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American ECHL

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Established
1988 (38 years old)

First Recorded Event
2012-10-12

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round


Sport
Ice Hockey

Location
United States

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - FloSports [2021]

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		Upcoming
16 Oct 26	GreensboGreensboro Gargoyles	11:00pm	Reading Reading Royals
16 Oct 26	SavannahSavannah Ghost Pirates	11:00pm	Norfolk Norfolk Admirals
16 Oct 26	Trois-RiTrois-Rivières Lions	11:00pm	Trenton Trenton Ironhawks
16 Oct 26	GreenvilGreenville Swamp Rabbits	11:05pm	South CaSouth Carolina Stingrays
16 Oct 26	Indy FueIndy Fuel	11:15pm	WheelingWheeling Nailers
17 Oct 26	New MexiNew Mexico Goatheads	1:00am	Idaho StIdaho Steelheads
17 Oct 26	South CaSouth Carolina Stingrays	10:05pm	GreenvilGreenville Swamp Rabbits
17 Oct 26	WorcesteWorcester Railers	10:05pm	Maine MaMaine Mariners
17 Oct 26	Florida Florida Everblades	11:00pm	Orlando Orlando Solar Bears
17 Oct 26	GreensboGreensboro Gargoyles	11:00pm	Reading Reading Royals
		Results
16 Jun 26	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks	4 - 5	Florida EFlorida Everblades
13 Jun 26	Florida EFlorida Everblades	5 - 2	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks
12 Jun 26	Florida EFlorida Everblades	3 - 2	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks
10 Jun 26	Florida EFlorida Everblades	2 - 1	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks
06 Jun 26	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks	5 - 2	Florida EFlorida Everblades
03 Jun 26	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks	4 - 3	Fort WaynFort Wayne Komets
31 May 26	Fort WaynFort Wayne Komets	4 - 1	Kansas CiKansas City Mavericks
30 May 26	Wheeling Wheeling Nailers	1 - 6	Florida EFlorida Everblades
29 May 26	Wheeling Wheeling Nailers	3 - 2	Florida EFlorida Everblades
27 May 26	Wheeling Wheeling Nailers	2 - 5	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.


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Teams

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