	35	37	72	40	+29
	Brett Lyon 1	Allen Americans Brampton Beast	66	6th	12	18th	311	-29
	Mike Little 2	Florida Everblades	63	13	41	54	14th	+46
	Drew Daniels 2	Fort Wayne Comet	72	4th	41	45	14th	+46

¹ For comparison: player with the most penalty minutes
² For comparison: player with the best plus / minus value

Best goalkeeper

(Goalkeepers who have completed at least 1440 minutes)

Nat.	player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
	Jeff Jakaitis	South Carolina Stingrays	37	2176: 00	71	7th	1.96	92.4
	Parker Milner	Quad City Mallards	43	2497: 00	95	2	2.28	92.0
	Garret Sparks	Orlando Solar Bears	36	1946: 00	76	5	2.34	93.6
	Jeff Lerg	Toledo Walleye	45	2635: 00	104	4th	2.37	92.0
	Jussi Olkinuora	Ontario Reign	43	2560: 00	103	1	2.41	91.6

Source: ECHL, abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals against goals , Sv% = shots saved (in%) ; Fat: best value

Kelly Cup Playoffs

Playoff tree

Division semi-finals

Division finals

Conference finals

Kelly Cup Final

N1

Toledo Walleye

4th

N4

Wheeling Nailers

3

N1

Toledo Walleye

4th

N2

Fort Wayne Comet

3

N2

Fort Wayne Comet

4th

N3

Kalamazoo Wings

1

N1

Toledo Walleye

3

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

4th

E1

Florida Everblades

4th

E4

Orlando Solar Bears

2

E1

Florida Everblades

2

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

4th

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

4th

E3

Reading Royals

3

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

3

C1

All Americans

4th

C1

All Americans

4th

C4

Tulsa Oilers

1

C1

All Americans

4th

C2

Rapid City Rush

2

C2

Rapid City Rush

4th

C3

Quad City Mallards

3

C1

All Americans

4th

P2

Ontario Reign

3

P1

Idaho steelheads

2

P4

Utah grizzlies

4th

P4

Utah grizzlies

1

P2

Ontario Reign

4th

P2

Ontario Reign

4th

P3

Colorado Eagles

3

Conference Finals

Toledo Walleye (N1) vs. South Carolina Stingrays (E2) date Home team Away team Note May 15 Toledo 1 2 South carolina May 16 Toledo 3 4th South carolina May 20th South carolina 6th 5 Toledo OT May 22 South carolina 4th 5 Toledo 23. May South carolina 4th 5 Toledo OT May 26 Toledo 5 4th South carolina OT May 27th Toledo 0 1 South carolina 3OT South Carolina wins the series 4-3.

Allen Americans (C1) vs. Ontario Reign (P2) date Home team Away team Note 17th of May Everyone 8th 2 Ontario May 18 Everyone 0 3 Ontario May 21 Ontario 4th 1 Everyone 23. May Ontario 5 0 Everyone May 24th Ontario 2 6th Everyone May 26 Everyone 2 1 Ontario May 27th Everyone 3 1 South carolina Everyone wins the series 4: 3.

Kelly Cup Finals

May 31, 2015

Allen Americans Tr. Ludwig (0:58) G. Steffes (34:23) S. Asuchak (41:43)

3: 4 (1: 3, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

South Carolina Stingrays A. Rowe (3:45) W. Simpson (6:19) W. Simpson (10:50) S. Dolan (51:30)

Allen Event Center , All Spectators: 4,047

2nd June 2015

Allen Americans D. Stevenson (6:04) G. Steffes (31:17) G. Steffes (39:43) S. Asuchak (44:43) K. Abeltshauser (59:46)

5: 2 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 2) game report

South Carolina Stingrays S. Ford (41:48) S. Dolan (49:40)

All Event Center, All Viewers: 3,804

3rd June 2015

Allen Americans C. Crane (47:33)

1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 3) game report

South Carolina Stingrays M. Čajkovský (29:02) A. Rowe (45:16) A. Rowe (56:50) W. Simpson (58:07)

All Event Center, All Viewers: 3,604

June 7, 2015

South Carolina Stingrays D. DeBlois (9:02) C. Herbert (31:49)

2: 3 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Allen Americans D. Stevenson (6:15) G. Hanson (6:44) V. Arseneau (88:49)

North Charleston Coliseum , North Charleston Spectators: 7,058

June 9, 2015

South Carolina Stingrays P. Gaul (8:17) W. Simpson (56:05)

2: 3 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Allen Americans J. Schaafsma (29:09) C. Crane (43:01) G. Hanson (65:25)

North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston Spectators: 4,184

June 10, 2015

South Carolina Stingrays M. Perrier (8:59) J. Devin (31:47) F. Simonelli (34:12) J. Devin (58:15)

4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report

Allen Americans V. Arseneau (44:07)

North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston Spectators: 4,078

June 14, 2015

Allen Americans C. Costello (10:31) V. Arseneau (11:47) C. Costello (23:16) G. Steffes (26:21) C. Crane (39:52) V. Arseneau (48:51)

6: 1 (2: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 4: 3

South Carolina Stingray's A. Rowe (51:25)

All Event Center, All Spectators: 6,125

Best scorer

Source: ECHL, abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , Pkt = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

Nat.	player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
	Wayne Simpson	South Carolina Stingrays	27	13	25th	38	+20	8th
	Andrew Rowe	South Carolina Stingrays	27	15th	19th	34	+14	14th
	Greger Hanson	All Americans	25th	12	17th	29	+10	14th
	Derek DeBlois	South Carolina Stingrays	27	11	18th	29	+18	23
	Chad Costello	All Americans	25th	9	19th	28	-1	12
	Shane Berschbach	Toledo Walleye	21st	8th	17th	25th	+5	2
	Troy Schwab	Toledo Walleye	21st	8th	14th	22nd	+6	21st
	Spencer Asuchak	All Americans	25th	11	10	21st	+2	53
	Garry Nunn	Ontario Reign	19th	9	12	21st	+12	17th
	Chris Crane	All Americans	25th	10	10	20th	+17	20th
	Drew MacKenzie	South Carolina Stingrays	27	3	17th	20th	-1	16

Kelly Cup winner

Kelly Cup winner Allen Americans

Goalkeepers: Riley Gill , Joel Rumpel Defenders: Konrad Abeltshauser , Justin Baker , Garrett Clarke , Nolan Descoteaux , Kyle Follmer , Aaron Gens , Trevor Ludwig , Tyler Ludwig , Kevin Young Attackers: Vincent Arseneau , Spencer Asuchak , Chad Costello , Chris Crane , Greger Hanson , Jamie Schaafsma , Ian Schultz , Rylan Schwartz , Gary Steffes , Dyson Stevenson , Patrik Valčák Head Coach: Steve Martinson   Assistant Coach : Erik Adams

Awarded trophies

Award	player	team
John Brophy Award Best Trainer	Derek Lalonde	Toledo Walleye
ECHL Most Valuable Player Best player of the regular season	Jeff Jakaitis	South Carolina Stingrays
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player Best player of the playoffs	Greger Hanson	All Americans
ECHL Rookie of the Year Best rookie of the regular season	Tyler Barnes	Toledo Walleye
ECHL Goaltender of the Year Best goalkeeper of the regular season	Jeff Jakaitis	South Carolina Stingrays
ECHL Defenseman of the Year Best Regular Season Defender	Mike Little	Florida Everblades
ECHL Leading Scorer Best scorer of the regular season	Chad Costello	All Americans
ECHL Plus Performer Award Player with the best plus / minus balance	Drew Daniels Mike Little	Fort Wayne Comets Florida Everblades
ECHL Sportsmanship Award High sporting standard and exemplary behavior	Chad Costello	All Americans
Kelly Cup winner of the ECHL playoffs	All Americans
Henry Brabham Cup Best team of the regular season	Toledo Walleye
EA “Bud” Gingher Memorial Trophy Best team in the Eastern Conference	South Carolina Stingrays
Bruce Taylor Trophy Best Team of the Western Conference	All Americans

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack:	Chad Costello - Wade MacLeod - Shawn Szydlowski
Defense:	Matt Register - Mike Little
Goal:	Jeff Jakaitis

Second all-star team
Attack:	Adam Brace - Brendan Connolly - Gary Steffes
Defense:	Aaron Gens - Cameron Burt
Goal:	Jeff Lerg

All-rookie team
Attack:	Derek Army - Tyler Barnes - Jason Bast
Defense:	Steven Shamanski - Justin Baker
Goal:	Roman Will

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "ECHL Board of Governors announces major moves" ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, January 30, 2015, accessed June 15, 2015) 
2. ↑ "ECHL Accepts Seven New Members" ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, October 7, 2015, accessed June 15, 2015) 
3. ↑ Statistics ECHL. Retrieved June 15, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Goalkeeper statistics ECHL. Retrieved June 15, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Playoff statistics ECHL. Retrieved June 15, 2015 . 

Web links

• Official website of the ECHL