ECHL 2015/16

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The 2015/16 season was the 28th season of the ECHL . All 28 teams played 72 games each in the regular season, which was played from October 16, 2015 to April 9, 2016. The best points team of the regular season were the Missouri Mavericks , which won the Henry Brabham Cup . This was followed by the playoffs for the Kelly Cup , which, as in the previous year, was won by the Allen Americans . As in the previous season, the 2015/16 season was accompanied by major restructuring .

Team changes

All changes are due to the reorganization of the American Hockey League , which introduced a new Pacific Division and therefore the ECHL franchises from California swapped places with corresponding AHL teams.

• The Bakersfield Condors henceforth operate as Norfolk Admirals .
• The Ontario Reign are renamed the Manchester Monarchs .
• The Stockton Thunder are now called the Adirondack Thunder .

In addition, two teams from the South Division changed their names:

• The Greenville Road Warriors are henceforth active as Greenville Swamp Rabbits .
• The Gwinnett Gladiators now operate as Atlanta Gladiators .

mode

The four divisions introduced only a year earlier have now become six; the division into two conferences was retained. The first division in each division and the five other teams with the highest points in each conference qualify for the playoffs. In addition, 3-on-3 overtime was introduced (based on the AHL and NHL) , which is played for a full five minutes before a shootout occurs.

Regular season

Brampton Kalamazoo Toledo Wheeling Adirondack Elmira Manchester Norfolk Reading Atlanta Florida Greenville Orlando South carolina Cincinnati Evansville Fort Wayne Indy Quad City Everyone Missouri Tulsa Wichita Alaska Colorado Idaho Rapid City Utah

The ECHL teams in the 2015/16 season. Points of the same color correspond to the division into a division.

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 , Henry Brabham Cup winner

Eastern Conference

North Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Toledo Walleye (1)	72	47	20th	2	3	225	174	99
Wheeling Nailers (5)	72	37	26th	5	4th	214	211	83
Kalamazoo Wings (6)	72	38	28	5	1	233	230	82
Brampton Beast	72	23	38	7th	4th	179	255	57

East Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Manchester Monarchs (3)	72	39	24	4th	5	222	213	87
Adirondack Thunder (7)	72	38	28	2	4th	197	189	82
Reading Royals (8)	72	36	26th	6th	4th	222	194	82
Elmira Jackals	72	37	30th	3	2	206	214	79
Norfolk Admirals	72	30th	37	4th	1	201	232	65

South Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
South Carolina Stingrays (2)	72	44	18th	7th	3	224	162	98
Florida Everblades (4)	72	46	23	1	2	226	175	95
Orlando Solar Bears	72	33	30th	4th	5	224	232	75
Atlanta Gladiators	72	34	31	5	2	189	224	75
Greenville Swamp Rabbits	72	29	33	9	1	205	243	68

Western Conference

Midwest Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Fort Wayne Comets (2)	72	40	23	7th	2	240	200	89
Cincinnati Cyclones (7)	72	36	37	5	4th	222	210	81
Quad City Mallards (8)	72	37	29	4th	2	203	203	80
Evansville IceMen	72	29	33	7th	3	207	242	68
Indy Fuel	72	32	36	4th	0	174	201	68

Central Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Missouri Mavericks (1)	72	52	15th	3	2	234	162	109
Allen Americans (4)	72	41	24	3	4th	222	204	89
Tulsa Oilers	72	37	30th	3	2	191	191	79
Wichita Thunder	72	18th	41	7th	6th	150	240	49

West Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Colorado Eagles (3)	72	41	27	3	1	232	193	86
Idaho Steelheads (5)	72	38	24	7th	3	203	187	86
Utah Grizzlies (6)	72	39	27	3	3	223	206	84
Rapid City Rush	72	30th	35	3	4th	177	210	67
Alaska Aces	72	27	38	4th	3	189	237	61

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
Chad Costello	All Americans	72	24	79	103	36
Trent Daavettila	Colorado Eagles	71	25th	55	80	26th
Shawn Szydlowski	Fort Wayne Comet	62	25th	50	75	82
Riley Brace	Wheeling Nailers	56	26th	41	67	76
Shane Berschbach	Toledo Walleye	61	24	43	67	6th
Matt Willows	Florida Everblades	71	23	43	66	25th
Jack Downing	Cincinnati Cyclones	72	32	32	64	27
Ludwig Blomstrand	Kalamazoo Wings	71	29	34	63	42
Peter Sivák	Fort Wayne Comets Alaska Aces	61	22nd	41	63	35
Derek Nesbitt	Atlanta Gladiators	72	28	34	62	20th

Jesse Mychan of the Colorado Eagles also scored 32 goals.

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Bold: Season best

Only goalkeepers who have completed at least 1440 minutes are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.

player	team	GP	TOI	W.	L.	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Josh Robinson	Missouri Mavericks	32	1884	28	2	1	59	2	93.1	1.88
Vítek Vaněček	South Carolina Stingrays	32	1867	18th	7th	6th	63	4th	91.7	2.03
Martin Ouellette	Reading Royals	31	1797	17th	10	3	63	4th	92.2	2.10
Mark Dekanich	South Carolina Stingrays	35	2004	20th	9	4th	72	2	92.5	2.16
Jeff Lerg	Toledo Walleye	42	2514	28	11	3	91	3	92.5	2.17
Pat Nagle	Fort Wayne Comet	51	2969	28	12	8th	117	5	91.5	2.36
Joel Martin	Kalamazoo Wings	64	3777	36	21st	6th	185	3	91.8	2.94

Playoffs

Playoff tree

Division semi-finals

Division finals

Conference finals

Kelly Cup Final

E1

Toledo Walleye

3

E8

Reading Royals

4th

E8

Reading Royals

3

E5

Wheeling Nailers

4th

E4

Florida Everblades

2

E5

Wheeling Nailers

4th

E5

Wheeling Nailers

4th

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

3

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

4th

E7

Kalamazoo Wings

1

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

4th

E6

Adirondack Thunder

3

E3

Manchester monarchs

1

E6

Adirondack Thunder

4th

E5

Wheeling Nailers

2

W4

All Americans

4th

W1

Missouri Mavericks

4th

W8

Quad City Mallards

0

W1

Missouri Mavericks

2

W4

All Americans

4th

W4

All Americans

4th

W5

Idaho steelheads

3

W4

All Americans

4th

W2

Fort Wayne Comet

1

W2

Fort Wayne Comet

4th

W7

Cincinnati Cyclones

3

W2

Fort Wayne Comet

4th

W6

Utah grizzlies

0

W3

Colorado Eagles

2

W6

Utah grizzlies

4th

Kelly Cup winner

Kelly Cup winner Allen Americans

Vincent Arseneau , Spencer Asuchak , Thomas Carr , Chad Costello , Justin Courtnall , Danny Federico , Aaron Gens , Riley Gill , Greger Hanson , Jake Hildebrand , Ņikita Jevpalovs , Tristan King , JP LaFontaine , David Makowski , Kyle Neuber , Casey Pierro-Zabotel , Rick Pinkston , Matt Register , Jordan Rowley , Eric Roy , Joel Rumpel , Gary Steffes , Dyson Stevenson Trainers: Steve Martinson

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
Chad Costello	All Americans	24	7th	29	36	4th
Riley Brace	Wheeling Nailers	26th	5	22nd	27	30th
Greger Hanson	All Americans	23	15th	8th	23	18th
John McCarron	Wheeling Nailers	25th	11	12	23	42
Mathew Maione	Wheeling Nailers	26th	6th	17th	23	20th
Cody Wydo	Wheeling Nailers	26th	12	9	21st	12
Eric Roy	All Americans	23	5	16	21st	8th
David Makowski	All Americans	18th	5	15th	20th	20th
Shawn Szydlowski	Fort Wayne Comet	16	10	9	19th	15th
Austin Fyten	South Carolina Stingrays	19th	8th	11	19th	28

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Bold: Season best

Only goalkeepers who have completed at least 1440 minutes are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.

player	team	GP	TOI	W.	L.	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Mark Dekanich	South Carolina Stingrays	10	603	5	3	1	17th	2	92.2	1.69
Josh Robinson	Missouri Mavericks	7th	416	4th	3	0	15th	0	92.6	2.16
Ken Appleby	Adirondack Thunder	12	754	7th	4th	1	29	1	92.0	2.31
Riley Gill	All Americans	19th	997	12	5	0	39	1	92.3	2.35
Adam Morrison	Reading Royals	6th	344	3	3	0	14th	0	92.4	2.45
Brad Thiessen	Cincinnati Cyclones	7th	454	3	2	2	19th	0	92.6	2.51

Awards

Awarded trophies

Award	player	team
John Brophy Award Best Trainer	Richard Matvichuk	Missouri Mavericks
ECHL Most Valuable Player Best player of the regular season	Chad Costello	All Americans
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player Best player of the playoffs	Chad Costello	All Americans
ECHL Rookie of the Year Best rookie of the regular season	Matt Willows	Florida Everblades
ECHL Goaltender of the Year Best goalkeeper of the regular season	Josh Robinson	All Americans
ECHL Defenseman of the Year Best Regular Season Defender	Mathew Maione	Wheeling Nailers
ECHL Leading Scorer Best scorer of the regular season	Chad Costello	All Americans
ECHL Plus Performer Award Player with the best plus / minus balance	Joey Leach	South Carolina Stingrays
ECHL Sportsmanship Award High sporting standard and exemplary behavior	Shane Berschbach	Toledo Walleye
ECHL General Manager of the Year Award Best General Manager of the Season	Richard Matvichuk	Missouri Mavericks
Kelly Cup winner of the ECHL playoffs	All Americans
Henry Brabham Cup Best team of the regular season	Missouri Mavericks
EA “Bud” Gingher Memorial Trophy Best team in the Eastern Conference	Wheeling Nailers
Bruce Taylor Trophy Best Team of the Western Conference	All Americans

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack:	Shane Berschbach - Chad Costello - Trent Daavettila
Defense:	Mathew Maione - Adrian Veideman
Goal:	Josh Robinson

Second all-star team
Attack:	Riley Brace - Jesse Root - Shawn Szydlowski
Defense:	Adam Comrie - William Wrenn
Goal:	Jeff Lerg

All-rookie team
Attack:	Dan DeSalvo - Cason Hohmann - Matt Willows
Defense:	Jacob MacDonald - Ben Marshall
Goal:	Vítek Vaněček

Web links

• ECHL 2015/16 on hockeydb.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Annual ECHL Board of Governors Meeting concludes. (No longer available online.) Echl.com, June 29, 2015, archived from the original on July 1, 2015 ; accessed on July 9, 2015 . 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.