Resultados

Date R Local vs Visitante -
03/28 23:05 - Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs Savannah Ghost Pirates 3-2
03/28 23:00 - [6] Jacksonville Icemen vs Orlando Solar Bears [11] 5-4
03/28 01:10 - [3] Idaho Steelheads vs Utah Grizzlies [21] 6-2
03/28 01:05 - Rapid City Rush vs Allen Americans 5-2
03/28 00:05 - Kansas City Mavericks vs Iowa Heartlanders 3-2
03/27 23:05 - [15] Newfoundland Growlers vs Worcester Railers [19] 2-5
03/27 23:00 - [2] Toledo Walleye vs Indy Fuel [10] 3-2
03/27 23:00 - Trois-Rivières Lions vs Reading Royals 3-1
03/25 23:00 - [8] Florida Everblades vs Orlando Solar Bears [11] 2-4
03/24 22:05 - Rapid City Rush vs Utah Grizzlies 4-1
03/24 21:00 - [14] Kalamazoo Wings vs Indy Fuel [10] 2-3
03/24 20:10 - [20] Cincinnati Cyclones vs Wheeling Nailers [12] 3-2

Wikipedia - ECHL

The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL).

The ECHL and the AHL are the only minor leagues recognized by the collective bargaining agreement between the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association, meaning any player signed to an entry-level NHL contract and designated for assignment must report to a club in either the ECHL or the AHL. Additionally, the league's players are represented by the Professional Hockey Players' Association in negotiations with the ECHL itself. At least 739 players have played at least one game in the NHL after appearing in the ECHL.

For the 2023–24 season, 28 of the 32 NHL teams have affiliations with an ECHL team with only the Arizona Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues having no official ECHL affiliations. NHL teams sometimes lend contracted players to ECHL teams with whom they have no affiliation agreements for development and increased playing time.

The league's regular season typically begins in October and ends in April, followed by the Kelly Cup playoffs. The most recent playoff champions are the Florida Everblades in 2023.

History

The league, which combined teams from the defunct Atlantic Coast Hockey League and All-American Hockey League, began to play as the East Coast Hockey League in 1988 with five teams— the (Winston-Salem, North) Carolina Thunderbirds (now the Wheeling Nailers); the Erie Panthers (folded in 2011 as the Victoria Salmon Kings); the Johnstown Chiefs (now the Greenville Swamp Rabbits); the Knoxville Cherokees (ceased operations as the Pee Dee Pride in 2005; folded in 2009 following failed relocation efforts); and the Virginia Lancers (now the Utah Grizzlies).

In 2003, the West Coast Hockey League ceased operations, and the ECHL board of governors approved membership applications from the Anchorage/Alaska Aces, the Bakersfield Condors, the Fresno Falcons, the Idaho Steelheads, the Las Vegas Wranglers, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the San Diego Gulls as well as from potential teams in Ontario, California, and Reno, Nevada. Alaska, Bakersfield, Fresno, Idaho, Las Vegas, Long Beach and San Diego began play in the 2003–04 season as expansion teams. In a change reflective of the league's now-nationwide presence, the East Coast Hockey League shortened its name to the orphan initialism ECHL on May 19, 2003. The ECHL reached its largest size to date (31 teams) that season before being reduced to 28 teams for the 2004–05 season.

The ECHL has attempted to be more tech-friendly to its fans. Some improvements on the league's website have included a new schedule and statistics engine powered by League Stat, Inc. (introduced in 2006), internet radio coverage for most teams, and pay-per view broadcasting of ECHL games through B2 Networks (a subsidiary of America One Broadcasting). In 2008, the league introduced the ECHL toolbar for internet browsers which gave users short cut access to statistics, scores, transactions, and news updates.

ECHL action, October 2012 in Toledo, Ohio, between the Kalamazoo Wings and the Toledo Walleye

At the annual ECHL Board of Governors meeting on June 15, 2010, in Henderson, Nevada, the Board of Governors approved changes to the names of the conferences and divisions. The former American Conference (comprising eleven East Coast and Midwest teams) was renamed the Eastern Conference, while the National Conference (consisting of 8 West Coast teams, including the league's only Canadian team at the time) was re-designated the Western Conference. Within the Eastern Conference, the East Division was renamed the Atlantic Division, and the Western Conference's former West Division was dubbed the Mountain Division.

The league lost its only Canadian team with the folding of the Victoria Salmon Kings subsequent to the 2010–11 season, but increased to 20 teams for the 2011–12 season with the addition of the expansion franchise Chicago Express and the Colorado Eagles who previously played in the Central Hockey League.

With the folding of the Chicago Express at the conclusion of the 2011–12 season and the announcement of expansion franchises in Orlando, San Francisco, Evansville, and Fort Wayne (both in Indiana and both from the Central Hockey League) the league played the 2012–13 season with 23 teams. That number dropped to 22 for the 2013–14 season with the folding of the Trenton Titans and subsequently fell to 21 with the mid-season folding of the San Francisco Bulls on January 27, 2014.

On October 7, 2014, the ECHL announced that the seven remaining active members of the Central Hockey League (the Allen Americans, Brampton Beast, Quad City Mallards, Missouri Mavericks, Rapid City Rush, Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder) would be admitted as new members for the 2014–15 season. The addition of the former CHL teams plus the expansion Indy Fuel raised the number of teams to 28 and placed a team in Canada for the first time since 2011.

Before the 2015–16 season, the AHL's creation of a Pacific Division led the three California ECHL teams to relocate to former AHL cities with the Bakersfield Condors, Ontario Reign, and Stockton Thunder relocating to become the Norfolk Admirals, Manchester Monarchs, and Adirondack Thunder, respectively. By the 2018–19 season, the ECHL had also expanded into other markets recently vacated by the AHL in the Maine Mariners, Newfoundland Growlers, and Worcester Railers.

There were two expansion teams added in 2021–22, the Iowa Heartlanders and the Trois-Rivières Lions, with Iowa going into the Central Division and Trois-Rivières going into the North. This brought the league up to 27 teams. The league added the Savannah Ghost Pirates, bringing the league to 28 teams, and balancing the divisions for the 2022–23 season.

There are two expansion teams to be added for the 2024-2025 season; the Tahoe Knight Monsters in Stateline, NV and the Bloomington Bison in Bloomington, IL. The Knight Monsters are expected to play in the Mountain division, with the Bloomington team likely to compete in the Central division. This will bring the ECHL to 30 teams, with plans to expand to 32 in the future per ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin.

El torneo de hockey sobre hielo ECHL es una competencia emocionante que reúne a equipos de diferentes ciudades de Estados Unidos y Canadá. La ECHL, también conocida como East Coast Hockey League, es una liga profesional de hockey sobre hielo que se ha convertido en una cantera para jugadores que buscan llegar a la NHL.

Durante este torneo, los equipos se enfrentan en intensos partidos donde demuestran su habilidad, velocidad y estrategia en el hielo. Los jugadores deslizan sobre la superficie con sus patines, manejando el puck con destreza y realizando tiros precisos para anotar goles.

La ECHL es reconocida por su nivel de competencia y por brindar una experiencia única a los fanáticos del hockey. Los partidos están llenos de acción y emoción, con jugadas rápidas y choques físicos que mantienen a los espectadores al borde de sus asientos.

Este torneo es una oportunidad para que los jugadores muestren su talento y se destaquen en el mundo del hockey. Además, es una excelente ocasión para que los fanáticos disfruten de un deporte apasionante y se sumerjan en la atmósfera única que se vive en los estadios de hielo.

Si eres amante del hockey sobre hielo, no te puedes perder el torneo ECHL. Prepárate para vivir momentos emocionantes, animar a tu equipo favorito y disfrutar de la intensidad de este deporte en su máxima expresión. ¡No te lo pierdas!