2005-06 ECHL season

2005–06 ECHL season
League	ECHL
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	October, 2005–May, 2006
Regular season
Season MVP	Jeff Campbell (Gwinnett)
Top scorer	Alex Leavitt (Alaska)
Playoffs
American champions	Gwinnett Gladiators
American runners-up	Toledo Storm
National champions	Alaska Aces
National runners-up	Fresno Falcons

The 2005-06 ECHL Season is the 18th season of the East Coast Hockey League, ECHL, a professional ice hockey league based in the United States. The season ran from late October, 2005 to early June, 2006. The league welcomed three new franchises in Stockton, CA (which had relocated from Atlantic City, NJ), Phoenix, AZ, and West Valley City, UT, but had to give voluntary suspensions status to the Texas Wildcatters and the Mississippi Sea Wolves due to damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Wildcatters have been given permission to re-enter the league for the 2006-07 season and the Sea Wolves have been approved for the 2007-08 season. The ECHL All-Star Game was held at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California and was hosted by the Fresno Falcons. The National Conference All-Stars defeated the American Conference All-Stars 7:6, with Fresno's Luke Curtin named Most Valuable Player.

While most leagues adopted the entire NHL rule change package for 2005-06 (based on the 2004-05 AHL rule changes), the ECHL kept the shootout at five players, and kept the automatic icing rule which has been used in the league.

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

North Division	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Toledo Storm	72	46	21	5	97	244	189
Wheeling Nailers	72	45	21	6	96	247	186
Reading Royals	72	42	23	7	91	249	209
Johnstown Chiefs	72	30	26	16	76	223	243
Trenton Titans	72	31	36	5	67	166	214
Dayton Bombers	72	20	46	6	46	193	275

South Division	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Gwinnett Gladiators (z)	72	50	15	7	107	304	208
Florida Everblades	72	48	20	4	100	267	208
Greenville Grrrowl	72	44	25	3	93	248	203
South Carolina Stingrays	72	32	25	15	79	230	237
Charlotte Checkers	72	34	33	5	73	226	250
Augusta Lynx	72	30	36	6	66	216	255
Columbia Inferno	72	25	39	8	58	209	290
Pensacola Ice Pilots	72	21	44	7	49	194	293

National Conference

West Division	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Alaska Aces (z)	72	53	12	7	113	289	168
Las Vegas Wranglers	72	53	13	6	112	267	176
Idaho Steelheads	72	43	21	8	94	268	221
Utah Grizzlies	72	36	30	6	78	235	236
Victoria Salmon Kings	72	26	37	9	61	204	261
Phoenix Roadrunners	72	20	47	5	45	156	263

Pacific Division	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Fresno Falcons	72	43	15	14	100	230	205
Bakersfield Condors	72	40	26	6	86	221	222
Long Beach Ice Dogs	72	36	27	9	81	210	217
San Diego Gulls	72	34	30	8	76	213	214
Stockton Thunder	72	18	40	14	48	192	260

Scoring Leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Alex Leavitt	Alaska	72	26	65	91
Mike Scott	Alaska	72	37	50	87
D'Arcy McConvey	Idaho	58	39	47	86
Ryan Kinasewich	Utah	60	39	46	85
Jeff Campbell	Gwinnett	62	30	53	83
Luke Curtin	Fresno	64	21	61	82
Daniel Sisca	Florida	71	29	50	79
Matt Dzieduszycki	Las Vegas	68	34	44	78
Sean Collins	Wheeling	62	27	49	76
Scott Cameron	South Carolina	68	22	50	72
Justin Kelley	Johnstown	59	31	40	71

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
Drew MacIntyre	Toledo	33	1981	24	7	2	68	2	.926	2.06
Andy Franck	Wheeling	55	3214	33	15	5	122	5	.919	2.28
Matt Underhill	Alaska	50	2979	36	10	3	113	5	.917	2.28
Marc Magliarditi	Las Vegas	51	2985	34	11	5	123	3	.909	2.47
Cody Rudkowsky	Reading	38	2291	24	11	3	96	2	.916	2.51

Kelly Cup Playoffs

Bracket

Division Quarters April 9-12

Division Semis April 14-22

Division Finals April 24-May 2

Conference Finals May 5-16

No.1

Toledo

3

No.4

Johnstown

0

No.4

Johnstown

2

No.5

Trenton

0

No.1

Toledo

3

No.2

Wheeling

2

No.2

Wheeling

3

No.3

Reading

1

No.1

Toledo

1

So.1

Gwinnett

4

So.1

Gwinnett

3

So.4

South Carolina

0

So.4

South Carolina

2

So.5

Charlotte

1

So.1

Gwinnett

3

So.2

Florida

1

So.2

Florida

3

So.3

Greenville

1

So.3

Greenville

2

So.6

Augusta

0

No. is short for North Division So. is short for South Division

Bracket

Division Semifinals April 10-22

Division Finals April 24-May 6

Conference Finals May 8-22

W.1

Alaska

4

W.4

Utah

0

W.1

Alaska

4

W.2

Las Vegas

2

W.2

Las Vegas

4

W.3

Idaho

3

W.1

Alaska

4

P.1

Fresno

3

P.2

Bakersfield

4

P.3

Long Beach

3

P.2

Bakersfield

3

P.1

Fresno

4

P.1

Fresno

4

P.4

San Diego

0

• W. is short for West Division
• P. is short for Pacific Division

Last Four

	Conference Finals May 5-22					Kelly Cup Finals May 24-June 1
	No.1	Toledo	1
	So.1	Gwinnett	4
						So.1	Gwinnett	1
						W.1	Alaska	4
	W.1	Alaska	4
	P.1	Fresno	3

• No. is short for North Division (American Conference).
• So. is short for South Division (American Conference).
• P. is short for Pacific Division (National Conference).
• W. is short for West Division (National Conference).

ECHL Awards

See also: ECHL awards

Patrick Kelly Cup:	Alaska Aces
Henry Brabham Cup:	Alaska Aces
Gingher Memorial Trophy:	Gwinnett Gladiators
Bruce Taylor Trophy:	Alaska Aces
John Brophy Award:	Glen Gulutzan (Las Vegas)
CCM TACKS Most Valuable Player:	Jeff Campbell (Gwinnett)
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player:	Mike Scott (Alaska)
Reebok Hockey Goaltender of the Year:	Matt Underhill (Alaska)
CCM Tacks Rookie of the Year:	Alex Leavitt (Alaska)
Defenseman of the Year:	Ryan Gaucher (Alaska)
Leading Scorer:	Alex Leavitt (Alaska)
Reebok Hockey Plus Performer Award:	Peter Metcalf (Alaska)
Sportsmanship Award:	Steve Saviano (Florida)

See also

• ECHL All-Star Game
• Kelly Cup