2020-21 ECHL season

This is the 2020-21 ECHL season. This is the league's 33rd season.

Resumption of Play
Under the split-season guidelines, the following 13 teams will begin a 72-game season on December 11th - Allen, Florida, Greenville, Indy, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Orlando, Rapid City, South Carolina, Tulsa, Utah, Wheeling and Wichita. Additionally, remaining ECHL teams will begin their Season on January 15, 2021, competing in a 62-game season upon jurisdictional approval.

Membership changes

 * The Atlanta Gladiators voluntarily suspended operations for the 2020-21 season.


 * On October 20th the Norfolk Admirals opted out of the 2020-21 season under the ECHL's COVID-19 voluntary suspension policy.


 * On November 18th the entire North Division (Adirondack Thunder, Brampton Beast, Maine Mariners, Newfoundland Growlers, Reading Royals and Worcester Railers) announced they sit out the 2020-21 season and would return for the 2021-22 season.


 * On December 7th the league announced that the Cincinnati Cyclones, Idaho Steelheads, and Kalamazoo Wings had elected to to suspend play for the 2020-21 season under the league's policy for COVID-19.


 * On January 5th the league announced a finalized schedule for the balance of the season and it had announced that the Toledo Walleye had announced they were voluntarily suspending operations for the 2020-21 season.


 * On January 12, 2021 the league's Board of Governors has approved expansion applications for Coralville, Iowa and Trois-Rivières, Quebec to begin play for the 2021-22. The Coralville team will be based out of the Xtream Arena and the Trois-Rivieres team will be based out of the Le Nouveau Colisée. On June 10, 2021, the team name was announced as the Trois-Rivières Lions, named after the only previous professional team to play in the city, the Trois-Rivières Lions, from 1955 to 1960.


 * On January 27, 2021 the league announced the addition of a expansion team to be based out of the New Savannah Arena in Savannah, Georgia for the 2022-23 ECHL season.


 * On February 18, 2021 the league announced as part of its mid-season Board of Governors meeting that the Brampton Beast had withdrawn from the league effective the end of the season (after already sitting out the 2020-21 season.

Standings
Due to the imbalanced schedule during the pandemic, teams are ranked on points percentage.

Final standings

– clinched playoff spot; – clinched regular season conference title;  – Brabham Cup (regular season) champion

Format
The top four teams in each division qualify. Division based format with 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 with winners advancing to division final. Division winners meet for Kelly Cup. All rounds are best-of-five.

Due to the North Charleston Coliseum being unavailable for the playoffs, the South Carolina Stingrays play at the Carolina Ice Palace.

First Team

 * Jake Hildebrand (G) – Florida
 * Samuel Jardine (D) – Greenville
 * Les Lancaster (D) – Allen
 * Anthony Beauregard (F) – Wichita
 * Aaron Luchuk (F) – Orlando
 * John McCarron (F) – Florida

Second Team

 * Evan Buitenhuis (G) – Wichita
 * Matt Register (D) – Allen
 * Dean Stewart (D) – Wichita
 * Tyler Coulter (F) – Rapid City
 * Peter Quenneville (F) – Rapid City
 * Cole Ully (F) – South Carolina

All-Rookie

 * Evan Weninger (G) – Wichita
 * Ben Finkelstein (D) – Greenville
 * Dean Stewart (D) – Wichita
 * Matthew Boucher (F) – Utah
 * Jay Dickman (F) – Wichita
 * Joseph Garreffa (F) – Orlando