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American ECHL

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Established
1988 (38 years old)

First Recorded Event
2012-10-12

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round


Sport
Ice Hockey

Location
United States

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - FloSports [2021]

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		Upcoming
31 May 26	Fort WayFort Wayne Komets	9:05pm	Kansas CKansas City Mavericks
		Results
29 May 26	Wheeling Wheeling Nailers	3 - 2	Florida EFlorida Everblades
27 May 26	Wheeling Wheeling Nailers	2 - 5	Florida EFlorida Everblades
26 May 26	Fort WaynFort Wayne Komets	2 - 4	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks
25 May 26	Fort WaynFort Wayne Komets	4 - 6	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks
23 May 26	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks	3 - 4	Fort WaynFort Wayne Komets
23 May 26	Florida EFlorida Everblades	1 - 0	Wheeling Wheeling Nailers
22 May 26	Florida EFlorida Everblades	2 - 1	Wheeling Wheeling Nailers
19 May 26	Fort WaynFort Wayne Komets	5 - 3	Toledo WaToledo Walleye
18 May 26	Wheeling Wheeling Nailers	4 - 3	Maine MarMaine Mariners
17 May 26	South CarSouth Carolina Stingrays	1 - 3	Florida EFlorida Everblades

Description

The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League.

The ECHL and the AHL are the only minor leagues recognized by the collective bargaining agreement between the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association, 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. Additionally, the league's players are represented by the Professional Hockey Players' Association in negotiations with the ECHL itself. Some 662 players have played at least one game in the NHL after appearing in the ECHL.

For the 2020–21 season, 24 of the 31 National Hockey League teams have affiliations with either an active or dormant ECHL team with the Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, and San Jose Sharks having no official ECHL affiliations. The ECHL has one independent team, the Norfolk Admirals, which is also dormant for the 2020–21 season. However, NHL teams do sometimes lend contracted players to other unaffiliated ECHL teams for development and increased playing time.

The league's regular season typically begins in October and ends in April. The most recent ECHL champion is the Newfoundland Growlers, a 2018–19 expansion team that won the title in its inaugural season. There was no champion in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Seasons

Teams

Adirondack Thun		Allen Americans		Atlanta Gladiat
Bloomington Bis		Cincinnati Cycl		Florida Everbla
Fort Wayne Kome		Greensboro Garg		Greenville Swam
Idaho Steelhead		Indy Fuel		Iowa Heartlande
Jacksonville Ic		Kalamazoo Wings		Kansas City Mav
Maine Mariners		Norfolk Admiral		Orlando Solar B
Rapid City Rush		Reading Royals		Savannah
South Carolina		Tahoe Knight Mo		Toledo Walleye
Trois-Rivières		Tulsa Oilers		Utah Grizzlies
Wheeling Nailer		Wichita Thunder		Worcester Raile

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