ECHL 2019/20

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The 2019/20 season was the 33rd season of the ECHL . All 26 teams were to play 72 games each in the regular season, which was originally supposed to run from October 11, 2019 to April 5, 2020. Due to the corona virus pandemic, however, the season was canceled on March 14, 2020.

Team changes

The Manchester Monarchs stopped playing.

Regular season

The ECHL teams since the 2019/20 season. Points of the same color correspond to the division into a division. The small map shows Newfoundland.

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

Eastern Conference

North Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Newfoundland Growlers	60	42	17th	0	1	240	177	85
Reading Royals	60	37	17th	5	1	218	176	80
Brampton Beast	62	34	25th	3	0	229	206	71
Maine Mariners	62	32	26th	3	1	182	186	68
Adirondack Thunder	63	22nd	28	8th	5	197	219	57
Worcester Railers	61	21st	36	4th	0	161	230	46

South Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
South Carolina Stingrays	62	44	14th	3	1	216	147	92
Florida Everblades	62	43	13	4th	2	227	156	92
Greenville Swamp Rabbits	64	29	30th	4th	1	210	226	63
Atlanta Gladiators	61	29	28	2	2	200	230	62
Orlando Solar Bears	62	27	29	5	1	170	180	60
Jacksonville Icemen	60	24	29	6th	1	173	206	55
Norfolk Admirals	60	14th	38	8th	0	149	248	36

Western Conference

Central Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Cincinnati Cyclones	63	38	17th	7th	1	196	161	84
Toledo Walleye	59	37	17th	4th	1	225	163	79
Fort Wayne Comet	62	31	23	6th	2	218	220	70
Indy Fuel	60	30th	26th	2	2	195	175	64
Kalamazoo Wings	61	23	30th	7th	1	194	241	54
Wheeling Nailers	59	24	30th	5	0	163	206	53

Mountain Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
All Americans	62	40	14th	6th	2	247	195	88
Idaho steelheads	61	36	18th	3	4th	168	155	79
Utah grizzlies	62	34	17th	7th	4th	207	164	79
Tulsa Oilers	63	29	26th	7th	1	199	196	66
Rapid City Rush	60	29	25th	5	1	181	200	64
Wichita Thunder	62	24	30th	8th	0	181	233	56
Kansas City Mavericks	61	24	32	4th	1	167	217	53

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
Josh Kestner	Toledo Walleye	58	33	40	73	+23	44
David Vallorani	Brampton Beast	62	31	40	71	+22	18th
Tyler Sheehy	All Americans	47	26th	44	70	+11	4th
Jesse Schultz	Cincinnati Cyclones	62	25th	39	64	+22	41
Brady Ferguson	Newfoundland Growlers	57	24	39	63	+21	22nd
Shane Berschbach	Toledo Walleye	56	20th	43	63	+20	17th
Brady Shaw	Fort Wayne Comet	48	27	35	62	+15	48
Tim McGauley	Utah grizzlies	49	20th	42	62	+35	15th
Daniel Leavens	Brampton Beast	60	26th	34	60	+25	38
Brett McKenzie	Fort Wayne Comet	56	23	37	60	+10	49

The best plus / minus statistic was achieved by Ben Masella from the Florida Everblades with a value of +40. Furthermore recorded Alex Breton of the Allen Americans also 44 assists.

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
Tomas Sholl	Idaho steelheads	41	2465	28	8th	5	88	5	92.4	2.14
Parker Milner	South Carolina Stingrays	30th	1772	20th	6th	3	65	7th	92.3	2.20
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Cincinnati Cyclones	23	1338	12	7th	3	50	3	91.2	2.24
Logan Thompson	South Carolina Stingrays	32	1922	23	8th	1	72	3	92.9	2.25
Billy Christopoulos	Toledo Walleye	30th	1832	24	3	3	70	1	93.2	2.29
Zachary Fucale	Orlando Solar Bears	24	1322	10	8th	4th	52	4th	92.8	2.36

Awards

Awarded trophies

Award	player	team
John Brophy Award Best Trainer	Steve Bergin	South Carolina Stingrays
ECHL Most Valuable Player Best player of the regular season	Josh Kestner	Toledo Walleye
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player Best player of the playoffs	not forgiven
ECHL Rookie of the Year Best rookie of the regular season	Tyler Sheehy	All Americans
ECHL Goaltender of the Year Best goalkeeper of the regular season	Tomas Sholl	Idaho steelheads
ECHL Defenseman of the Year Best Regular Season Defender	Alex Breton	All Americans
ECHL Leading Scorer Best scorer of the regular season	Josh Kestner	Toledo Walleye
ECHL Plus Performer Award Player with the best plus / minus balance	Ben Masella	Florida Everblades
ECHL Sportsmanship Award High sporting standard and exemplary behavior	Spencer Watson	Indy Fuel
ECHL General Manager of the Year Award Best General Manager of the Season	Steve Martinson	All Americans
Kelly Cup winner of the ECHL playoffs	not forgiven
Henry Brabham Cup Best team of the regular season	not forgiven
EA “Bud” Gingher Memorial Trophy Best team in the Eastern Conference	not forgiven
Bruce Taylor Trophy Best Team of the Western Conference	not forgiven

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack:	Josh Kestner - Tyler Sheehy - David Vallorini
Defense:	Alex Breton - Logan Roe
Goal:	Tomas Sholl

Second all-star team
Attack:	Brady Ferguson - Tim McGauley - Jesse Schultz
Defense:	Eric Knodel - Miles Liberati
Goal:	Parker Milner

All-rookie team
Attack:	Samuel Asselin - Justin Brazeau - Tyler Sheehy
Defense:	Justin Baudry - Joseph Duszak
Goal:	Billy Christopoulos

Web links

ECHL 2019/20 on hockeydb.com

Individual evidence

↑ ECHL cancels remainder of 2019-20 Season. echl.com, March 14, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 .

[1] ECHL cancels remainder of 2019-20 Season. echl.com, March 14, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 .