2022–23 ECHL season

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2022–23 ECHL season
LeagueECHL
SportIce hockey
DurationOctober 21, 2022 – April 16, 2023
Regular season
Brabham CupIdaho Steelheads
Season MVPHank Crone (Allen)
Top scorerHank Crone (Allen)
Playoffs
Eastern championsFlorida Everblades
  Eastern runners-upNewfoundland Growlers
Western championsIdaho Steelheads
  Western runners-upToledo Walleye
Playoffs MVPCam Johnson (Florida)
Kelly Cup
ChampionsFlorida Everblades
  Runners-upIdaho Steelheads
ECHL seasons

The 2022–23 ECHL season was the 35th season of the ECHL. The regular season began on October 21, 2022, and ended on April 16, 2023, with the 2023 Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. 28 teams in 20 states and two Canadian provinces played 72 games.[1]

Team changes

  • The league added a new expansion team, the Savannah Ghost Pirates in Savannah, Georgia.[2] With the addition of Savannah to the South Division and the move of the Norfolk Admirals from the South Division to the North Division, it made all the divisions equal at 7 teams each for the first time since the 2014-15 ECHL season, not counting the 2020-21 ECHL season, where only 14 teams played in two seven-team divisions.

Affiliation changes

ECHL team New affiliates Former affiliates
Allen Americans[3][4][5] Ottawa Senators (NHL)
Belleville Senators (AHL) 		Seattle Kraken (NHL)
Charlotte Checkers (AHL)
Atlanta Gladiators[6][7][8] Arizona Coyotes (NHL)
Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) 		Ottawa Senators (NHL)
Belleville Senators (AHL)
Florida Everblades[9][10] Florida Panthers (NHL)
Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 		Nashville Predators (NHL)
Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)
Fort Wayne Komets[11][12][13] Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
Bakersfield Condors (AHL) 		Vegas Golden Knights (NHL)
Henderson Silver Knights (AHL)
Greenville Swamp Rabbits[14][15][16] Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
Ontario Reign (AHL) 		Florida Panthers (NHL)
Charlotte Checkers (AHL)
Kansas City Mavericks[17][18] Seattle Kraken (NHL)
Coachella Valley Firebirds (AHL) 		Calgary Flames (NHL)
Stockton Heat (AHL)
Rapid City Rush[19] Calgary Flames (NHL)
Calgary Wranglers (AHL) 		Arizona Coyotes (NHL)
Tucson Roadrunners (AHL)
Savannah Ghost Pirates[20] Vegas Golden Knights (NHL)
Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) 		Expansion team
Wichita Thunder[21][22] San Jose Sharks (NHL)
San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 		Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
Bakersfield Condors (AHL)

Annual Board of Governors meeting

Beginning the 2022–23 ECHL season, The Board of Governors approved utilizing a two-referee system for 25 percent of all League regular-season games during the 2022–23 Season. Each team will play nine home games where the two-referee system is used.[23]

All-star game

The 2023 All Star Game was held on January 16, 2023, in Norfolk Scope Arena, home arena of the Norfolk Admirals.[24]

Standings

Updated through games of April 16, 2023

Eastern Conference

North Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Pts%
y – Newfoundland Growlers (TOR) 72 48 22 2 0 271 217 98 0.681
x – Reading Royals (PHI) 72 41 25 5 1 262 215 88 0.611
x – Maine Mariners (BOS) 72 42 27 2 1 267 210 87 0.604
x – Adirondack Thunder (NJD) 72 32 29 9 2 237 243 75 0.521
Worcester Railers (NYI) 72 34 34 4 0 227 242 72 0.500
Trois-Rivières Lions (MTL) 72 29 40 3 0 216 273 61 0.424
Norfolk Admirals (CAR) 72 21 46 2 3 203 318 47 0.326
South Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Pts%
y – South Carolina Stingrays (WAS) 72 45 22 4 1 263 194 95 0.660
x – Jacksonville Icemen (NYR) 72 44 24 3 1 235 209 93 0.646
x – Greenville Swamp Rabbits (LAK) 72 40 23 8 1 244 211 89 0.618
x – Florida Everblades (FLA) 72 38 25 4 5 225 213 85 0.590
Atlanta Gladiators (ARI) 72 35 30 6 1 226 240 77 0.535
Orlando Solar Bears (TBL) 72 30 33 8 1 221 264 69 0.479
Savannah Ghost Pirates (VGK) 72 28 34 9 1 207 258 66 0.458

Western Conference

Central Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Pts%
y – Cincinnati Cyclones (BUF) 72 47 16 6 3 266 216 103 0.715
x – Toledo Walleye (DET) 72 45 19 5 3 254 182 98 0.681
x – Indy Fuel (CHI) 72 43 24 5 0 244 208 91 0.632
x – Fort Wayne Komets (EDM) 72 34 31 4 3 270 275 75 0.521
Kalamazoo Wings (CBJ) 72 29 37 5 1 178 226 64 0.444
Wheeling Nailers (PIT) 72 29 38 5 0 223 244 63 0.438
Iowa Heartlanders (MIN) 72 22 36 13 1 189 256 58 0.403
Mountain Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts Pts%
z – Idaho Steelheads (DAL) 72 58 11 1 2 290 153 119 0.826
x – Allen Americans (OTT) 72 37 32 2 1 260 263 77 0.535
x – Kansas City Mavericks (SEA) 72 34 30 6 2 222 224 76 0.528
x – Utah Grizzlies (COL) 72 35 33 4 0 225 259 74 0.514
Wichita Thunder (SJS) 72 33 32 6 1 227 238 73 0.507
Rapid City Rush (CGY) 72 33 34 5 0 242 272 71 0.493
Tulsa Oilers (ANA) 72 22 41 8 1 203 279 53 0.368

 x  – clinched playoff spot,  y  – clinched regular season division title,  z  – Brabham Cup (regular season) champion

Postseason

Playoffs format

At the end of the regular season, the top four teams in each division qualify for the 2023 Kelly Cup playoffs and are seeded one through four based on the highest points total earned in the season. Then 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 champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.

Bracket

{{#section:2023 Kelly Cup playoffs|2023bracket}}

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ECHL RELEASES 2022–23 SCHEDULE". echl.com. ECHL. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  2. ↑ "INTRODUCING THE SAVANNAH GHOST PIRATES". ECHL. October 27, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  3. ↑ "AMERICANS SIGN NEW AFFILIATION". echl.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Senators reach affiliation agreement with ECHL's Allen Americans". bellevillesens.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ottawa Senators reach affiliation agreement with ECHL's Allen Americans". nhl.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Coyotes Announce New ECHL Affiliation Agreement with Atlanta Gladiators". nhl.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. ↑ "COYOTES ANNOUNCE ECHL AFFILIATION WITH ATLANTA". tucsonroadrunners.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  8. ↑ "GLADIATORS ANNOUNCE NEW NHL AFFILIATION WITH ARIZONA COYOTES". atlantagladiators.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Florida Panthers, Florida Everblades Enter Affiliation Agreement". nhl.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  10. ↑ "FLORIDA EVERBLADES, FLORIDA PANTHERS ENTER AFFILIATION AGREEMENT". floridaeverblades.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  11. ↑ "The Edmonton Oilers' ECHL affiliate will be the Fort Wayne Komets". oilersnation.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  12. ↑ "RELEASE: Oilers announce ECHL affiliation with Fort Wayne Komets". nhl.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Komets Announce Affiliation with the Edmonton Oilers". www.komets.com. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  14. ↑ "LA Kings Announce ECHL Affiliation with Greenville Swamp Rabbits". ontarioreign.com. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  15. ↑ "LA Kings Announce ECHL Affiliation With Greenville Swamp Rabbits". nhl.com. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  16. ↑ "LA KINGS ANNOUNCE ECHL AFFILIATION WITH GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS". swamprabbits.com. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  17. ↑ "MAVERICKS JOIN FORCES WITH KRAKEN". echl.com. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  18. ↑ "MAVERICKS ANNOUNCE NEW AFFILIATION WITH THE SEATTLE KRAKEN". kcmavericks.com. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  19. ↑ "RUSH REACH AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH NHL'S CALGARY FLAMES". rapidcityrush.com. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Viva Las Vegas! Savannah Ghost Pirates hockey officials announce NHL affiliation". Savannah Morning News. May 19, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  21. ↑ "THUNDER ENTERS AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH SAN JOSE". wichitathunder.com. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Sharks Enter Affiliation Agreement With Wichita Thunder". nhl.com. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Annual ECHL Board of Governors Meeting concludes".
  24. ↑ "Logo, details announced for 2023 Warrior/ECHL All-Star Classic".

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