The 2023 Kelly Cup playoffs of the ECHL hockey league began on April 19, 2023, following the conclusion of the 2022–23 ECHL regular season and ended on June 9 with the Florida Everblades winning their second consecutive Kelly Cup and third overall over the Idaho Steelheads in four games.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | April 19 – June 9 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Florida Everblades |
Runner-up | Idaho Steelheads |
Tournament statistics | |
Scoring leader(s) | Wade Murphy (Idaho) (20 points) |
MVP | Cam Johnson (Florida) |
Playoff format
editSince all 28 teams were able to complete all 72 games this season, the league went back to the points system, instead of the point percentage that was used the year prior. The top 4 teams in each division qualified for the playoffs based on highest point total earned in the 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. The division champions then play each other in a conference championship. The Kelly Cup finals pits the Eastern Conference champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format. The Idaho Steelheads secured the top record, winning the Brabham Cup, and therefore scheduled to have home ice advantage for all the rounds they advance in.[1]
Eleven out of the 16 teams in this year's playoffs were participants in the previous Kelly Cup Playoffs.
Playoff seeds
editAfter the regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Toledo Walleye were the first to clinch a playoff spot for the second year in a row,[2] while the Adirondack Thunder were the last, completing the impossible comeback to overtake the Worcester Railers for the final spot in the North Division.[3]
Final seeds and points:[4]
Eastern ConferenceeditNorth Divisionedit
South Divisionedit
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Western ConferenceeditCentral Divisionedit
Mountain Divisionedit
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Playoff bracket
editDivision Semifinals[5][6] | Division Finals[7][8] | Conference Finals[9] | Kelly Cup Finals[10] | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Newfoundland[11] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
N4 | Adirondack[12][13][14] | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Newfoundland[32] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
North Division | |||||||||||||||||||
N2 | Reading[33] | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
N2 | Reading[15][16] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
N3 | Maine[17][18] | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Newfoundland[40] | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
S4 | Florida[41] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
S1 | South Carolina[19] | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
S4 | Florida[20] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
S4 | Florida[34] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
South Division | |||||||||||||||||||
S2 | Jacksonville[35] | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
S2 | Jacksonville[21] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
S3 | Greenville[22] | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
S4 | Florida[44][45] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
M1 | Idaho[46] | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Cincinnati[23] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
C4 | Fort Wayne[24] | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Cincinnati[36] | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Central Division | |||||||||||||||||||
C2 | Toledo[37] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | Toledo[25] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
C3 | Indy[26] | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | Toledo[42] | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
M1 | Idaho[43] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
M1 | Idaho[27] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
M4 | Utah[28] | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
M1 | Idaho[38] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain Division | |||||||||||||||||||
M2 | Allen[39] | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
M2 | Allen[29][30] | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
M3 | Kansas City[31] | 2 |
Division semifinals
editNorth Division
edit(1) Newfoundland Growlers vs. (4) Adirondack Thunder
editApril 19 | Newfoundland Growlers | 3–5 | Adirondack Thunder | Cool Insuring Arena | Recap | |||
Michael Joyaux (1) –13:44 Orrin Centazzo (1) – pp – 19:40 |
First period | 3:44 – pp – Ryan Orgel (1) 4:28 – Matt Jennings (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 7:20 – Grant Jozefek (1) 9:12 – Shane Harper (1) 10:28 – Ryan Orgel (2) | ||||||
Tommy Miller (1) – sh – 5:46 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Luke Cavallin 13 saves / 18 shots Dryden McKay 13 saves / 13 shots |
Goalie stats | Mike Robinson 28 saves / 31 shots |
April 21 | Newfoundland Growlers | 8-4 | Adirondack Thunder | Cool Insuring Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 0 | ||||||
4 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
3 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Dryden McKay | Goalie stats | Mike Robinson, Jake Theut |
April 22 | Newfoundland Growlers | 7-1 | Adirondack Thunder | Cool Insuring Arena | Recap | |||
3 | First period | 0 | ||||||
4 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Dryden McKay | Goalie stats | Jake Theut, Mike Robinson |
April 27 | Adirondack Thunder | 3-5 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 3 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Jake Theut | Goalie stats | Dryden McKay |
April 30 | Adirondack Thunder | 0-3 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 3 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Jake Theut | Goalie stats | Dryden McKay |
Newfoundland won series 4-1 | |
(2) Reading Royals vs. (3) Maine Mariners
editApril 21 | Maine Mariners | 1-2 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Michael DiPietro | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle |
April 22 | Maine Mariners | 3-5 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 2 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Michael DiPietro, François Brassard | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle |
April 24 | Reading Royals | 3-4 | OT | Maine Mariners | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | ||
1 | First period | 2 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
0 | First overtime period | 1 | ||||||
Pat Nagle | Goalie stats | François Brassard |
April 25 | Reading Royals | 3-7 | Maine Mariners | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 3 | ||||||
Nolan Maier | Goalie stats | François Brassard |
April 26 | Reading Royals | 4-3 | Maine Mariners | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Pat Nagle | Goalie stats | François Brassard |
April 29 | Maine Mariners | 2-6 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
François Brassard | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle |
Reading won series 4-2 | |
South Division
edit(1) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (4) Florida Everblades
editApril 22 | Florida Everblades | 5-0 | South Carolina Stingrays | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
3 | First period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Tyler Wall |
April 24 | Florida Everblades | 0-4 | South Carolina Stingrays | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 3 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Clay Stevenson |
April 26 | South Carolina Stingrays | 3–4 | OT | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | ||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
0 | First overtime period | 1 | ||||||
Clay Stevenson | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson |
April 28 | South Carolina Stingrays | 4-2 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Clay Stevenson | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson |
April 29 | South Carolina Stingrays | 0-4 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Clay Stevenson | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson |
May 1 | Florida Everblades | 2-1 | OT | South Carolina Stingrays | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | ||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
1 | First overtime period | 0 | ||||||
Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Clay Stevenson |
Florida won series 4-2 | |
(2) Jacksonville Icemen vs. (3) Greenville Swamp Rabbits
editApril 21 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | 4-1 | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
3 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Ryan Bednard | Goalie stats | Charles Williams |
April 23 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | 1-2 | 2OT | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | ||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second overtime period | 1 | ||||||
Ryan Bednard | Goalie stats | Charles Williams |
April 25 | Jacksonville Icemen | 7-4 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 1 | ||||||
3 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 3 | ||||||
Charles Williams | Goalie stats | Ryan Bednard, Luke Richardson |
April 28 | Jacksonville Icemen | 1-3 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Charles Williams | Goalie stats | Ryan Bednard |
April 29 | Jacksonville Icemen | 5-4 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 2 | ||||||
4 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Charles Williams, Olof Lindbom | Goalie stats | Ryan Bednard, Luke Richardson |
May 2 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | 2-4 | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Ryan Bednard | Goalie stats | Olof Lindbom |
Jacksonville won series 4-2 | |
Central Division
edit(1) Cincinnati Cyclones vs. (4) Fort Wayne Komets
editApril 21 | Fort Wayne Komets | 3-4 | OT | Cincinnati Cyclones | Heritage Bank Center | Recap | ||
3 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 3 | ||||||
0 | First overtime period | 1 | ||||||
Rylan Parenteau | Goalie stats | Mark Sinclair, Beck Warm |
April 22 | Fort Wayne Komets | 1-2 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Heritage Bank Center | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 2 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Ryan Fanti | Goalie stats | Beck Warm |
April 25 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 0-3 | Fort Wayne Komets | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Beck Warm | Goalie stats | Ryan Fanti |
April 28 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 3-2 | Fort Wayne Komets | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Beck Warm | Goalie stats | Ryan Fanti |
April 30 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 2-3 | Fort Wayne Komets | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Beck Warm | Goalie stats | Ryan Fanti |
May 2 | Fort Wayne Komets | 6-0 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Heritage Bank Center | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
3 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Ryan Fanti | Goalie stats | Beck Warm, Mark Sinclair |
May 3 | Fort Wayne Komets | 0-1 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Heritage Bank Center | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Ryan Fanti | Goalie stats | Beck Warm |
Cincinnati won series 4-3 | |
(2) Toledo Walleye vs. (3) Indy Fuel
editApril 21 | Indy Fuel | 1-4 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 3 | ||||||
Mitchell Weeks | Goalie stats | Sebastian Cossa |
April 22 | Indy Fuel | 2-4 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Mitchell Weeks | Goalie stats | John Lethemon |
April 25 | Toledo Walleye | 4-1 | Indy Fuel | Indiana Farmers Coliseum | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Sebastian Cossa | Goalie stats | Mitchell Weeks |
April 27 | Toledo Walleye | 5-3 | Indy Fuel | Indiana Farmers Coliseum | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 2 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
3 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
John Lethemon | Goalie stats | Mitchell Weeks |
Toledo won series 4–0 | |
Mountain Division
edit(1) Idaho Steelheads vs. (4) Utah Grizzlies
editApril 19 | Utah Grizzlies | 3-0 | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Trent Miner | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel |
April 21 | Utah Grizzlies | 3-2 | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Trent Miner | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel |
April 26 | Idaho Steelheads | 3-2 | OT | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap | ||
1 | First period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
1 | First overtime period | 0 | ||||||
Trent Miner | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel |
April 28 | Idaho Steelheads | 6-5 | OT | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap | ||
2 | First period | 4 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
1 | First overtime period | 0 | ||||||
Adam Scheel | Goalie stats | Trent Miner |
April 29 | Idaho Steelheads | 3-2 | OT | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap | ||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
1 | First overtime period | 0 | ||||||
Adam Scheel | Goalie stats | Trent Miner |
May 1 | Utah Grizzlies | 2-3 | OT | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | ||
0 | First period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
0 | First overtime period | 1 | ||||||
Trent Miner | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel |
Idaho won series 4-2 | |
(2) Allen Americans vs. (3) Kansas City Mavericks
editApril 19 | Allen Americans | 3–2 | Kansas City Mavericks | Cable Dahmer Arena | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Kevin Mandolese | Goalie stats | Shane Starrett |
April 20 | Allen Americans | 2–3 | Kansas City Mavericks | Cable Dahmer Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Kevin Mandolese | Goalie stats | Shane Starrett |
April 24 | Allen Americans | 1-0 | OT | Kansas City Mavericks | Cable Dahmer Arena | Recap | ||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
1 | First overtime period | 0 | ||||||
Kevin Mandolese | Goalie stats | Shane Starrett |
April 28 | Kansas City Mavericks | 2-1 | Allen Americans | Credit Union of Texas Event Center | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Shane Starrett | Goalie stats | Kevin Mandolese |
April 29 | Kansas City Mavericks | 3-4 | Allen Americans | Credit Union of Texas Event Center | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 3 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Shane Starrett | Goalie stats | Kevin Mandolese |
May 1 | Kansas City Mavericks | 1-2 | Allen Americans | Credit Union of Texas Event Center | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Shane Starrett | Goalie stats | Kevin Mandolese |
Allen won series 4-2 | |
Division finals
editNorth Division
edit(1) Newfoundland Growlers vs. (2) Reading Royals
editMay 6 | Newfoundland Growlers | 3-0 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Dryden McKay | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle |
May 7 | Newfoundland Growlers | 5-4 | OT | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | ||
2 | First period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
1 | First overtime period | 0 | ||||||
Dryden McKay | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle |
May 9 | Newfoundland Growlers | 6-3 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
3 | First period | 1 | ||||||
3 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Dryden McKay | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle Kaden Fulcher |
May 11 | Reading Royals | 6-3 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | |||
4 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Kaden Fulcher | Goalie stats | Dryden McKay |
May 13 | Reading Royals | 2-5 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Pat Nagle | Goalie stats | Dryden McKay |
Newfoundland won series 4-1 | |
South Division
edit(2) Jacksonville Icemen vs. (4) Florida Everblades
editMay 6 | Florida Everblades | 5-2 | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 0 | ||||||
3 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Olof Lindbom |
May 7 | Florida Everblades | 4-3 | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Parker Gahagen |
May 10 | Jacksonville Icemen | 0-2 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Charles Williams | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson |
May 12 | Jacksonville Icemen | 4-3 | OT | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | ||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
1 | First overtime period | 0 | ||||||
Parker Gahagen | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson |
May 13 | Jacksonville Icemen | 6-3 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
3 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Parker Gahagen | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson |
May 15 | Florida Everblades | 5-2 | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
3 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Parker Gahagen |
Florida won series 4-2 | |
Central Division
edit(1) Cincinnati Cyclones vs. (2) Toledo Walleye
editMay 5 | Toledo Walleye | 6-2 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Heritage Bank Center | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
4 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Sebastian Cossa | Goalie stats | Beck Warm |
May 6 | Toledo Walleye | 5-2 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Heritage Bank Center | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
John Lethemon | Goalie stats | Beck Warm |
May 10 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 1-2 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Mark Sinclair | Goalie stats | Sebastian Cossa |
May 12 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 2-9 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 3 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 4 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Mark Sinclair, Beck Warm | Goalie stats | John Lethemon |
Toledo won series 4-0 | |
Mountain Division
edit(1) Idaho Steelheads vs. (2) Allen Americans
editMay 5 | Idaho Steelheads | 5-4 | Allen Americans | Credit Union of Texas Event Center | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
3 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Adam Scheel | Goalie stats | Kevin Mandolese |
May 10 | Allen Americans | 2-6 | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 2 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 3 | ||||||
Kevin Mandolese Chase Perry |
Goalie stats | Adam Scheel |
May 12 | Allen Americans | 7-2 | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | |||
3 | First period | 1 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
2 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Chase Perry | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel Josh Boyko |
May 13 | Allen Americans | 3-9 | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 3 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 4 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Kevin Mandolese Chase Perry |
Goalie stats | Adam Scheel |
May 14 | Allen Americans | 0-6 | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 4 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Chase Perry | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel |
Idaho won series 4-1 | |
Conference finals
editEastern Conference
edit(N1) Newfoundland Growlers vs. (S4) Florida Everblades
editMay 19 | Newfoundland Growlers | 2-6 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 2 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 3 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Dryden McKay | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson |
May 20 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4-5 | 2OT | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | ||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 3 | ||||||
1 | Second overtime period | 0 | ||||||
Dryden McKay | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson |
May 22 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4-1 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 0 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Luke Cavallin | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson |
May 25 | Florida Everblades | 1-2 | OT | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | ||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
0 | First overtime period | 1 | ||||||
Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Luke Cavallin |
May 28 | Florida Everblades | 5-2 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
3 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Luke Cavallin |
May 30 | Florida Everblades | 3-2 | 2OT | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | ||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Second overtime period | 0 | ||||||
Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Luke Cavallin |
Florida won series 4-2 | |
Western Conference
edit(M1) Idaho Steelheads vs. (C2) Toledo Walleye
editMay 20 | Toledo Walleye | 0-3 | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 0 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 2 | ||||||
Sebastian Cossa | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel |
May 21 | Toledo Walleye | 0-3 | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | |||
0 | First period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
John Lethemon | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel |
May 24 | Idaho Steelheads | 4-5 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 1 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
0 | Third period | 3 | ||||||
Adam Scheel | Goalie stats | Sebastian Cossa |
May 26 | Idaho Steelheads | 4-3 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
1 | First period | 1 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 1 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 1 | ||||||
Adam Scheel | Goalie stats | John Lethemon |
May 27 | Idaho Steelheads | 5-1 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
2 | First period | 1 | ||||||
2 | Second period | 0 | ||||||
1 | Third period | 0 | ||||||
Adam Scheel | Goalie stats | Sebastian Cossa, John Lethemon |
Idaho won series 4-1 | |
Kelly Cup finals
edit(M1) Idaho Steelheads vs. (S4) Florida Everblades
editJune 3 | Florida Everblades | 3-2 | OT | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 15:38 – pp – Dawson Barteaux (1) | ||||||
Cole Moberg (2) – 07:06 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Blake Winiecki (9) – pp – 12:40 | Third period | 06:54 – Ryan Dmowski (9) | ||||||
Oliver Chau (7) – 14:06 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Cam Johnson 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel 33 saves / 36 shots |
June 4 | Florida Everblades | 5-3 | Idaho Steelheads | Idaho Central Arena | Recap | |||
Ashton Calder (3) – pp – 19:40 | First period | 11:49 – Matt Register (1) | ||||||
Logan Lambdin (7) – 0:50 Logan Lambdin (8) – 19:55 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Levko Koper (3) – 13:42 Ben Masella (3) – en – 19:31 |
Third period | 15:36 – pp – Justin Misiak (2) 15:57 – Ty Pelton-Bryce (9) | ||||||
Cam Johnson 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Adam Scheel 31 saves / 35 shots |
June 7 | Idaho Steelheads | 0-1 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 18:14 – Will Calverly (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Rémi Poirier 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson 23 saves / 23 shots |
June 9 | Idaho Steelheads | 3-4 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 16:11 – Sean Josling (9) 18:56 – Sean Josling (10) | ||||||
Ryan Dmowski (10) – 05:55 Ryan Dmowski (11) – pp – 07:26 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
AJ White (6) – 0:21 | Third period | 04:19 – Stefan Leblanc (1) 07:59 – Tyler Irvine (10) | ||||||
Rémi Poirier 30 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson 32 saves / 35 shots |
Florida won series 4-0 | |
Statistical leaders
editSkaters
editThese are the top ten skaters based on points.[47]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wade Murphy | Idaho Steelheads | 20 | 12 | 8 | 20 | +4 | 24 |
Sean Josling | Florida Everblades | 22 | 10 | 10 | 20 | +9 | 14 |
Owen Headrick | Idaho Steelheads | 20 | 3 | 16 | 19 | +3 | 8 |
Ryan Dmowski | Idaho Steelheads | 19 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 14 |
Gordie Green | Toledo Walleye | 13 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +2 | 6 |
Ty Pelton-Byce | Idaho Steelheads | 20 | 9 | 8 | 17 | +8 | 4 |
Brandon Hawkins | Toledo Walleye | 13 | 8 | 9 | 17 | +4 | 10 |
Pavel Gogolev | Newfoundland Growlers | 16 | 8 | 9 | 17 | +2 | 12 |
Oliver Chau | Florida Everblades | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 | +5 | 0 |
John McCarron | Florida Everblades | 22 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +3 | 30 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Goaltending
editThis is a combined of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 400 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[48]
Player | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cam Johnson | Florida Everblades | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 640 | 50 | 2.10 | 0.922 | 4 | 1427 |
Adam Scheel | Idaho Steelheads | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 541 | 47 | 2.60 | 0.913 | 3 | 1086 |
Dryden McKay | Newfoundland Growlers | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 313 | 31 | 2.72 | 0.901 | 2 | 683 |
Beck Warm | Cincinnati Cyclones | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 323 | 28 | 3.12 | 0.913 | 1 | 539 |
Kevin Mandolese | Allen Americans | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 304 | 26 | 3.13 | 0.914 | 1 | 498 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)
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