2023–24 ECHL season

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2023–24 ECHL season
League ECHL
Sport Ice hockey
Duration October 19, 2023 – April 14, 2024
Regular season
Brabham Cup Kansas City Mavericks
Season MVP Brandon Hawkins (Toledo)
Top scorer Brandon Hawkins
Playoffs
Kelly Cup
ECHL seasons

The 2023–24 ECHL season is the 36th season of the ECHL. The regular season began on October 19, 2023, and will end on April 14, 2024, with the 2024 Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. Twenty-eight teams, all of which are affiliated with an NHL team, in 20 states and two Canadian provinces are scheduled to play 72 games.[1]

The league terminated the Newfoundland Growlers franchise on April 2, 2024, after the St. John's-based team's owners could not finalize the sale of the team by that date by league bylaws (but were able to sell the Trois-Rivières Lions before that, as they also owned the Lions). With this termination and following cancellation of their remaining games (3 vs Trois-Rivières and 3 vs Norfolk), the ECHL announced that the North Division standings would be decided by point % to make up for those missing games for Trois-Rivières and Norfolk Admirals[2][3]

US-based teams in the ECHL as of the 2023–24 season. Dot colors correspond to the divisional alignment.
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Canadian-based teams in the ECHL as of the 2023–24 season. Dot colors correspond to the divisional alignment.

League changes

Coaching changes

Old Coach New Coach Team
Ben Boudreau Jesse Kallechy Fort Wayne Komets
Eric Wellwood Matt Cooke Newfoundland Growlers
Dan Watson Pat Mikesch Toledo Walleye
Marc-Andre Bergeron Ron Choules Trois-Rivières Lions

Affiliation changes

ECHL team New affiliates Former affiliates
Atlanta Gladiators Nashville Predators (NHL)
Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)		 Arizona Coyotes (NHL)
Tucson Roadrunners (AHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones New York Rangers (NHL)
Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)		 Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
Rochester Americans (AHL)
Jacksonville Icemen Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
Rochester Americans (AHL)		 New York Rangers (NHL)
Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
Kalamazoo Wings Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
Abbotsford Canucks (AHL)		 Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)
Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
Norfolk Admirals Winnipeg Jets (NHL)
Manitoba Moose (AHL)		 Chicago Wolves (AHL)

All-star game

The 2024 All Star Game was held in January 2024, at Enmarket Arena, home arena of the Savannah Ghost Pirates.[4]

Standings

Final standings[5]

Eastern Conference

 x  – clinched playoff spot,  y  – clinched regular season division title,  z  – Brabham Cup (regular season) champion
 e  – indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention,  coi  – ceased operations immediately

North Division† GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Pts%
y – Adirondack Thunder (NJD) 72 43 18 7 4 241 212 97 0.674
x – Norfolk Admirals (CAR)/(WPG) 69 41 21 6 1 245 199 89 0.645
x – Trois-Rivières Lions (MTL) 69 31 30 5 3 204 229 70 0.507
x – Maine Mariners (BOS) 72 32 32 8 0 250 260 72 0.500
Worcester Railers (NYI) 72 32 32 5 3 210 238 72 0.500
Reading Royals (PHI) 72 29 35 6 2 198 247 66 0.458
coi – Newfoundland Growlers (TOR) 66 28 28 8 2 220 234 66 0.500

† Points percentage was used to determine playoff seedings due to the Newfoundland Growlers ceasing operations, causing the Norfolk Admirals and Trois-Rivières Lions to play three fewer games.


South Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Pts%
y – Greenville Swamp Rabbits (LAK) 72 44 23 4 1 224 212 93 0.646
x – Jacksonville Icemen (BUF) 72 42 23 6 1 238 195 91 0.632
x – Florida Everblades (FLA) 72 40 23 7 2 224 163 89 0.618
x – Orlando Solar Bears (TBL) 72 38 24 7 3 220 206 86 0.597
South Carolina Stingrays (WAS) 72 39 26 4 3 249 218 85 0.590
Savannah Ghost Pirates (VGK) 72 30 34 7 1 218 243 68 0.472
Atlanta Gladiators (NSH) 72 23 45 3 1 187 264 50 0.347

Western Conference

Central Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Pts%
y – Toledo Walleye (DET) 1 71 48 14 4 5 289 209 105 0.739
x – Indy Fuel (CHI) 72 39 25 6 2 230 221 86 0.597
x –Wheeling Nailers (PIT) 1 71 38 28 4 1 232 204 81 0.570
x –Kalamazoo Wings (VAN) 72 38 30 4 0 214 203 80 0.556
Fort Wayne Komets (EDM) 72 35 30 3 4 224 226 77 0.535
Cincinnati Cyclones (NYR) 72 31 34 7 0 236 261 69 0.479
Iowa Heartlanders (MIN) 72 27 37 6 2 186 250 62 0.431

1 The Toledo Walleye at Wheeling Nailers game scheduled for April 12 was cancelled and was not rescheduled as there were no remaining playoff implications.

Mountain Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Pts%
z – Kansas City Mavericks (SEA) 72 54 12 4 2 305 202 114 0.792
x – Idaho Steelheads (DAL) 72 48 20 2 2 303 242 100 0.694
x – Allen Americans (OTT) 72 33 35 3 1 233 276 70 0.486
x – Tulsa Oilers (ANA) 72 30 33 8 1 222 233 69 0.479
Utah Grizzlies (COL) 72 31 36 5 0 227 264 67 0.465
Rapid City Rush (CGY) 72 30 38 4 0 236 280 64 0.444
Wichita Thunder (SJS) 72 27 35 9 1 220 271 64 0.444

Postseason

Playoffs format

At the end of the regular season, the top four teams in each division qualify for the 2024 Kelly Cup playoffs and are seeded one through four based on the highest points total earned in the regular season. The first two rounds of the playoffs are held within the division, with the first seed facing the fourth seed and the second seed facing the third seed. The division champions then play each other in a conference championship. The Kelly Cup finals pit the Eastern Conference champions against the Western Conference champions. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.

Bracket

Division Semifinals[6] Division Finals[7] Conference Finals[8][9] Kelly Cup Finals[10]
                       
N1 Adirondack[11] 4
N4 Maine[12] 3
N1 Adirondack[28] 4
North Division
N2 Norfolk[29] 2
N2 Norfolk[13] 4
N3 Trois-Rivières[14] 2
N1 Adirondack[36] 2
Eastern Conference
S3 Florida[37] 4
S1 Greenville[15] 2
S4 Orlando[16] 4
S4 Orlando[30] 1
South Division
S3 Florida[31] 4
S2 Jacksonville[17] 3
S3 Florida[18] 4
S3 Florida[40][41] 4
M1 Kansas City[42] 1
C1 Toledo[19] 4
C4 Kalamazoo[20] 0
C1 Toledo[32] 4
Central Division
C3 Wheeling[33] 0
C2 Indy[21] 1
C3 Wheeling[22] 4
C1 Toledo[38] 2
Western Conference
M1 Kansas City[39] 4
M1 Kansas City[23][24] 4
M4 Tulsa[25] 0
M1 Kansas City[34] 4
Mountain Division
M2 Idaho[35] 1
M2 Idaho[26] 4
M3 Allen[27] 1


See also

References

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