ECHL 2017/18
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The 2017/18 season was the 30th season of the ECHL . All 27 teams played 72 games each in the regular season, which ran from October 13, 2017 to April 8, 2018. This was followed by the playoffs for the Kelly Cup , in which the Colorado Eagles defended their title.
Team changes
- The Alaska Aces were disbanded after the 2016/17 season . As of the 2018/19 season , the franchise will resume gaming as Maine Mariners in Portland , Maine .
- The Elmira Jackals were also disbanded.
- The Missouri Mavericks were renamed the Kansas City Mavericks .
- The Jacksonville Icemen franchise , previously known as Evansville IceMen , resumed gaming operations in the ECHL after a one-year break.
- The Worcester Railers were re-established.
Change of cooperation
Regular season
The ECHL teams since the 2017/18 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 against, Pts = points
Explanations: Playoff qualification , Henry Brabham Cup - winner
Eastern Conference
North Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Adirondack Thunder | 72 | 41 | 24 | 3 | 4th | 233 | 221 | 89 |
Manchester monarchs | 72 | 41 | 25th | 3 | 3 | 257 | 214 | 88 |
Reading Royals | 72 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 232 | 199 | 87 |
Worcester Railers | 72 | 37 | 27 | 4th | 4th | 194 | 193 | 82 |
Wheeling Nailers | 72 | 35 | 28 | 8th | 1 | 248 | 245 | 79 |
Brampton Beast | 72 | 28 | 34 | 6th | 4th | 210 | 245 | 66 |
South Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Florida Everblades | 72 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 4th | 261 | 171 | 112 |
South Carolina Stingrays | 72 | 48 | 16 | 7th | 1 | 214 | 153 | 104 |
Orlando Solar Bears | 72 | 33 | 30th | 6th | 3 | 212 | 228 | 65 |
Atlanta Gladiators | 72 | 32 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 205 | 229 | 69 |
Norfolk Admirals | 72 | 26th | 39 | 6th | 1 | 211 | 269 | 59 |
Jacksonville Icemen | 72 | 26th | 39 | 4th | 3 | 203 | 246 | 59 |
Greenville Swamp Rabbits | 72 | 24 | 40 | 7th | 1 | 202 | 284 | 56 |
Western Conference
Central Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Toledo Walleye | 72 | 50 | 17th | 3 | 2 | 242 | 170 | 105 |
Fort Wayne Comet | 72 | 46 | 20th | 5 | 1 | 290 | 216 | 98 |
Cincinnati Cyclones | 72 | 39 | 30th | 3 | 0 | 226 | 220 | 81 |
Indy Fuel | 72 | 36 | 30th | 5 | 1 | 242 | 248 | 78 |
Kalamazoo Wings | 72 | 34 | 34 | 4th | 3 | 251 | 251 | 75 |
Kansas City Mavericks | 72 | 34 | 32 | 4th | 2 | 204 | 223 | 74 |
Quad City Mallards | 72 | 25th | 42 | 4th | 1 | 196 | 295 | 55 |
Mountain Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Colorado Eagles | 72 | 48 | 18th | 4th | 2 | 265 | 214 | 102 |
Idaho steelheads | 72 | 44 | 20th | 5 | 3 | 244 | 188 | 96 |
All Americans | 72 | 35 | 29 | 6th | 2 | 235 | 232 | 78 |
Wichita Thunder | 72 | 34 | 30th | 6th | 2 | 222 | 235 | 76 |
Tulsa Oilers | 72 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 214 | 233 | 74 |
Utah grizzlies | 72 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 6th | 230 | 256 | 71 |
Rapid City Rush | 72 | 25th | 41 | 3 | 3 | 203 | 268 | 56 |
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 |
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Shawn Szydlowski | Fort Wayne Comet | 64 | 31 | 48 | 79 | +39 | 76 |
Jesse Schultz | Cincinnati Cyclones | 72 | 18th | 57 | 75 | +10 | 43 |
Matt Willows | Reading Royals | 72 | 32 | 42 | 74 | ± 0 | 49 |
Jordan Smotherman | Manchester monarchs | 69 | 34 | 38 | 72 | +22 | 51 |
Garrett Thompson | Fort Wayne Comet | 67 | 29 | 42 | 71 | +22 | 66 |
Casey Pierro-Zabotel | All Americans | 72 | 19th | 50 | 69 | +19 | 26th |
Brodie Dupont | Norfolk Admirals | 68 | 21st | 47 | 68 | -18 | 38 |
Michael Joly | Colorado Eagles | 52 | 41 | 26th | 67 | +30 | 22nd |
Gabriel Desjardins | Fort Wayne Comet | 58 | 33 | 34 | 67 | +35 | 31 |
Mitchell Heard | Florida Everblades | 63 | 25th | 42 | 67 | +34 | 153 |
The best plus / minus statistic was achieved by Logan Roe from the Florida Everblades with a value of +43.
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 |
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Parker Milner | South Carolina Stingrays | 38 | 2191 | 28 | 7th | 3 | 68 | 3 | 92.9 | 1.86 |
Martin Ouellette | Florida Everblades | 42 | 2520 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 85 | 4th | 92.1 | 2.02 |
Jeff Jakaitis | South Carolina Stingrays | 28 | 1688 | 18th | 7th | 3 | 60 | 2 | 92.2 | 2.13 |
Mitch Gillam | Worcester Railers | 41 | 2402 | 23 | 14th | 2 | 86 | 5 | 92.5 | 2.15 |
Joe Cannata | Colorado Eagles | 28 | 1679 | 21st | 5 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 93.1 | 2.22 |
Pat Nagle | Toledo Walleye | 50 | 2907 | 37 | 6th | 4th | 108 | 3 | 92.4 | 2.23 |
John Muse | Reading Royals | 26th | 1578 | 19th | 5 | 2 | 59 | 3 | 93.1 | 2.24 |
Kelly Cup Playoffs
Playoff tree
Division semi-finals | Division finals | Conference finals | Kelly Cup Final | |||||||||||||||
N1 | Adirondack Thunder | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
N4 | Worcester Railers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Adirondack Thunder | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
N2 | Manchester monarchs | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
N2 | Manchester monarchs | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
N3 | Reading Royals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Adirondack Thunder | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
S1 | Florida Everblades | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S1 | Florida Everblades | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S4 | Atlanta Gladiators | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
S1 | Florida Everblades | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S3 | Orlando Solar Bears | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
S2 | South Carolina Stingrays | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
S3 | Orlando Solar Bears | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S1 | Florida Everblades | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
M1 | Colorado Eagles | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
C1 | Toledo Walleye | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
C4 | Indy Fuel | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
C1 | Toledo Walleye | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Fort Wayne Comet | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Fort Wayne Comet | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
C3 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Fort Wayne Comet | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
M1 | Colorado Eagles | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
M1 | Colorado Eagles | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
M4 | Wichita Thunder | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
M1 | Colorado Eagles | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
M2 | Idaho steelheads | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
M2 | Idaho steelheads | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
M3 | All Americans | 3 |
Kelly Cup winner
Kelly Cup winner Colorado Eagles |
Travis Barron , JC Beaudin , Collin Bowman , Drayson Bowman , Sam Brittain , Joe Cannata , Matt Garbowsky , Ryan Harrison , Lukas Hafner , Michael Joly , Jake Marto , Nicolas Meloche , Julien Nantel , Chase Norrish , Ryan Olsen , Joey Ratelle , Matt Register , Brady Shaw , Shawn St-Amant , Ben Storm , Gabriel Verpaelst , Cliff Watson , Teigan Zahn Head Coach: Aaron Schneekloth |
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 |
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Michael Joly | Colorado Eagles | 24 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 16 |
Michael Kirkpatrick | Florida Everblades | 18th | 11 | 11 | 22nd | 12 |
Mitchell Heard | Florida Everblades | 20th | 9 | 13 | 22nd | 39 |
John McCarron | Florida Everblades | 21st | 10 | 10 | 20th | 62 |
Gabriel Desjardins | Fort Wayne Comet | 18th | 9 | 11 | 20th | 12 |
Matt Register | Colorado Eagles | 24 | 3 | 17th | 20th | 16 |
JC Beaudin | Colorado Eagles | 22nd | 10 | 8th | 18th | 6th |
Ryan Schmelzer | Adirondack Thunder | 17th | 9 | 8th | 17th | 24 |
Shawn Szydlowski | Fort Wayne Comet | 17th | 4th | 13 | 17th | 16 |
Garrett Thompson | Fort Wayne Comet | 18th | 7th | 9 | 16 | 16 |
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 180 minutes are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.
player | team | GP | TOI | W. | L. | OTL | GA | SO | Sv% | ATM |
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Mackenzie Blackwood | Adirondack Thunder | 5 | 240 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 96.4 | 1.00 |
Parker Milner | South Carolina Stingrays | 4th | 273 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7th | 0 | 92.6 | 1.54 |
Cal Heeter | Orlando Solar Bears | 8th | 443 | 4th | 3 | 0 | 14th | 1 | 94.5 | 1.90 |
John Muse | Reading Royals | 4th | 328 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 94.5 | 2.02 |
Joe Cannata | Colorado Eagles | 24 | 1434 | 16 | 6th | 1 | 61 | 2 | 91.3 | 2.55 |
Awards
Awarded trophies
All-star teams
First All-Star Team | |
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Attack: | Michael Joly - Jordan Smotherman - Shawn Szydlowski |
Defense: | David Makowski - Matt Register |
Goal: | Parker Milner |
Second all-star team | |
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Attack: | Justin Danforth - Jesse Schultz - Matt Willows |
Defense: | Eric Knodel - Nolan Zajac |
Goal: | Pat Nagle |
All-rookie team | |
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Attack: | Grant Besse - Justin Danforth - Reid Gardiner |
Defense: | Aaron Irving - TJ Melancon |
Goal: | Mitch Gillam |
Web links
- ECHL 2017/18 on hockeydb.com