2016 Kelly Cup playoffs
The 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL started April 13, 2016, following the conclusion of the 2015–16 ECHL regular season.
Playoff format
At the end of the regular season the top team in each division qualified for the 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs and are seeded either 1, 2, or 3 based on highest point total earned in the season. Then the five non-division winning teams with the highest point totals in each conference qualified for the playoffs and are seeded 4 through 8. The Kelly Cup final pits the Eastern Conference champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.[1]
Playoff seeds
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Missouri Mavericks were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record in the ECHL. The Toledo Walleye earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
Eastern Conference
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Western Conference
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Playoff Brackets
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Kelly Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Toledo Walleye | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E8 | Reading Royals | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E8 | Reading | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Wheeling | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Florida Everblades | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Wheeling Nailers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | South Carolina Stingrays | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E7 | Kalamazoo Wings | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | South Carolina | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Adirondack | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Manchester Monarchs | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Adirondack Thunder | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Missouri Mavericks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W8 | Quad City Mallards | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Missouri | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Allen | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Allen Americans | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Idaho Steelheads | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Fort Wayne Komets | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Fort Wayne | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Utah | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Colorado Eagles | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Utah Grizzlies | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Conference Quarterfinals
- Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
(1) Toledo Walleye vs. (8) Reading Royals
| April 15 | Toledo Walleye | 3–4 | Reading Royals | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
| Evan Rankin (1) 15:12 | First period | Kevin Sundher (1) 9:09 PP Austin Farley (1) 12:43 Brandon Alderson (1) 19:57 PP | ||||||
| Tylor Spink (1) 12:35 PP | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kyle Bonis (1) 3:49 | Third period | Cam Reid (1) 14:55 | ||||||
| Jeff Lerg 34 shots / 30 saves | Goalie stats | Martin Ouellette 24 shots / 21 saves | ||||||
| April 16 | Toledo Walleye | 4–3 | Reading Royals | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
| Kyle Bonis (2) 6:48 PP A.J. Jenks (1) 9:22 SH Evan Rankin (2) 11:41 Joel Chouinard (1) 15:02 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Justin Crandall (1) 0:41 Mike Marcou (1) 9:30 Brandon Alderson (2) 17:47 | ||||||
| Jake Paterson 26 shots / 23 saves | Goalie stats | Martin Ouellette 6 shots / 3 saves Adam Morrison 15 shots / 14 saves | ||||||
| April 19 | Reading Royals | 4–2 | Toledo Walleye | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
| Maxim Lamarche (1) 18:31 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Yannick Tifu (1) 12:41 | Second period | Tylor Spink (2) 11:24 | ||||||
| Ian Watters (1) 7:53 Joe Rehkamp (1) 19:30 EN |
Third period | Kyle Bonis (3) 17:56 | ||||||
| Martin Ouellette 35 shots / 33 saves | Goalie stats | Jeff Lerg 36 shots / 33 saves | ||||||
| April 20 | Reading Royals | 1–3 | Toledo Walleye | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | A.J. Jenks (2) 2:39 | ||||||
| Brandon Alderson (3) 17:13 | Second period | A.J. Jenks (3) 0:39 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Shane Berschbach (1) 19:07 EN | ||||||
| Adam Morrison 24 shots / 22 saves | Goalie stats | Jake Paterson 26 shots / 25 saves | ||||||
| April 22 | Toledo Walleye | 3–5 | Reading Royals | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Cam Reid (2) 6:49 Mike Marcou (2) 9:43 PP | ||||||
| Shane Berschbach (2) 4:02 PP Kyle Bonis (4) 9:57 PP Kyle Bonis (5) 18:51 |
Second period | Brandon Alderson (4) 10:25 Brandon Alderson (5) 12:17 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Brandon Alderson (6) 6:30 PP | ||||||
| Jake Paterson 11 shots / 7 saves Jeff Lerg 9 shots / 8 saves |
Goalie stats | Martin Ouellette 37 shots / 34 saves | ||||||
| April 24 | Reading Royals | 1–3 | Toledo Walleye | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Dominic Zombo (1) 9:19 | ||||||
| Cam Reid (3) 19:42 PP | Second period | A.J. Jenks (4) 16:14 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | A.J. Jenks (5) 18:38 EN | ||||||
| Martin Ouellette 14 shots / 12 saves | Goalie stats | Jeff Lerg 34 shots / 33 saves | ||||||
| April 26 | Toledo Walleye | 1–4 | Reading Royals | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Kevin Goumas (1) 8:06 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Nikita Kashirsky (1) 1:15 Kevin Goumas (2) 6:28 | ||||||
| Matt Caito (1) 1:27 | Third period | Kevin Goumas (3) 11:03 | ||||||
| Jeff Lerg 20 shots / 16 saves | Goalie stats | Martin Ouellette 38 shots / 37 saves | ||||||
| Reading wins series 4–3 | |
(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (7) Kalamazoo Wings
| April 15 | Kalamazoo Wings | 1–4 | South Carolina Stingrays | Wings Event Center | Recap | |||
| Ludwig Blomstrand (1) 9:25 PP | First period | Kelly Zajac (1) 10:56 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Caleb Herbert (1) 10:16 Derek DeBlois (1) 11:04 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Austin Fyten (1) 5:05 | ||||||
| Joel Martin 40 shots / 36 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Dekanich 23 shots / 22 saves | ||||||
| April 16 | Kalamazoo Wings | 2–5 | South Carolina Stingrays | Wings Event Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Joe Devin (1) 12:53 | ||||||
| Tanner Sorenson (1) 11:27 Sacha Guimond (1) 12:33 |
Second period | Caleb Herbert (2) 3:45 Wade Epp (1) 6:30 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Brett Cameron (1) 3:03 Brett Cameron (2) 6:35 | ||||||
| Joel Martin 34 shots / 29 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Dekanich 22 shots / 20 save | ||||||
| April 18 | Kalamazoo Wings | 5–3 | South Carolina Stingrays | Wings Event Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Nick Jones (1) 6:47 PP | ||||||
| Justin Kovacs (1) 1:01 PP Zack Phillips (1) 6:03 Alex Mallet (1) 14:40 PP |
Second period | Brett Cameron (3) 11:06 | ||||||
| Justin Kovacs (2) 11:31 Zack Phillips (2) 19:34 EN |
Third period | Joe Devin (2) 16:59 | ||||||
| Joel Martin 41 shots / 38 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Dekanich 21 shots / 17 saves | ||||||
| April 21 | South Carolina Stingrays | 3–2 | Kalamazoo Wings | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Caleb Herbert (3) 10:35 | First period | Ludwig Blomstrand (2) 19:08 | ||||||
| Joe Devin (3) 3:48 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Devin (4) 19:20 PP | Third period | Justin Taylor (1) 0:45 SH | ||||||
| Vitek Vanecek 29 shots / 27 saves | Goalie stats | Joel Martin 46 shots / 43 saves | ||||||
| April 23 | South Carolina Stingrays | 5–1 | Kalamazoo Wings | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Jones (2) 10:13 Joe Devin (5) 10:54 PP Stephan Vigier (1) 12:28 |
Second period | Brett Ponich (1) 15:54 | ||||||
| Austin Fyten (2) 15:07 Joey Leach (1) 18:30 EN |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vitek Vanecek 24 shots / 23 saves | Goalie stats | Joel Martin 27 shots / 23 saves | ||||||
| South Carolina wins series 4–1 | |
(3) Manchester Monarchs vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder
| April 13 | Manchester Monarchs | 2–3 | Adirondack Thunder | Verizon Wireless Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Michael Kirkpatrick (1) 0:43 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Greg Wolfe (1) 17:43 PP | ||||||
| Mark Anthoine (1) 4:52 Zac Larraza (1) 5:23 |
Third period | Greg Wolfe (2) 18:27 | ||||||
| Doug Carr 25 shots / 22 saves | Goalie stats | Ken Appleby 27 shots / 25 saves | ||||||
| April 15 | Manchester Monarchs | 3–4 | OT | Adirondack Thunder | Verizon Wireless Arena | Recap | ||
| Maxim Kitsyn (1) 1:02 | First period | Michael Kirkpatrick (2) 12:47 Mitchell Heard (1) 15:23 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Zac Larraza (2) 8:52 Troy Power (1) 10:05 |
Third period | Greg Wolfe (3) 14:11 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Pete MacArthur (1) 9:40 | ||||||
| Doug Carr 31 shots / 27 saves | Goalie stats | Ken Appleby 26 shots / 23 saves | ||||||
| April 16 | Adirondack Thunder | 4–2 | Manchester Monarchs | Glens Falls Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Mitchell Heard (2) 0:40 Mitchell Heard (3) 13:59 |
First period | Maxim Kitsyn (2) 9:51 | ||||||
| Ryan Lomberg (1) 12:44 PP | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Wolfe (4) 19:45 EN | Third period | Matt Fornataro (1) 10:31 PP | ||||||
| Ken Appelby 32 shots / 30 saves | Goalie stats | Colin Stevens 22 shots / 19 saves | ||||||
| April 18 | Adirondack Thunder | 1–2 | Manchester Monarchs | Glens Falls Civic Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Lomberg (2) 19:43 PP | Second period | Matt Leitner (1) 16:36 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Darik Angeli (1) 11:00 | ||||||
| Ken Appleby 36 shots / 34 saves | Goalie stats | Doug Carr 30 shots / 29 saves | ||||||
| April 20 | Manchester Monarchs | 0–3 | Adirondack Thunder | Verizon Wireless Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Peter MacArthur (2) 6:30 Ryan Constant (1) 13:59 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Dana Fraser (1) 11:32 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Carr 24 shots / 21 saves | Goalie stats | Ken Appleby 33 shots / 33 saves | ||||||
| Adirondack wins series 4–1 | |
(4) Florida Everblades vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers
| April 15 | Florida Everblades | 3–6 | Wheeling Nailers | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | John McCarron (1) 9:23 Andrew Ammon (1) 10:46 Cody Wydo (1) 16:46 Mathew Maione (1) 19:21 PP | ||||||
| Matt Marquardt (1) 4:44 Ryan Martindale (1) 12:17 |
Second period | Mathew Maione (2) 18:47 | ||||||
| Gabriel Desjardins (1) 14:36 | Third period | John McCarron (2) 5:26 | ||||||
| Anthony Peters 10 shots / 6 saves Rasmus Tirronen 23 shots / 21 saves |
Goalie stats | Franky Palazzese 28 shots / 25 saves | ||||||
| April 16 | Florida Everblades | 4–1 | Wheeling Nailers | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Martindale (2) 3:58 PP Matt Willows (1) 6:49 Jon DiSalvatore (1) 10:55 |
Second period | Anton Zlobin (1) 15:20 PP | ||||||
| Matt Marquardt (2) 18:12 PP | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anthony Peters 21 shots / 20 saves | Goalie stats | Franky Palazzese 39 shots / 35 saves | ||||||
| April 20 | Wheeling Nailers | 3–6 | Florida Everblades | WesBanco Arena | Recap | |||
| Jordan Kwas (1) 12:37 | First period | Danny New (1) 14:27 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Brenden O'Donnell (1) 1:24 PP Kevin Lynch (1) 6:15 PP Kevin Lynch (2) 14:13 SH | ||||||
| Riley Brace (1) 3:36 Cody Wydo (2) 14:55 |
Third period | Brenden O'Donnell (2) 11:20 Gabriel Desjardins (2) 19:20 EN | ||||||
| Franky Palazzese 11 shots / 8 saves Brian Foster 14 shots / 12 saves |
Goalie stats | Anthony Peters 39 shots / 36 saves | ||||||
| April 22 | Wheeling Nailers | 5–4 | Florida Everblades | WesBanco Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Brenden O'Donnell (3) 7:45 | ||||||
| John McCarron (3) 12:04 PP Ty Loney (1) 14:02 |
Second period | Ryan Martindale (3) 2:39 Matt Willows (2) 2:52 Danny New (2) 15:04 | ||||||
| John McCarron (4) 0:29 SH Cody Wydo (3) 1:48 Riley Brace (2) 7:38 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Foster 29 shots / 25 saves | Goalie stats | Anthony Peters 31 shots / 26 saves | ||||||
| April 23 | Wheeling Nailers | 4–3 | Florida Everblades | WesBanco Arena | Recap | |||
| Ty Loney (2) 4:47 Mathew Maione (3) 7:56 Riley Brace (3) 12:52 PP |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mathew Maione (4) 2:01 | Second period | Matt Marquardt (3) 12:00 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Jon DiSalvatore (2) 6:53 SH Ethan Werek (1) 13:03 | ||||||
| Brian Foster 29 shots / 26 saves | Goalie stats | Anthony Peters 15 shots / 11 saves Rasmus Tirronen 14 shots / 14 saves | ||||||
| April 25 | Florida Everblades | 1–2 | Wheeling Nailers | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Cornell (1) 17:34 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Ty Loney (3) 16:22 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Shane Bakker (1) 10:40 | ||||||
| Rasmus Tirronen 22 shots / 20 saves | Goalie stats | Brian Foster 44 shots / 43 saves | ||||||
| Wheeling wins series 4–2 | |
Western Conference
(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (8) Quad City Mallards
| April 16 | Missouri Mavericks | 6–3 | Quad City Mallards | Silverstein Eye Centers Arena | Recap | |||
| Andrew Courtney (1) 9:24 Tyler Barnes (1) 14:16 PP |
First period | Matt Carey (1) 1:49 Matt Carey (2) 16:47 PP | ||||||
| Andrew Courtney (2) 3:39 PP Zach Tolkinen (1) 16:42 |
Second period | Jordan Knackstedt (1) 0:15 PP | ||||||
| Chris Owens (1) 18:25 EN/SH Josh Holmstrom (1) 19:51 EN |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josh Robinson 41 shots / 38 saves | Goalie stats | Brody Hoffman 27 shots / 23 saves | ||||||
| April 17 | Missouri Mavericks | 2–1 | Quad City Mallards | Silverstein Eye Centers Arena | Recap | |||
| Reed Seckel (1) 10:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josh Holmstrom (2) 9:45 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Sam Warning (1) 5:56 | ||||||
| Parker Milner 29 shots / 28 saves | Goalie stats | Brody Hoffman 23 shots / 21 saves | ||||||
| April 20 | Quad City Mallards | 2–4 | Missouri Mavericks | iWireless Center | Recap | |||
| Matt Neal (1) 4:05 SH | First period | Bryce Aneloski (1) 7:15 | ||||||
| Olivier Archambault (1) 5:38 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Tyler Barnes (2) 0:47 David de Kastrozza (1) 15:33 SH Reed Seckel (2) 17:11 PS | ||||||
| Brody Hoffman 36 shots / 32 saves | Goalie stats | Josh Robinson 24 shots / 22 saves | ||||||
| April 22 | Quad City Mallards | 1–4 | Missouri Mavericks | iWireless Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Bryce Aneloski (2) 7:35 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Chris Owens (2) 9:14 Rocco Carzo 17:46 PP | ||||||
| Sam Warning (2) 7:54 | Third period | Carter Verhaeghe (1) 11:54 | ||||||
| P.J. Musico 30 shots / 26 saves | Goalie stats | Josh Robinson 25 shots / 24 saves | ||||||
| Missouri wins series 4–0 | |
(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (7) Cincinnati Cyclones
| April 15 | Fort Wayne Komets | 2–3 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Jack Downing (1) 19:03 PP | ||||||
| Troy Bourke (1) 10:03 Trevor Cheek (1) 15:36 PP |
Second period | Tommy Mele (1) 13:54 SH Tommy Mele (2) 19:45 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Nagle 23 shots / 20 saves | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 35 shots / 33 saves | ||||||
| April 16 | Fort Wayne Komets | 2–3 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Garrett Thompson (1) 5:46 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Andrew Yogan (1) 8:45 SH Zach Budish (1) 17:04 | ||||||
| Kyle Thomas (1) 14:10 | Third period | Christiaan Minella (1) 19:27 | ||||||
| Pat Nagle 20 shots / 17 saves | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 33 shots / 31 saves | ||||||
| April 20 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 0–8 | Fort Wayne Komets | U.S. Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Alex Belzile (1) 1:12 Troy Bourke (2) 5:31 Kyle Thomas (2) 16:55 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Alex Belzile (2) 5:14 SH Shawn Szydlowski (1) 9:57 PP Shawn Szydlowski (2) 13:02 Garrett Thompson (2) 16:01 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Paul Crowder (1) 5:35 | ||||||
| Brad Thiessen 13 shots / 9 saves Brandon Whitney 16 shots / 12 saves |
Goalie stats | Pat Nagle 21 shots / 21 saves | ||||||
| April 22 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 2–3 | 2OT | Fort Wayne Komets | U.S. Bank Arena | Recap | ||
| Jack Downing (2) 3:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Christiaan Minella (2) 18:02 | Second period | Troy Bourke (3) 19:52 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Troy Bourke (4) 7:03 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | Alex Belzile (3) 15:20 | ||||||
| Brad Thiessen 56 shots / 53 saves | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle 31 shots / 29 saves | ||||||
| April 23 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 5–4 | 2OT | Fort Wayne Komets | U.S. Bank Arena | Recap | ||
| Branden Gracel (1) 3:42 Steve Weinstein (1) 12:53 |
First period | Garrett Thompson (3) 0:39 | ||||||
| Andrew Blazek (1) 8:08 | Second period | Shawn Szydlowski (3) 0:59 Brett Perlini (1) 10:14 PP | ||||||
| Andrew Blazek (2) 7:40 | Third period | Garrett Thompson (4) 17:18 PP | ||||||
| Jonathan Diaby (1) 9:26 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Thiessen 45 shots / 41 saves | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle 40 shots / 35 saves | ||||||
| April 25 | Fort Wayne Komets | 2–1 | OT | Cincinnati Cyclones | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Belzile (4) 1:02 PP | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Andrew Yogan (2) 9:55 | ||||||
| Garrett Thompson (5) 5:30 PP | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Nagle 24 shots / 23 saves | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 41 shots / 39 saves | ||||||
| April 27 | Fort Wayne Komets | 2–0 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Jamie Schaafsma (1) 4:26 Jamie Schaafsma (2) 13:38 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Nagle 33 shots / 33 saves | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 35 shots / 33 saves | ||||||
| Fort Wayne wins series 4–3 | |
(3) Colorado Eagles vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies
| April 14 | Colorado Eagles | 2–3 | Utah Grizzlies | Budweiser Events Center | Recap | |||
| Kyle Kraemer (1) 3:59 | First period | Barry Almeida (1) 11:09 | ||||||
| Kyle Kraemer (2) 14:59 PP | Second period | Bryan Moore (1) 5:52 Matt Berry (1) 7:58 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Clarke Saunders 22 shots / 19 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Owuya 24 shots / 22 saves | ||||||
| April 17 | Colorado Eagles | 5–4 | 3OT | Utah Grizzlies | Budweiser Events Center | Recap | ||
| Jake Marto (1) 11:33 PP Collin Bowman (1) 12:03 Everett Sheen (1) 13:03 |
First period | T. J. Syner (1) 7:53 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Connor Hardowa (1) 4:58 | ||||||
| Darryl Bootland (1) 3:54 | Third period | Ryan Hayes (1) 0:40 Charles Sarault (1) 7:18 | ||||||
| Darryl Bootland (2) 2:31 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kris Lazaruk 44 shots / 40 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Owuya 5 shots / 2 saves Ryan Faragher 35 shots / 33 saves | ||||||
| April 21 | Utah Grizzlies | 3–2 | Colorado Eagles | Maverik Center | Recap | |||
| Eric Knodel (1) 16:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marc Cantin (1) 2:40 SH | Second period | Kyle Ostrow (1) 15:18 PP | ||||||
| Erik Higby (1) 1:05 | Third period | Kyle Kraemer (3) 5:40 | ||||||
| Ryan Faragher 19 shots / 17 saves | Goalie stats | Clarke Saunders 31 shots / 28 saves | ||||||
| April 23 | Utah Grizzlies | 7–2 | Colorado Eagles | Maverik Center | Recap | |||
| Phil Pietroniro (1) 2:55 PP | First period | Everett Sheen (2) 17:19 | ||||||
| Charles Sarault (2) 2:51 Ryan Hayes (2) 17:54 |
Second period | Trent Daavettila (1) 13:43 PP | ||||||
| C.J. Eick (1) 1:38 Charles Sarault (3) 3:59 PP Alex Krushelnyski (1) 11:47 Charles Sarault (4) 15:20 PP |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Faragher 35 shots / 33 saves | Goalie stats | Kris Lazaruk 31 shots / 24 saves | ||||||
| April 24 | Utah Grizzlies | 2–5 | Colorado Eagles | Maverik Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jon Puskar (1) 4:07 PP Matt Berry (2) 7:25 |
Second period | Jesse Mychan (1) 17:26 Collin Bowman (2) 18:39 PP Jesse Mychan (2) 19:26 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Trent Daavettila (2) 6:36 Trent Daavettila (3) 19:53 EN | ||||||
| Ryan Faragher 37 shots / 33 saves | Goalie stats | Clarke Saunders 34 shots / 32 saves | ||||||
| April 26 | Colorado Eagles | 2–7 | Utah Grizzlies | Budweiser Events Center | Recap | |||
| Trent Daavettila (4) 5:37 | First period | Bryan Moore (2) 3:54 Barry Almeida (2) 7:56 Marc Cantin (ice hockey)Marc Cantin (2) 19:15 | ||||||
| Everett Sheen (3) 7:05 PP | Second period | Alex Krushelnyski (2) 11:52 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Charles Sarault (5) 1:05 Matt Berry (3) 13:45 EN Charles Sarault (6) 17:21 EN | ||||||
| Clarke Saunders 16 shots / 11 saves | Goalie stats | Ryan Faragher 29 shots / 27 saves | ||||||
| Utah wins series 4–2 | |
(4) Allen Americans vs. (5) Idaho Steelheads
| April 14 | Allen Americans | 1–3 | Idaho Steelheads | Allen Event Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (1) 13:07 | ||||||
| Gary Steffes (1) 17:25 | Second period | Shawn Boutin (1) 3:11 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Joe Basaraba (1) 3:49 PP | ||||||
| Jake Hildebrand 24 shots / 21 saves | Goalie stats | Philippe Desrosiers 37 shots / 36 saves | ||||||
| April 16 | Allen Americans | 3–1 | Idaho Steelheads | Allen Event Center | Recap | |||
| Gary Steffes (2) 17:54 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Casey Pierro-Zabotel (1) 3:31 PP | Second period | Rob Linsmayer (1) 15:33 | ||||||
| Casey Pierro-Zabotel (2) 7:32 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Riley Gill 22 shots / 21 saves | Goalie stats | Philippe Desrosiers 34 shots / 31 saves | ||||||
| April 20 | Idaho Steelheads | 1–3 | Allen Americans | CenturyLink Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Greger Hanson (1) 4:44 David Makowski (1) 16:59 PP | ||||||
| Tommy Fallen (1) 4:28 PP | Second period | Matt Register (1) 11:44 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Philippe Desrosiers 30 shots / 27 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 38 shots / 37 saves | ||||||
| April 22 | Idaho Steelheads | 3–1 | Allen Americans | CenturyLink Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kyle Jean (1) 0:50 SH | Second period | Tristan King (1) 16:53 | ||||||
| Joe Basaraba (2) 1:11 Kyle Jean (2) 18:35 EN |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Philippe Desrosiers 30 shots / 29 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 28 shots / 26 saves | ||||||
| April 23 | Idaho Steelheads | 7–1 | Allen Americans | CenturyLink Arena | Recap | |||
| Kruise Reddick (1) 2:31 Taylor Peters (1) 4:15 Radoslav Illo (1) 6:36 Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (2) 18:50 SH |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carson McMillan (1) 14:22 PP | Second period | Greger Hanson (2) 18:15 PP | ||||||
| Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (3) 7:35 PP Joe Basaraba (3) 9:46 PP |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Philippe Desrosiers 21 shots / 20 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 3 shots / 1 save Jake Hildebrand 26 shots / 21 saves | ||||||
| April 26 | Allen Americans | 4–2 | Idaho Steelheads | Allen Event Center | Recap | |||
| Tristan King (2) 14:12 | First period | Tommy Fallen (2) 12:57 | ||||||
| Eric Roy (1) 0:33 PP Matt Register (2) 2:12 Greger Hanson (3) 9:24 PP |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Rob Linsmayer (2) 6:08 | ||||||
| Riley Gill 32 shots / 30 saves | Goalie stats | Philippe Desrosiers 14 shots / 10 saves Branden Komm 13 shots / 13 saves | ||||||
| April 27 | Allen Americans | 3–2 | OT | Idaho Steelheads | Allen Event Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chad Costello (1) 6:14 | Second period | Kruise Reddick (2) 5:45 Andrew Carroll (1) 8:27 | ||||||
| David Makowski (2) 7:06 PP | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tristan King (3) 3:28 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Riley Gill 26 shots / 24 saves | Goalie stats | Philippe Desrosiers 42 shots / 39 saves | ||||||
| Allen wins series 4–3 | |
Conference Semifinals
- Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder
| April 29 | South Carolina Stingrays | 4–5 | Adirondack Thunder | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Joey Leach (2) 13:37 | First period | Peter MacArthur (3) 0:23 Ben Johnson (1) 3:48 SH Mathieu Brodeur (1) 16:13 PP | ||||||
| Caleb Herbert (4) 8:39 | Second period | Greg Wolfe (5) 10:31 Dana Fraser (2) 18:05 | ||||||
| Derek DeBlois (2) 6:01 PP Derek DeBlois (3) 14:12 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vitek Vanecek 8 shots / 5 saves Mark Dekanich 8 shots / 6 saves |
Goalie stats | Ken Appleby 27 shots / 23 saves | ||||||
| April 30 | South Carolina Stingrays | 1–0 | Adirondack Thunder | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Austin Fyten (3) 12:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Dekanich 21 shots / 21 saves | Goalie stats | Ken Appleby 30 shots / 29 saves | ||||||
| May 3 | Adirondack Thunder | 3–1 | South Carolina Stingrays | Glens Falls Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Mitchell Heard (4) 13:30 PP | First period | Caleb Herbert (5) 3:50 | ||||||
| Ryan Lomberg (3) 14:09 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gunnar Hughes (1) 19:45 EN | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Appleby 29 shots / 28 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Dekanich 26 shots / 24 saves | ||||||
| May 5 | Adirondack Thunder | 0–6 | South Carolina Stingrays | Glens Falls Civic Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Caleb Herbert (6) 1:00 Kelly Zajac (2) 14:41 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Joe Devin (6) 1:21 SH Colton Saucerman (1) 12:35 PP Stephan Vigier (2) 17:30 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Joe Devin (7) 2:18 | ||||||
| Ken Appleby 17 shots / 12 saves Drew Fielding 5 shots / 4 saves |
Goalie stats | Mark Dekanich 30 shots / 30 saves | ||||||
| May 7 | Adirondack Thunder | – | South Carolina Stingrays | Glens Falls Civic Center | ||||
| May 10 | South Carolina Stingrays | – | Adirondack Thunder | North Charleston Coliseum | ||||
| May 11* | South Carolina Stingrays | – | Adirondack Thunder | North Charleston Coliseum | ||||
| Series tied 2–2 | |
(5) Wheeling Nailers vs. (8) Reading Royals
| April 29 | Wheeling Nailers | 4–1 | Reading Royals | WesBanco Arena | Recap | |||
| Cody Wydo (4) 16:34 PP | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mathew Maione (5) 2:18 | Second period | Jesper Pettersson (1) 9:16 PP | ||||||
| Jordan Kwas (2) 5:58 Cody Wydo (5) 11:49 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Foster 19 shots / 18 saves | Goalie stats | Martin Ouellette 34 shots / 30 saves | ||||||
| May 2 | Wheeling Nailers | 2–4 | Reading Royals | WesBanco Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Kevin Goumas (4) 14:06 | ||||||
| Matt Tabrum (1) 3:54 Clark Seymour (1) 10:57 PP |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Justin Crandall (2) 8:12 PP Brandon Alderson (7) 10:09 Ian Watters (2) 13:40 | ||||||
| Brian Foster 38 shots / 34 saves | Goalie stats | Adam Morrison 31 shots / 29 saves | ||||||
| May 4 | Reading Royals | 4–1 | Wheeling Nailers | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Marcou (3) 18:48 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Reid (4) 6:48 Michael Pelech (1) 12:35 |
Second period | Shane Bakker (2) 0:56 | ||||||
| Maxim Lamarche (2) 19:48 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Morrison 38 shots / 37 saves | Goalie stats | Brian Foster 31 shots / 27 saves | ||||||
| May 5 | Reading Royals | 1–2 | 3OT | Wheeling Nailers | Santander Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Ty Loney (4) 4:20 PP | ||||||
| Brandon Alderson (8) 13:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third overtime period | Cody Wydo (6) 4:22 | ||||||
| Martin Ouellete 52 shots / 50 saves | Goalie stats | Franky Palazzese 43 shots / 42 saves | ||||||
| May 7 | Reading Royals | – | Wheeling Nailers | Santander Arena | ||||
| May 9 | Wheeling Nailers | – | Reading Royals | WesBanco Arena | ||||
| May 11* | Wheeling Nailers | – | Reading Royals | WesBanco Arena | ||||
| Series tied 2–2 | |
Western Conference
(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (4) Allen Americans
| April 29 | Missouri Mavericks | 0–2 | Allen Americans | Silverstein Eye Centers Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Greger Hanson (4) 1:10 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Casey Pierro-Zabotel (3) 4:32 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josh Robinson 27 shots / 27 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 34 shots / 34 saves | ||||||
| April 30 | Missouri Mavericks | 5–2 | Allen Americans | Silverstein Eye Centers Arena | Recap | |||
| C.J. Ludwig (1) 1:28 Tyler Barnes (3) 6:11 PP Darren Nowick (2) 16:35 PP |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rocco Carzo (2) 7:06 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Barnes (4) 5:40 PP | Third period | Casey Pierro-Zabotel (4) 15:04 Chad Costello (2) 16:37 PP | ||||||
| Parker Milner 23 shots / 21 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 17 shots / 13 saves Joel Rumpel 3 shots / 2 saves | ||||||
| May 4 | Allen Americans | 5–1 | Missouri Mavericks | Allen Event Center | Recap | |||
| Eric Roy (2) 0:31 Vincent Arseneau (1) 6:40 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greger Hanson (5) 13:59 PP | Second period | Josh Holmstrom (3) 7:46 SH | ||||||
| Spencer Asuchak (1) 15:40 Spencer Asuchak (2) 18:00 EN |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Riley Gill 26 shots / 25 saves | Goalie stats | Parker Milner 35 shots / 31 saves | ||||||
| May 6 | Allen Americans | – | Missouri Mavericks | Allen Event Center | ||||
| May 8 | Allen Americans | – | Missouri Mavericks | Allen Event Center | ||||
| May 10* | Missouri Mavericks | – | Allen Americans | Silverstein Eye Centers Arena | ||||
| May 11* | Missouri Mavericks | – | Allen Americans | Silverstein Eye Centers Arena | ||||
| Allen leads series 2–1 | |
(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies
| April 29 | Fort Wayne Komets | 6–4 | Utah Grizzlies | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Cody Sol (1) 0:32 Mike Embach (1) 2:37 Troy Bourke (5) 3:23 Shawn Szydlowski (4) 18:47 |
First period | Ryan Hayes (3) 9:03 | ||||||
| Kyle Thomas (3) 15:21 PP | Second period | T.J. Syner (2) 2:02 PP Matt Berry (4) 7:59 Barry Almeida (3) 9:24 PP | ||||||
| Trevor Cheek (2) 16:27 SH | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Nagle 27 shots / 23 saves | Goalie stats | Ryan Faragher 6 shots / 3 saves Mark Owuya 21 shots / 18 saves | ||||||
| April 30 | Fort Wayne Komets | 5–3 | Utah Grizzlies | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Brett Perlini (2) 0:22 | First period | Barry Almeida (4) 19:59 | ||||||
| Alex Belzile (5) 5:31 | Second period | Barry Almeida (5) 4:10 PP | ||||||
| Alex Belzile (6) 5:57 Brett Perlini (3) 13:50 Shawn Szydlowski (5) 19:49 EN |
Third period | Charles Sarault (7) 15:10 SH | ||||||
| Pat Nagle 31 shots / 28 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Owuya 38 shots / 34 saves | ||||||
| May 4 | Utah Grizzlies | 1–3 | Fort Wayne Komets | Maverik Center | Recap | |||
| Jon Puskar (2) 2:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Shawn Szydlowski (6) 1:50 Mike Embach (2) 5:21 PP Garrett Thompson (6) 18:30 | ||||||
| Mark Owuya 31 shots / 28 saves | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle 20 shots / 19 saves | ||||||
| May 6 | Utah Grizzlies | – | Fort Wayne Komets | Maverik Center | ||||
| May 7* | Utah Grizzlies | – | Fort Wayne Komets | Maverik Center | ||||
| May 9* | Fort Wayne Komets | – | Utah Grizzlies | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | ||||
| May 10* | Fort Wayne Komets | – | Utah Grizzlies | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | ||||
| Fort Wayne leads series 3–0 | |
Statistical leaders
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points as of May 5, 2016.[2]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Costello | Allen Americans | 10 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 0 |
| Shawn Szydlowski | Fort Wayne Komets | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +9 | 6 |
| Joe Devin | South Carolina Stingrays | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +1 | 6 |
| Charles Sarault | Utah Grizzlies | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +1 | 6 |
| Barry Almeida | Utah Grizzlies | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 8 |
| Troy Bourke | Fort Wayne Komets | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Kevin Goumas | Reading Royals | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +2 | 14 |
| Ryan Hayes | Utah Grizzlies | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 6 |
| Riley Brace | Wheeling Nailers | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +1 | 14 |
| Brandon Alderson | Reading Royals | 11 | 8 | 2 | 10 | +4 | 14 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Goaltending
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 240 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded as of May 5, 2016.[3]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Dekanich | South Carolina Stingrays | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 151 | 11 | 1.65 | 0.927 | 2 | 401 |
| Riley Gill | Allen Americans | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 226 | 15 | 1.94 | 0.934 | 1 | 464 |
| Pat Nagle | Fort Wayne Komets | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 271 | 22 | 1.98 | 0.919 | 2 | 667 |
| Ken Appleby | Adirondack Thunder | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 257 | 20 | 2.27 | 0.922 | 1 | 528 |
| Philippe Desrosiers | Idaho Steelheads | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 208 | 16 | 2.47 | 0.923 | 0 | 390 |
| Brad Thiessen | Cincinnati Cyclones | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 258 | 19 | 2.51 | 0.926 | 0 | 454 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)
References
- ↑ "ALIGNMENT, PLAYOFF FORMAT ANNOUNCED FOR 2015-16 SEASON". ECHL. February 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Skater Statistics".
- ↑ "Goaltender Statistics".
See also
External links
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