2004–05 ECHL season | |
League | ECHL |
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Sport | Ice hockey |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Scott Gomez (Alaska) |
Top scorer | Scott Gomez (Alaska) |
Playoffs | |
American champions | Florida Everblades |
American runners-up | Charlotte Checkers |
National champions | Trenton Titans |
National runners-up | Alaska Aces |
The 2004-05 ECHL season was the 17th season of the ECHL. This season marked uncharted territory for the ECHL as they established their first Canadian franchise, the Victoria Salmon Kings.
The league also adopted a "Mason-Dixon" format, as the conferences were split on the Mason-Dixon line, with the National Conference teams being north of the famed line, and American Conference teams south of the line -- in effect, all teams in states of the Confederacy, creating a "North vs South" format.
The ECHL All-Star Game was held at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania and was hosted by the Reading Royals. The National Conference All-Stars defeated the American Conference All-Stars 6:2, with Idaho's Frank Doyle named Most Valuable Player.
At the end of the season the Pee Dee Pride and Louisiana IceGators franchises ceased operations, with the Florence-based Pride announcing a move to nearby Conway (in the Myrtle Beach area), awaiting completion of the new Atlantic Center Arena. The Peoria Rivermen folded when replaced by an AHL team, and the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies relocated to Stockton, California.
As a result of the NHL Lockout, players who would be in the AHL found themselves in the ECHL for another year, while some NHL stars found work in the ECHL, some as a way to return to their hometowns (or their wives'), and others to give back to the league which gave them a start. Scott Gomez (Alaska) chose to return home to his Anchorage roots, Curtis Brown played for his wife's hometown in San Diego, while Jeremy Stevenson, who played his first professional season as a member of the Greensboro Monarchs ten years ago, returned to the Carolinas as a member of a rival club, the South Carolina Stingrays. Stevenson's NHL teammate Shane Hnidy, who played 21 games with the former Baton Rouge Kingfish as a rookie, also rediscovered his roots, playing for the Florida Everblades. Hnidy and Stevenson would find themselves playing against each other in the second round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs. Bates Battaglia joined his younger brother Anthony on the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL for the 2004-05 season on February 21, 2005. This was the first time that he had played on the same team with his younger brother.
Regular season[]
Final standings[]
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Loses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot; Blue shade = Clinched division; (z) = Clinched home-ice advantage
American Conference[]
East Division | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
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Columbia Inferno | 72 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 88 | 199 | 186 |
South Carolina Stingrays | 72 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 87 | 230 | 219 |
Charlotte Checkers | 72 | 39 | 26 | 7 | 85 | 226 | 219 |
Greenville Grrrowl | 72 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 83 | 210 | 204 |
Pee Dee Pride | 72 | 31 | 36 | 5 | 67 | 203 | 219 |
Augusta Lynx | 72 | 28 | 35 | 9 | 65 | 188 | 237 |
South Division | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
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Pensacola Ice Pilots (z) | 72 | 51 | 16 | 5 | 107 | 248 | 178 |
Florida Everblades | 72 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 94 | 237 | 192 |
Gwinnett Gladiators | 72 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 88 | 241 | 202 |
Mississippi Sea Wolves | 72 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 87 | 223 | 215 |
Louisiana IceGators | 72 | 26 | 40 | 6 | 58 | 192 | 266 |
Texas Wildcatters | 72 | 17 | 44 | 11 | 45 | 178 | 260 |
National Conference[]
North Division | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
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Reading Royals | 72 | 43 | 22 | 7 | 93 | 220 | 161 |
Trenton Titans | 72 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 93 | 220 | 161 |
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies | 72 | 42 | 22 | 8 | 92 | 205 | 189 |
Toledo Storm | 72 | 41 | 26 | 5 | 87 | 203 | 194 |
Peoria Rivermen | 72 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 84 | 213 | 177 |
Wheeling Nailers | 72 | 38 | 29 | 5 | 81 | 171 | 173 |
Johnstown Chiefs | 72 | 22 | 36 | 14 | 58 | 191 | 258 |
Dayton Bombers | 72 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 55 | 175 | 225 |
West Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
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Alaska Aces (z) | 72 | 45 | 19 | 8 | 98 | 233 | 187 |
Long Beach Ice Dogs | 72 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 95 | 220 | 181 |
Idaho Steelheads | 72 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 91 | 223 | 183 |
Bakersfield Condors | 72 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 90 | 232 | 205 |
Fresno Falcons | 72 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 86 | 204 | 217 |
San Diego Gulls | 72 | 35 | 29 | 8 | 78 | 206 | 222 |
Las Vegas Wranglers | 72 | 31 | 33 | 8 | 70 | 201 | 199 |
Victoria Salmon Kings | 72 | 15 | 52 | 5 | 35 | 178 | 298 |
Scoring leaders[]
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
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Scott Gomez | AK | 61 | 13 | 73 | 86 |
Carl Mallette | TOL | 64 | 30 | 50 | 80 |
Jamie Johnson | AUG | 72 | 22 | 58 | 80 |
Chris Minard | AK | 69 | 49 | 29 | 78 |
Joe Tenute | SC | 68 | 34 | 41 | 75 |
Wes Mason | LA | 72 | 31 | 39 | 70 |
Brian McCullough | PEO | 71 | 39 | 30 | 69 |
Kris Goodjohn | GWT | 69 | 21 | 48 | 69 |
Evan Cheverie | LB | 72 | 29 | 39 | 68 |
Scott Bertoli | TRE | 70 | 27 | 41 | 68 |
Leading goaltenders[]
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Team | GP | Mins | W | L | T | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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Dany Sabourin | WHL | 27 | 1578 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 5 | .942 | 1.67 |
Barry Brust | REA | 42 | 2413 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 79 | 4 | .928 | 1.96 |
Alfie Michaud | PEO | 48 | 2712 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 92 | 6 | .929 | 2.04 |
Tyler MacKay | FL | 27 | 1601 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 2 | .921 | 2.10 |
Chris Madden | LB | 28 | 1598 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 5 | .941 | 2.14 |
Kelly Cup playoffs[]
Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Kelly Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
1 | Pensacola | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Greenville | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Greenville | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Gwinnett | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Mississippi | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
American Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | South Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Gwinnett | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Charlotte | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Columbia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Charlotte | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A.3 | Florida | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
N.2 | Trenton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
N.1 | Reading | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
N.4 | Toledo | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
N.1 | Reading | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
N.2 | Trenton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
N.2 | Trenton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
N.3 | Atlantic City | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
N.2 | Trenton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
National Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
W.1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
W.1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
W.4 | Bakersfield | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
W.1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
W.2 | Long Beach | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
W.2 | Long Beach | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
W.3 | Idaho | 1 |
- A. is short for American Conference
- N. is short for North Division (National Conference)
- W. is short for West Division (National Conference)
ECHL awards[]
- See also: ECHL awards
Patrick Kelly Cup: | Trenton Titans |
Henry Brabham Cup: | Pensacola Ice Pilots |
Gingher Memorial Trophy: | Florida Everblades |
Bruce Taylor Trophy: | Trenton Titans |
John Brophy Award: | Nick Vitucci (Toledo) |
CCM TACKS Most Valuable Player: | Scott Gomez (Alaska) |
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player: | Leon Hayward (Trenton) |
Reebok Hockey Goaltender of the Year: | Chris Madden (Long Beach) |
CCM Tacks Rookie of the Year: | Joe Tenute (South Carolina) |
Defenseman of the Year: | Ray DiLauro (Wheeling) |
Leading Scorer: | Scott Gomez (Alaska) |
Reebok Hockey Plus Performer Award: | Aaron Philips (Pensacola) |
Sportsmanship Award: | Kris Goodjohn (Gwinnett) |
Team Photos[]
See also[]
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