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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">ECHL</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><b>Current season or competition:</b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Hockey_current_event.svg/30px-Hockey_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Hockey_current_event.svg/45px-Hockey_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Hockey_current_event.svg/60px-Hockey_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="60" /></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_ECHL_season" title="2024–25 ECHL season">2024–25 ECHL season</a></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ECHL_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/ECHL_logo.svg/200px-ECHL_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/ECHL_logo.svg/300px-ECHL_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/ECHL_logo.svg/400px-ECHL_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="322" data-file-height="310" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (28 teams) <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> (1 team)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data">Ryan Crelin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commissioner Emeritus</th><td class="infobox-data">Patrick J. Kelly</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_ECHL_season" title="1988–89 ECHL season">1988–89</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">29 (30 in 2025)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Feeder to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a>, <a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Championship</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Cup" title="Kelly Cup">Kelly Cup</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recent Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Everblades" title="Florida Everblades">Florida Everblades</a> (<a href="/wiki/2024_Kelly_Cup_playoffs" title="2024 Kelly Cup playoffs">2024</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most successful club</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Everblades" title="Florida Everblades">Florida Everblades</a> (4)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury,_New_Jersey" title="Shrewsbury, New Jersey">Shrewsbury, New Jersey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.echl.com/">www<wbr />.echl<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182010#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>ECHL</b> (formerly the <b>East Coast Hockey League</b>) is a minor professional <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> league based in <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury,_New_Jersey" title="Shrewsbury, New Jersey">Shrewsbury, New Jersey</a>, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a> (AHL). The league serves as a <a href="/wiki/Farm_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm system">farm system</a> to the AHL and the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> (NHL). </p><p>The ECHL and the AHL are the only minor leagues recognized by the <a href="/wiki/Collective_bargaining_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Collective bargaining agreement">collective bargaining agreement</a> between the NHL and the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_Players%27_Association" title="National Hockey League Players' Association">National Hockey League Players' Association</a> (NHLPA), 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.<sup id="cite_ref-MSBOG_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSBOG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the league's players are represented by the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Hockey_Players%27_Association" title="Professional Hockey Players' Association">Professional Hockey Players' Association</a> (PHPA) in negotiations with the ECHL itself. At least 739 players have played at least one game in the NHL after appearing in the ECHL.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_ECHL_season" title="2024–25 ECHL season">2024–25 season</a>, 29 of the 32 NHL teams held affiliations with an ECHL team<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with only the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Blue_Jackets" title="Columbus Blue Jackets">Columbus Blue Jackets</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators" title="Ottawa Senators">Ottawa Senators</a> having no such franchise affiliations. NHL teams sometimes lend contracted players to ECHL teams with whom they have no affiliation agreements for development and increased playing time. </p><p>The league's regular season typically begins in October and ends in April, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Cup" title="Kelly Cup">Kelly Cup</a> playoffs. The most recent playoff champions are the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Everblades" title="Florida Everblades">Florida Everblades</a> in <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_ECHL_season" title="2023–24 ECHL season">2024</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECHL&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The league, which combined teams from the defunct <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Hockey_League" title="Atlantic Coast Hockey League">Atlantic Coast Hockey League</a> (ACHL) and <a href="/wiki/All-American_Hockey_League" title="All-American Hockey League">All-American Hockey League</a> (AAHL), began to play as the East Coast Hockey League in 1988 with five teams – the (Winston-Salem, North) <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Thunderbirds" title="Carolina Thunderbirds">Carolina Thunderbirds</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Nailers" title="Wheeling Nailers">Wheeling Nailers</a>); the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Panthers" title="Erie Panthers">Erie Panthers</a> (folded in 2011 as the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Salmon_Kings" title="Victoria Salmon Kings">Victoria Salmon Kings</a>); the <a href="/wiki/Johnstown_Chiefs" title="Johnstown Chiefs">Johnstown Chiefs</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Greenville_Swamp_Rabbits" title="Greenville Swamp Rabbits">Greenville Swamp Rabbits</a>); the <a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Cherokees" title="Knoxville Cherokees">Knoxville Cherokees</a> (ceased operations as the <a href="/wiki/Pee_Dee_Pride" title="Pee Dee Pride">Pee Dee Pride</a> in 2005; folded in 2009 following failed relocation efforts); and the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Lancers" title="Virginia Lancers">Virginia Lancers</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Grizzlies" title="Utah Grizzlies">Utah Grizzlies</a>). </p><p>In 2003, the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Hockey_League" title="West Coast Hockey League">West Coast Hockey League</a> ceased operations, and the ECHL board of governors approved membership applications from the <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Aces_(ECHL)" title="Alaska Aces (ECHL)">Anchorage/Alaska Aces</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_Condors_(1998%E2%80%932015)" title="Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015)">Bakersfield Condors</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Fresno_Falcons" title="Fresno Falcons">Fresno Falcons</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Idaho_Steelheads" title="Idaho Steelheads">Idaho Steelheads</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Wranglers" title="Las Vegas Wranglers">Las Vegas Wranglers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Ice_Dogs" title="Long Beach Ice Dogs">Long Beach Ice Dogs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Gulls_(1995%E2%80%932006)" title="San Diego Gulls (1995–2006)">San Diego Gulls</a> as well as from potential teams in <a href="/wiki/Ontario,_California" title="Ontario, California">Ontario, California</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Reno,_Nevada" title="Reno, Nevada">Reno, Nevada</a>. Alaska, Bakersfield, Fresno, Idaho, Las Vegas, Long Beach and San Diego began play in the <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_ECHL_season" title="2003–04 ECHL season">2003–04 season</a> as expansion teams. In a change reflective of the league's now-nationwide presence, the East Coast Hockey League shortened its name to the <a href="/wiki/Orphan_initialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Orphan initialism">orphan initialism</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_ECHL_season" title="2004–05 ECHL season">2004–05 season</a>. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_ECHL_season" title="2006–07 ECHL season">2006</a>), internet radio coverage for most teams, and pay-per view broadcasting of ECHL games through B2 Networks (a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/America_One" title="America One">America One Broadcasting</a>). In 2008, the league introduced the ECHL <a href="/wiki/Toolbar" title="Toolbar">toolbar</a> for <a href="/wiki/Internet_browser" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet browser">internet browsers</a> which gave users short cut access to statistics, scores, transactions, and news updates.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Faceoff_Oct_2012_Kalamazoo_at_Toledo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Faceoff_Oct_2012_Kalamazoo_at_Toledo.jpg/300px-Faceoff_Oct_2012_Kalamazoo_at_Toledo.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Faceoff_Oct_2012_Kalamazoo_at_Toledo.jpg/450px-Faceoff_Oct_2012_Kalamazoo_at_Toledo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Faceoff_Oct_2012_Kalamazoo_at_Toledo.jpg/600px-Faceoff_Oct_2012_Kalamazoo_at_Toledo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>ECHL action, October 2012 in <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a>, between the <a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo_Wings" title="Kalamazoo Wings">Kalamazoo Wings</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Walleye" title="Toledo Walleye">Toledo Walleye</a></figcaption></figure> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The league lost its only Canadian team with the folding of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Salmon_Kings" title="Victoria Salmon Kings">Victoria Salmon Kings</a> subsequent to the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_ECHL_season" title="2010–11 ECHL season">2010–11 season</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Victoria_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Victoria-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but increased to 20 teams for the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_ECHL_season" title="2011–12 ECHL season">2011–12 season</a> with the addition of the expansion franchise <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Express" title="Chicago Express">Chicago Express</a><sup id="cite_ref-Selvam_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selvam-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Eagles" title="Colorado Eagles">Colorado Eagles</a> who previously played in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Hockey_League" title="Central Hockey League">Central Hockey League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Colorado_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Colorado-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the folding of the Chicago Express at the conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_ECHL_season" title="2011–12 ECHL season">2011–12 season</a> and the announcement of expansion franchises in <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Solar_Bears" title="Orlando Solar Bears">Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bulls" title="San Francisco Bulls">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evansville_IceMen" title="Evansville IceMen">Evansville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Komets" title="Fort Wayne Komets">Fort Wayne</a> (both in Indiana and both from the <a href="/wiki/Central_Hockey_League" title="Central Hockey League">Central Hockey League</a>) the league played the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_ECHL_season" title="2012–13 ECHL season">2012–13 season</a> with 23 teams. That number dropped to 22 for the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_ECHL_season" title="2013–14 ECHL season">2013–14 season</a> with the folding of the <a href="/wiki/Trenton_Titans" title="Trenton Titans">Trenton Titans</a> and subsequently fell to 21 with the mid-season folding of the San Francisco Bulls on January 27, 2014. </p><p>On October 7, 2014, the ECHL announced that the seven remaining active members of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Hockey_League" title="Central Hockey League">Central Hockey League</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Allen_Americans" title="Allen Americans">Allen Americans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brampton_Beast" title="Brampton Beast">Brampton Beast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quad_City_Mallards" title="Quad City Mallards">Quad City Mallards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Mavericks" class="mw-redirect" title="Missouri Mavericks">Missouri Mavericks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Rush" title="Rapid City Rush">Rapid City Rush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Oilers" title="Tulsa Oilers">Tulsa Oilers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wichita_Thunder" title="Wichita Thunder">Wichita Thunder</a>) would be admitted as new members for the 2014–15 season. The addition of the former CHL teams plus the expansion <a href="/wiki/Indy_Fuel" title="Indy Fuel">Indy Fuel</a> raised the number of teams to 28 and placed a team in Canada for the first time since 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-echladdschl_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echladdschl-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_ECHL_season" title="2015–16 ECHL season">2015–16 season</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL's</a> creation of a Pacific Division led the three California ECHL teams to relocate to former <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a> cities with the <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_Condors_(1998%E2%80%932015)" title="Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015)">Bakersfield Condors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Reign_(ECHL)" title="Ontario Reign (ECHL)">Ontario Reign</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stockton_Thunder" title="Stockton Thunder">Stockton Thunder</a> relocating to become the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Admirals_(ECHL)" title="Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)">Norfolk Admirals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Monarchs_(ECHL)" title="Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)">Manchester Monarchs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adirondack_Thunder" title="Adirondack Thunder">Adirondack Thunder</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-2015_ECHL_Moves_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015_ECHL_Moves-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_ECHL_season" title="2018–19 ECHL season">2018–19 season</a>, the ECHL lost both the Quad City Mallards and Manchester Monarchs by folding, and the ECHL kept the Quad City Mallards name as a trademark. But the East Coast Hockey League expanded into other markets recently vacated by the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Mariners_(ECHL)" title="Maine Mariners (ECHL)">Maine Mariners</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_Growlers" title="Newfoundland Growlers">Newfoundland Growlers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Railers" title="Worcester Railers">Worcester Railers</a>. </p><p>There were two expansion teams added in <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_ECHL_season" title="2021–22 ECHL season">2021–22</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Heartlanders" title="Iowa Heartlanders">Iowa Heartlanders</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res_Lions" title="Trois-Rivières Lions">Trois-Rivières Lions</a>, with Iowa going into the Central Division and Trois-Rivières going into the North. This brought the league up to 27 teams.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league added the <a href="/wiki/Savannah_Ghost_Pirates" title="Savannah Ghost Pirates">Savannah Ghost Pirates</a>, bringing the league to 28 teams, and balancing the divisions for the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_ECHL_season" title="2022–23 ECHL season">2022–23 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two expansion teams to be added for the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_ECHL_season" title="2024–25 ECHL season">2024–25 season</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Tahoe_Knight_Monsters" title="Tahoe Knight Monsters">Tahoe Knight Monsters</a> in Stateline, NV, and the <a href="/wiki/Bloomington_Bison" title="Bloomington Bison">Bloomington Bison</a> in Bloomington, IL.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Knight Monsters are planned to play in the Mountain division, with the Bison planned to compete in the Central division.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These additions were intended to bring the ECHL to 30 teams before the <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_Growlers" title="Newfoundland Growlers">Newfoundland Growlers</a> folded late in the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_ECHL_season" title="2023–24 ECHL season">2023–24 ECHL season</a>, but plans are still there to expand the league to 32 in the future to match the number of teams in the <a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a> and the AHL per ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 2, 2024, the league announced that the <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_Growlers" title="Newfoundland Growlers">Newfoundland Growlers</a>' membership had been terminated due to failure to fulfill its obligations under league bylaws, bringing the league down to 29 teams and forcing the <a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Nailers" title="Wheeling Nailers">Wheeling Nailers</a> to move to the North Division.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 18, 2024, the league announced a new <a href="/wiki/Greensboro_ECHL_team" title="Greensboro ECHL team">expansion team</a> for <a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a> set to begin play for the <a href="/w/index.php?title=2025%E2%80%9326_ECHL_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025–26 ECHL season (page does not exist)">2025–26 ECHL season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gboechl_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gboechl-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECHL&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alignment, affiliations, and locations for the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_ECHL_season" title="2024–25 ECHL season">2024–25 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ECHL_Division_Standings_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHL_Division_Standings-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Conference </th> <th scope="col">Division </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">City </th> <th scope="col">Arena </th> <th scope="col">Founded </th> <th scope="col">Joined </th> <th scope="col">Head coach </th> <th scope="col">NHL affiliate </th> <th scope="col">AHL affiliate </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="14">Eastern </td> <td rowspan="7">North </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Adirondack_Thunder" title="Adirondack Thunder">Adirondack Thunder</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Glens_Falls,_New_York" title="Glens Falls, New York">Glens Falls, New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cool_Insuring_Arena" title="Cool Insuring Arena">Cool Insuring Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">1990* </td> <td>Pete MacArthur </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utica_Comets" title="Utica Comets">Utica Comets</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Mariners_(ECHL)" title="Maine Mariners (ECHL)">Maine Mariners</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland, Maine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross_Insurance_Arena" title="Cross Insurance Arena">Cross Insurance Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">1989* </td> <td align="center">2003 </td> <td>Terrence Wallin </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence_Bruins" title="Providence Bruins">Providence Bruins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Admirals_(ECHL)" title="Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)">Norfolk Admirals</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Scope" title="Norfolk Scope">Norfolk Scope</a> </td> <td align="center">1995* </td> <td align="center">2003 </td> <td>Jeff Carr </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets" title="Winnipeg Jets">Winnipeg Jets</a><sup id="cite_ref-Winnipeg_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winnipeg-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manitoba_Moose" title="Manitoba Moose">Manitoba Moose</a><sup id="cite_ref-Winnipeg_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winnipeg-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Reading_Royals" title="Reading Royals">Reading Royals</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santander_Arena" title="Santander Arena">Santander Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">1991* </td> <td>Jason Binkley </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms" title="Lehigh Valley Phantoms">Lehigh Valley Phantoms</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res_Lions" title="Trois-Rivières Lions">Trois-Rivières Lions</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res,_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Trois-Rivières, Quebec">Trois-Rivières, Quebec</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colis%C3%A9e_Vid%C3%A9otron" title="Colisée Vidéotron">Colisée Vidéotron</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">2021 </td> <td>Ron Choules </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laval_Rocket" title="Laval Rocket">Laval Rocket</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Nailers" title="Wheeling Nailers">Wheeling Nailers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling, West Virginia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WesBanco_Arena" title="WesBanco Arena">WesBanco Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">1981* </td> <td align="center">1988 </td> <td>Derek Army </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_Penguins" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Railers" title="Worcester Railers">Worcester Railers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DCU_Center" title="DCU Center">DCU Center</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Deraney" title="Bob Deraney">Bob Deraney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridgeport_Islanders" title="Bridgeport Islanders">Bridgeport Islanders</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7">South </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators" title="Atlanta Gladiators">Atlanta Gladiators</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Georgia" title="Duluth, Georgia">Duluth, Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gas_South_Arena" title="Gas South Arena">Gas South Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">1995* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Nesbitt" title="Derek Nesbitt">Derek Nesbitt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Predators" title="Nashville Predators">Nashville Predators</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Admirals" title="Milwaukee Admirals">Milwaukee Admirals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Everblades" title="Florida Everblades">Florida Everblades</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Estero,_Florida" title="Estero, Florida">Estero, Florida</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hertz_Arena" title="Hertz Arena">Hertz Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Ralph" title="Brad Ralph">Brad Ralph</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Thunderbirds" title="Springfield Thunderbirds">Springfield Thunderbirds</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Greenville_Swamp_Rabbits" title="Greenville Swamp Rabbits">Greenville Swamp Rabbits</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville, South Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bon_Secours_Wellness_Arena" title="Bon Secours Wellness Arena">Bon Secours Wellness Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">1987* </td> <td align="center">1988 </td> <td>Kyle Mountain </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Los Angeles Kings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Reign" title="Ontario Reign">Ontario Reign</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Icemen" title="Jacksonville Icemen">Jacksonville Icemen</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/VyStar_Veterans_Memorial_Arena" title="VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena">VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">1992* </td> <td align="center">2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Mashinter" title="Brandon Mashinter">Brandon Mashinter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Americans" title="Rochester Americans">Rochester Americans</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Solar_Bears" title="Orlando Solar Bears">Orlando Solar Bears</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kia_Center" title="Kia Center">Kia Center</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Carkner" title="Matt Carkner">Matt Carkner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Crunch" title="Syracuse Crunch">Syracuse Crunch</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Savannah_Ghost_Pirates" title="Savannah Ghost Pirates">Savannah Ghost Pirates</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah, Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Enmarket_Arena" title="Enmarket Arena">Enmarket Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jared_Staal" title="Jared Staal">Jared Staal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a><sup id="cite_ref-Florida_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Florida-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Checkers" title="Charlotte Checkers">Charlotte Checkers</a><sup id="cite_ref-Florida_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Florida-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Stingrays" title="South Carolina Stingrays">South Carolina Stingrays</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="North Charleston, South Carolina">North Charleston, South Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Charleston_Coliseum" title="North Charleston Coliseum">North Charleston Coliseum</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jared_Nightingale" title="Jared Nightingale">Jared Nightingale</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hershey_Bears" title="Hershey Bears">Hershey Bears</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="15">Western </td> <td rowspan="7">Central </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bloomington_Bison" title="Bloomington Bison">Bloomington Bison</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington, Illinois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grossinger_Motors_Arena" title="Grossinger Motors Arena">Grossinger Motors Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="2;" align="center">2024 </td> <td>Phillip Barski </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a>, (Official Affiliate)<br /><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a>, (working agreement)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Wolf_Pack" title="Hartford Wolf Pack">Hartford Wolf Pack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Cyclones" title="Cincinnati Cyclones">Cincinnati Cyclones</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heritage_Bank_Center" title="Heritage Bank Center">Heritage Bank Center</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">1995* </td> <td>Jason Payne </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a><sup id="cite_ref-Toronto_affiliation_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toronto_affiliation-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Marlies" title="Toronto Marlies">Toronto Marlies</a><sup id="cite_ref-Toronto_affiliation_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toronto_affiliation-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Komets" title="Fort Wayne Komets">Fort Wayne Komets</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne, Indiana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allen_County_War_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Allen County War Memorial Coliseum">Allen County War Memorial Coliseum</a> </td> <td align="center">1985* </td> <td align="center">2012 </td> <td>Jesse Kallechy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_Condors" title="Bakersfield Condors">Bakersfield Condors</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Indy_Fuel" title="Indy Fuel">Indy Fuel</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fishers,_Indiana" title="Fishers, Indiana">Fishers, Indiana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fishers_Event_Center" title="Fishers Event Center">Fishers Event Center</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Dalmao" title="Duncan Dalmao">Duncan Dalmao</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockford_IceHogs" title="Rockford IceHogs">Rockford IceHogs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Heartlanders" title="Iowa Heartlanders">Iowa Heartlanders</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Coralville,_Iowa" title="Coralville, Iowa">Coralville, Iowa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xtream_Arena" title="Xtream Arena">Xtream Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">2021 </td> <td>Derek Damon </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Wild" title="Iowa Wild">Iowa Wild</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo_Wings" title="Kalamazoo Wings">Kalamazoo Wings</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo, Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wings_Event_Center" title="Wings Event Center">Wings Event Center</a> </td> <td align="center">1999* </td> <td align="center">2009 </td> <td>Joel Martin </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abbotsford_Canucks" title="Abbotsford Canucks">Abbotsford Canucks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Toledo_Walleye" title="Toledo Walleye">Toledo Walleye</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huntington_Center_(Toledo,_Ohio)" title="Huntington Center (Toledo, Ohio)">Huntington Center</a> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center">1991 </td> <td>Pat Mikesch </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Griffins" title="Grand Rapids Griffins">Grand Rapids Griffins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8">Mountain </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Allen_Americans" title="Allen Americans">Allen Americans</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Allen,_Texas" title="Allen, Texas">Allen, Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Credit_Union_of_Texas_Event_Center" title="Credit Union of Texas Event Center">Credit Union of Texas Event Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2009 </td> <td align="center">2014 </td> <td>B.J. Adams </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Hockey_Club" title="Utah Hockey Club">Utah Hockey Club</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tucson_Roadrunners" title="Tucson Roadrunners">Tucson Roadrunners</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Steelheads" title="Idaho Steelheads">Idaho Steelheads</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boise,_Idaho" title="Boise, Idaho">Boise, Idaho</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Central_Arena" title="Idaho Central Arena">Idaho Central Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">1997 </td> <td align="center">2003 </td> <td>Everett Sheen </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Stars" title="Dallas Stars">Dallas Stars</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Stars" title="Texas Stars">Texas Stars</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Mavericks" title="Kansas City Mavericks">Kansas City Mavericks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Missouri" title="Independence, Missouri">Independence, Missouri</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cable_Dahmer_Arena" title="Cable Dahmer Arena">Cable Dahmer Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2009 </td> <td align="center">2014 </td> <td>Tad O'Had </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Kraken" title="Seattle Kraken">Seattle Kraken</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley_Firebirds" title="Coachella Valley Firebirds">Coachella Valley Firebirds</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Rush" title="Rapid City Rush">Rapid City Rush</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota">Rapid City, South Dakota</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Monument_(Rapid_City,_South_Dakota)" title="The Monument (Rapid City, South Dakota)">The Monument</a> </td> <td align="center">2008 </td> <td align="center">2014 </td> <td>Scott Burt </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Flames" title="Calgary Flames">Calgary Flames</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Wranglers" title="Calgary Wranglers">Calgary Wranglers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tahoe_Knight_Monsters" title="Tahoe Knight Monsters">Tahoe Knight Monsters</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stateline,_Nevada" title="Stateline, Nevada">Stateline, Nevada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tahoe_Blue_Event_Center" title="Tahoe Blue Event Center">Tahoe Blue Event Center</a> </td> <td colspan="2;" align="center">2024 </td> <td>Alex Loh </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights" title="Vegas Golden Knights">Vegas Golden Knights</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henderson_Silver_Knights" title="Henderson Silver Knights">Henderson Silver Knights</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Oilers" title="Tulsa Oilers">Tulsa Oilers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BOK_Center" title="BOK Center">BOK Center</a> </td> <td align="center">1992 </td> <td align="center">2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Murray" title="Rob Murray">Rob Murray</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Ducks" title="Anaheim Ducks">Anaheim Ducks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Gulls" title="San Diego Gulls">San Diego Gulls</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Grizzlies" title="Utah Grizzlies">Utah Grizzlies</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Valley_City,_Utah" title="West Valley City, Utah">West Valley City, Utah</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maverik_Center" title="Maverik Center">Maverik Center</a> </td> <td align="center">1981* </td> <td align="center">1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kinasewich" title="Ryan Kinasewich">Ryan Kinasewich</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Colorado Avalanche</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Eagles" title="Colorado Eagles">Colorado Eagles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Thunder" title="Wichita Thunder">Wichita Thunder</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Intrust_Bank_Arena" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Stingrays" title="South Carolina Stingrays">South Carolina</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:40.283%;left:10.271%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Tahoe"><img alt="Tahoe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Tahoe_Knight_Monsters" title="Tahoe Knight Monsters">Tahoe</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.85%;left:70.086%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Toledo"><img alt="Toledo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Toledo_Walleye" title="Toledo Walleye">Toledo</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:15.541%;left:85.038%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Trois-Rivières"><img alt="Trois-Rivières" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/16px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res_Lions_(ECHL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL)">Trois-Rivières</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:58.174%;left:50%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Tulsa"><img alt="Tulsa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Oilers" title="Tulsa Oilers">Tulsa</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.773%;left:23.992%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Utah"><img alt="Utah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Utah_Grizzlies" title="Utah Grizzlies">Utah</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.653%;left:75.285%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wheeling"><img alt="Wheeling" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/16px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Nailers" title="Wheeling Nailers">Wheeling</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:52.833%;left:47.73%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wichita"><img alt="Wichita" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Thunder" title="Wichita Thunder">Wichita</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:28.922%;left:88.389%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Worcester"><img alt="Worcester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/16px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Railers" title="Worcester Railers">Worcester</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.542%;left:78.539%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Greensboro (2025–26)"><img alt="Greensboro (2025–26)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Greensboro_ECHL_team" title="Greensboro ECHL team">Greensboro</a> (2025–26)</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_location_map.svg" title="File:Usa edcp location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Teams in the ECHL as of the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_ECHL_season" title="2024–25 ECHL season">2024–25 season</a>. 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/></a></span> North Division</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> South Division</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orange_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Central Division</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pink_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Mountain Division</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yellow_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Future</li></ul></div></div></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future_teams">Future teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECHL&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Future teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Planned ECHL teams </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">City </th> <th scope="col">Arena </th> <th scope="col">Founded </th> <th scope="col">Joining </th> <th scope="col">Head coach </th> <th scope="col">NHL affiliate </th> <th scope="col">AHL affiliate </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Greensboro_ECHL_team" title="Greensboro ECHL team">Greensboro ECHL team</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Horizon_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="First Horizon Coliseum">First Horizon Coliseum</a> </td> <td align="center">2024 </td> <td align="center">2025 </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><br /> Representatives from all potential expansion franchises, markets that have been granted expansion franchises and franchises that have suspended operations must attend the league's annual Board of Governors Meeting between seasons and provide progress reports on their situations in order to keep their ECHL franchise rights. For dormant and existing franchises, the Board of Governors votes whether or not to extend a franchise's league license until the next Board of Governors Meeting. </p><p>At the 2012 Board of Governors meeting, the Board elected to limit the league to 26 teams, with an emphasis on adding teams to the Western Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-BOG2012_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOG2012-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was decided at the 2015 Board of Governors meeting that the cap should be expanded to 30 teams, hoping to eventually match the NHL and AHL's (then) 30-team totals.<sup id="cite_ref-2015_ECHL_Moves_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015_ECHL_Moves-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, ECHL commissioner Ryan Crelin commented that the eventual goal was to match the AHL and NHL expansion to 32 teams.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defunct_and_relocated_teams">Defunct and relocated teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECHL&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Defunct and relocated teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_ECHL_teams" title="List of defunct ECHL teams">List of defunct ECHL teams</a></div> <p>Since starting with five franchises in its inaugural season, the ECHL has had dozens of franchises join and leave the league. Typically, these teams fold or relocate due to operation issues or financial losses. The <a href="/wiki/Johnstown_Chiefs" title="Johnstown Chiefs">Johnstown Chiefs</a> became the last remaining founding franchise of the East Coast Hockey League to remain in its original city until it relocated to Greenville, South Carolina, following the completion of the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_ECHL_season" title="2009–10 ECHL season">2009–10 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenville_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenville-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the ECHL has stated in recent years they would not grant voluntary suspensions of franchises for more than one year, both the Toledo Storm (now the <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Walleye" title="Toledo Walleye">Toledo Walleye</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Sea_Wolves" title="Mississippi Sea Wolves">Mississippi Sea Wolves</a> (now defunct) were granted two-year suspensions—the Sea Wolves because of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> and the Storm in order to demolish their present arena and construct a new one in downtown Toledo. The Mississippi Sea Wolves resumed play for the 2007–08 season, while the Toledo Walleye resumed play in their new arena for the 2009–10 season. </p><p>Seven former ECHL franchises have been directly replaced in their respective markets by <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a> franchises. The <a href="/wiki/Greensboro_Monarchs" title="Greensboro Monarchs">Greensboro Monarchs</a> were the first, being replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Monarchs" title="Carolina Monarchs">Carolina Monarchs</a> in <a href="/wiki/1995-96_AHL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1995-96 AHL season">1995</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads_Admirals" title="Hampton Roads Admirals">Hampton Roads Admirals</a> were the second, giving way to the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Admirals_(AHL)" title="Norfolk Admirals (AHL)">Norfolk Admirals</a> in <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_AHL_season" title="2000–01 AHL season">2000</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Rivermen_(ECHL)" title="Peoria Rivermen (ECHL)">Peoria Rivermen</a> were the third. In their case, the replacement franchise retained the <a href="/wiki/Worcester_IceCats" title="Worcester IceCats">Worcester IceCats</a> history but assumed the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Rivermen_(AHL)" title="Peoria Rivermen (AHL)">Rivermen identity</a> for their first AHL season of <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_AHL_season" title="2005–06 AHL season">2005–06</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Checkers_(ECHL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)">Charlotte Checkers</a> were the fourth, yielding to a franchise that retained the <a href="/wiki/Albany_River_Rats" title="Albany River Rats">Albany River Rats</a> history following the club's move to Charlotte following the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_AHL_season" title="2009–10 AHL season">2009–10 season</a> and assumed the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Checkers" title="Charlotte Checkers">Checkers identity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In each of these cases, the ECHL franchise was relinquished to the league by its respective ownership group. In 2015, the three California franchises (<a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_Condors_(1998%E2%80%932015)" title="Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015)">Bakersfield Condors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Reign_(ECHL)" title="Ontario Reign (ECHL)">Ontario Reign</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stockton_Thunder" title="Stockton Thunder">Stockton Thunder</a>) were displaced by the formation of an AHL Pacific Division. Each ECHL franchise involved in the territorial shift was either owned or purchased by their NHL affiliate prior to being relocated.<sup id="cite_ref-2015_ECHL_Moves_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015_ECHL_Moves-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Aces_(ECHL)" title="Alaska Aces (ECHL)">Alaska Aces</a> (2003–2017; purchased and relocated to <a href="/wiki/Maine_Mariners_(ECHL)" title="Maine Mariners (ECHL)">Portland, Maine</a>, for the 2018–19 season.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_RiverBlades" title="Arkansas RiverBlades">Arkansas RiverBlades</a> (1999–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Boardwalk_Bullies" title="Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies">Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies</a> (2001–2005; moved to <a href="/wiki/Stockton_Thunder" title="Stockton Thunder">Stockton, California</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_Lynx" title="Augusta Lynx">Augusta Lynx</a> (1998–2008; suspended operations and relinquished their membership back to the ECHL after their ownership group was unable to continue to operate in 2008–09. The first ECHL team to fold mid-season.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_Condors_(1998%E2%80%932015)" title="Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015)">Bakersfield Condors</a> (2003–15; the team moved to Norfolk, Virginia, to become the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Admirals_(ECHL)" title="Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)">Norfolk Admirals</a> and was replaced in the market by <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_Condors" title="Bakersfield Condors">an AHL team of the same name</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge_Kingfish" title="Baton Rouge Kingfish">Baton Rouge Kingfish</a> (1996–2003; moved to Victoria, British Columbia, as the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Salmon_Kings" title="Victoria Salmon Kings">Victoria Salmon Kings</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Bulls_(ECHL)" title="Birmingham Bulls (ECHL)">Birmingham Bulls</a> (1992–2001; moved to <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Boardwalk_Bullies" title="Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies">Atlantic City, New Jersey</a>; now the <a href="/wiki/Adirondack_Thunder" title="Adirondack Thunder">Adirondack Thunder</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brampton_Beast" title="Brampton Beast">Brampton Beast</a> (2014–2020; folded during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.)<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Thunderbirds" title="Carolina Thunderbirds">Carolina/Winston-Salem Thunderbirds</a> (1988–1992; moved to <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling, West Virginia</a>, as the Wheeling Thunderbirds before being renamed as the <a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Nailers" title="Wheeling Nailers">Wheeling Nailers</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Checkers_(1993%E2%80%932010)" title="Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010)">Charlotte Checkers</a> (1993–2010; replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Checkers" title="Charlotte Checkers">Charlotte Checkers</a> of the AHL.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Icebreakers" title="Chesapeake Icebreakers">Chesapeake Icebreakers</a> (1997–1999; moved to <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Bandits" title="Jackson Bandits">Jackson, Mississippi</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Express" title="Chicago Express">Chicago Express</a> (2011–2012; membership relinquished to ECHL.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Eagles" title="Colorado Eagles">Colorado Eagles</a> (2011–2018; organization obtained an expansion franchise in the AHL.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Inferno" title="Columbia Inferno">Columbia Inferno</a> (2001–2008; voluntarily suspended operations.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Chill" title="Columbus Chill">Columbus Chill</a> (1991–1999; suspended operations due to the then-impending entry of the <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Blue_Jackets" title="Columbus Blue Jackets">Columbus Blue Jackets</a> into the NHL; franchise purchased and relocated to <a href="/wiki/Reading_Royals" title="Reading Royals">Reading, Pennsylvania</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Cottonmouths" title="Columbus Cottonmouths">Columbus Cottonmouths</a> (2001–2004; the team moved down to the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Professional_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Professional Hockey League">Southern Professional Hockey League</a>; ECHL franchise moved to Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida, to play as <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_Swords" title="Gulf Coast Swords">Gulf Coast Swords</a>, franchise revoked in summer 2006 after construction halted on the proposed home arena.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayton_Bombers" title="Dayton Bombers">Dayton Bombers</a> (1991–2009; relinquished their membership back to ECHL.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmira_Jackals" title="Elmira Jackals">Elmira Jackals</a> (2007–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_Panthers" title="Erie Panthers">Erie Panthers</a> (1988–1996; moved to <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge_Kingfish" title="Baton Rouge Kingfish">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_IceMen" title="Evansville IceMen">Evansville IceMen</a> (2012–2016; moved to <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Icemen" title="Jacksonville Icemen">Jacksonville, Florida</a>, after a one-year hiatus.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno_Falcons" title="Fresno Falcons">Fresno Falcons</a> (2003–2008; suspended operations and relinquished their membership back to the ECHL after their ownership group was unable to continue to operate in 2008–09. The second ECHL team to fold mid-season.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensboro_Generals" title="Greensboro Generals">Greensboro Generals</a> (1999–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensboro_Monarchs" title="Greensboro Monarchs">Greensboro Monarchs</a> (1989–1995; replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Monarchs" title="Carolina Monarchs">Carolina Monarchs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville_Grrrowl" title="Greenville Grrrowl">Greenville Grrrowl</a> (1998–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads_Admirals" title="Hampton Roads Admirals">Hampton Roads Admirals</a> (1989–2000; replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Admirals_(AHL)" title="Norfolk Admirals (AHL)">Norfolk Admirals</a> of the AHL; ECHL franchise purchased in 2001 and moved to Columbus, Georgia, to become the Cottonmouths.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington_Blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="Huntington Blizzard">Huntington Blizzard</a> (1993–2000; moved to <a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont, Texas</a>, to become the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Wildcatters" title="Texas Wildcatters">Texas Wildcatters</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntsville_Blast" title="Huntsville Blast">Huntsville Blast</a> (1993–1994; moved to <a href="/wiki/Tallahassee_Tiger_Sharks" title="Tallahassee Tiger Sharks">Tallahassee, Florida</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Bandits" title="Jackson Bandits">Jackson Bandits</a> (1999–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Lizard_Kings" title="Jacksonville Lizard Kings">Jacksonville Lizard Kings</a> (1995–2000)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnstown_Chiefs" title="Johnstown Chiefs">Johnstown Chiefs</a> (1988–2010; relocated to Greenville, South Carolina, as the <a href="/wiki/Greenville_Road_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenville Road Warriors">Greenville Road Warriors</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pee_Dee_Pride" title="Pee Dee Pride">Knoxville Cherokees</a> (1988–1997; moved to Florence, South Carolina, as the <a href="/wiki/Pee_Dee_Pride" title="Pee Dee Pride">Pee Dee Pride</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Wranglers" title="Las Vegas Wranglers">Las Vegas Wranglers</a> (2003–2014; suspended operations for the 2014–15 season and later relinquished their membership.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington_Men_O%27_War" title="Lexington Men O' War">Lexington Men O' War</a> (2002–2003; moved to West Valley City, Utah, to become the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Grizzlies" title="Utah Grizzlies">Utah Grizzlies</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Ice_Dogs" title="Long Beach Ice Dogs">Long Beach Ice Dogs</a> (2003–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_IceGators_(ECHL)" title="Louisiana IceGators (ECHL)">Louisiana IceGators</a> (1995–2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_IceHawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville IceHawks">Louisville IceHawks</a> (1990–1994; moved to <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Lizard_Kings" title="Jacksonville Lizard Kings">Jacksonville, Florida</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_RiverFrogs" title="Louisville RiverFrogs">Louisville RiverFrogs</a> (1995–1998; moved to <a href="/wiki/Miami_Matadors" title="Miami Matadors">Miami, Florida</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_Whoopee_(ECHL)" title="Macon Whoopee (ECHL)">Macon Whoopee</a> (2001–2002; moved to Lexington, Kentucky, to become the <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Men_O%27_War" title="Lexington Men O' War">Lexington Men O' War</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Monarchs_(ECHL)" title="Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)">Manchester Monarchs</a> (2015–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_Matadors" title="Miami Matadors">Miami Matadors</a> (1998–1999; moved to <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Cyclones" title="Cincinnati Cyclones">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Sea_Wolves" title="Mississippi Sea Wolves">Mississippi Sea Wolves</a> (1996–2009; replaced in the market by the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Surge" title="Mississippi Surge">Mississippi Surge</a> of the SPHL.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_Mysticks" title="Mobile Mysticks">Mobile Mysticks</a> (1995–2002; moved to <a href="/wiki/Gwinnett_Gladiators" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwinnett Gladiators">Duluth, Georgia</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Knights" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville Knights">Nashville Knights</a> (1989–1996; moved to Pensacola, Florida.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_Growlers" title="Newfoundland Growlers">Newfoundland Growlers</a> (2018–2024; ceased operations for failure to fulfill obligations under ECHL bylaws. The fourth ECHL team to fold mid-season.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Brass" title="New Orleans Brass">New Orleans Brass</a> (1997–2002; team relinquished their league membership after the arrival of the NBA's <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Reign_(ECHL)" title="Ontario Reign (ECHL)">Ontario Reign</a> (2008–2015; the team moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, to become the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Monarchs_(ECHL)" title="Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)">Manchester Monarchs</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pee_Dee_Pride" title="Pee Dee Pride">Pee Dee Pride</a> (1997–2005; suspended operations after the 2004–05 season and planned to move to the Myrtle Beach area but later relinquished their membership.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola_Ice_Pilots" title="Pensacola Ice Pilots">Pensacola Ice Pilots</a> (1996–2008; replaced in the market by the <a href="/wiki/Pensacola_Ice_Flyers" title="Pensacola Ice Flyers">Ice Flyers</a> of the SPHL.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Rivermen_(ECHL)" title="Peoria Rivermen (ECHL)">Peoria Rivermen</a> (1996–2005; replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Rivermen_(AHL)" title="Peoria Rivermen (AHL)">Peoria Rivermen</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Roadrunners_(ECHL)" title="Phoenix Roadrunners (ECHL)">Phoenix RoadRunners</a> (2005–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quad_City_Mallards" title="Quad City Mallards">Quad City Mallards</a> (2014–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh_IceCaps" title="Raleigh IceCaps">Raleigh IceCaps</a> (1991–1998; moved to <a href="/wiki/Augusta_Lynx" title="Augusta Lynx">Augusta, Georgia</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Renegades" title="Richmond Renegades">Richmond Renegades</a> (1990–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Express" title="Roanoke Express">Roanoke Express</a> (1993–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Gulls_(1995%E2%80%932006)" title="San Diego Gulls (1995–2006)">San Diego Gulls</a> (2003–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bulls" title="San Francisco Bulls">San Francisco Bulls</a> (2012–2014; ceased operations and relinquished their membership back to the ECHL after their ownership group was unable to continue to operate in 2013–14. The third ECHL team to fold mid-season.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton_Thunder" title="Stockton Thunder">Stockton Thunder</a> (2005–2015; team moved to Glens Falls, New York, to become the <a href="/wiki/Adirondack_Thunder" title="Adirondack Thunder">Adirondack Thunder</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallahassee_Tiger_Sharks" title="Tallahassee Tiger Sharks">Tallahassee Tiger Sharks</a> (1994–2001; moved to <a href="/wiki/Macon_Whoopee_(ECHL)" title="Macon Whoopee (ECHL)">Macon, Georgia</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Wildcatters" title="Texas Wildcatters">Texas Wildcatters</a> (2003–2008; moved to <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Reign_(ECHL)" title="Ontario Reign (ECHL)">Ontario, California</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenton_Titans" title="Trenton Titans">Trenton Titans</a> (1999–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Salmon_Kings" title="Victoria Salmon Kings">Victoria Salmon Kings</a> (2004–2011; replaced in market by the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hockey_League" title="Western Hockey League">WHL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Royals" title="Victoria Royals">Victoria Royals</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Lancers" title="Virginia Lancers">Virginia Lancers</a>/<a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Valley_Rebels_(ECHL)" title="Roanoke Valley Rebels (ECHL)">Roanoke Valley Rebels</a>/<a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Valley_Rampage" title="Roanoke Valley Rampage">Rampage</a> (1988–1993; moved to <a href="/wiki/Huntsville_Blast" title="Huntsville Blast">Huntsville, Alabama</a>.)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECHL&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span style="background-color:rgb(100,204,169); color:;">Current member</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(203,203,205); color:;">Former member</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(60,204,228); color:;">Future member</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(190,154,228); color:;">Opted out of <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_ECHL_season" title="2020–21 ECHL season">season</a> due to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a></span> </p> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_rigeo5rycgnmy8oo3imqxqoi9htinv2"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Greensboro_ECHL_team" coords="926,1249,1018,1270" title="Greensboro ECHL team" alt="Greensboro ECHL team" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Tahoe_Knight_Monsters" coords="899,1229,1051,1250" title="Tahoe Knight Monsters" alt="Tahoe Knight Monsters" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Bloomington_Bison" coords="919,1210,1049,1230" title="Bloomington Bison" alt="Bloomington Bison" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Savannah_Ghost_Pirates" coords="884,1190,1043,1211" title="Savannah Ghost Pirates" alt="Savannah Ghost Pirates" /><area shape="rect" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/rigeo5rycgnmy8oo3imqxqoi9htinv2.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kelly_Cup_playoff_format">Kelly Cup playoff format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECHL&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Kelly Cup playoff format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_ECHL_season" title="2012–13 ECHL season">2012–13 season</a>, eight teams still qualify in the Eastern Conference: the three division winners plus the next five teams in the conference. With the addition of the expansion franchise in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bulls" title="San Francisco Bulls">San Francisco</a>, the Board of Governors changed the Western Conference seeding such that eight teams qualify: two division winners and the next six teams in the conference. This eliminated the Western Conference first-round bye.<sup id="cite_ref-BOG_preseason_2012_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOG_preseason_2012-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Similar to the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> (NHL) at the time, the division winners were seeded as the top three seeds in the Eastern Conference and the top two seeds in the Western Conference; the conference winner faced the eighth seed, second faces seventh, third faces sixth and fourth faces fifth in the conference quarterfinal round. The winner of the 1st/8th series played the winner of the 4th/5th series while the 2nd/7th winner played against the 3rd/6th winner in the conference semifinal series. The Board of Governors also elected to change the playoff format such that all rounds of the playoffs are now best of seven series.<sup id="cite_ref-BOG_preseason_2012_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOG_preseason_2012-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For 2012–13, the Conference Finals and Kelly Cup Finals will use a two-referee system.<sup id="cite_ref-BOG2012_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOG2012-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of the late addition of the CHL teams for the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_ECHL_season" title="2014–15 ECHL season">2014–15 season</a> and its subsequent conference alignment, the top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs and the first two playoff rounds were played within the divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-2014meeting_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014meeting-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the realignment prior to the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_ECHL_season" title="2015–16 ECHL season">2015–16 season</a>, the playoffs changed once again to a six-division format. At the end of the regular season, the top team in each division qualified for the playoffs and be seeded either 1, 2, or 3 based on the highest point total earned in the season. Then the five non-division winning teams with the highest point totals in each conference qualified for the playoffs and be seeded 4 through 8. All four rounds will be a best-of-seven format.<sup id="cite_ref-2015_ECHL_Alignment_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015_ECHL_Alignment-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The alignment changed back to four divisions for the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_ECHL_season" title="2016–17 ECHL season">2016–17 season</a>, but the playoffs kept the divisional format. The top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs and play in the division for the first two rounds. After the division finals, the winners then play the conference finals and followed by the Kelly Cup finals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ECHL_Hall_of_Fame">ECHL Hall of Fame</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECHL&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: ECHL Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/ECHL_Hall_of_Fame" title="ECHL Hall of Fame">ECHL Hall of Fame</a></div> <p>In celebration of the league's 20th year of play, the ECHL Board of Governors created the ECHL Hall of Fame in 2008, to recognize the achievements of players, coaches, and personnel who dedicated their careers to the league. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECHL&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Cup" title="Kelly Cup">Kelly Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ECHL_All-Star_Game" title="ECHL All-Star Game">ECHL All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ECHL_seasons" title="List of ECHL seasons">List of ECHL seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_developmental_and_minor_sports_leagues" title="List of developmental and minor sports leagues">List of developmental and minor sports leagues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ice_hockey_leagues" title="List of ice hockey leagues">List of ice hockey leagues</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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