Related Research Articles
The Wichita Thunder are a minor league hockey team based in Wichita, Kansas. The team played in the Central Hockey League from 1992 until 2014, and then in the ECHL since the 2014–15 season. From 1992 until December 2009, the Thunder played in the Britt Brown Arena located in the northern Wichita suburb of Park City. In January 2010, the team began playing its home games at the newly built Intrust Bank Arena.
The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida, in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area. They play in the ECHL and are affiliated with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) starting in the 2022–23 ECHL season. Their home games are played at Hertz Arena.
The Carolina Thunderbirds were a professional ice hockey team located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. The Thunderbirds played their home games at the old Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum before the arena was demolished in 1989. The team played in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League from 1981 to 1987, the All-American Hockey League during 1987–88 and finally moved into the newly created East Coast Hockey League in 1988.
Jeff Lerg is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the North American minor league, most notably for the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL, and Europe.
The Toledo Walleye are a professional ice hockey team based in Toledo, Ohio. The Walleye are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL. The Walleye were founded in 1991 as the Toledo Storm and play their home games at the Huntington Center, which opened in 2009. Since the beginning of the 2009–10 season, the team has been affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League with an agreement in place through the 2023–24 season.
The ECHL presents numerous annual awards to recognize its teams, players, front office staff, and media contributors. The first awards were given out in recognition of the achievements of the league's teams and players in the league's inaugural season of 1989 and included the Jack Riley Cup and Brabham Cup awarded to the league's teams and the Most Valuable Player, Playoffs Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Defenseman of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Leading Scorer awards to the league's players. The league has added many other awards since the league's inception including, the Goaltender of the Year award in 1994, the Sportsmanship Award in 1997, separate titles for each of its conference playoff champions in 1998, and the Plus Performer Award in 2000.
Nicolas Riopel is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Jeff Jakaitis is a former American professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.
Patrick Nagle is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Alain Morissette is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Macmillan Carruth is an American ice hockey goaltender who is currently signed to Danish Metal Ligaen side Herning Blue Fox. He most recently played for UK EIHL side Cardiff Devils. Carruth was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 7th round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
Riley Gill is an American professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for the Allen Americans of the ECHL, where he won Goaltender of the Year in 2016–17 and backstopped the team to two Kelly Cup playoff championships in 2015 and 2016.
Michael Houser is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing with the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League (AHL). He has formerly played with the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Scott Stirling is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently the head coach of the Gilmour Academy boys prep hockey team in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jake Hildebrand is an American ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Löwen Frankfurt of the DEL2.
Chris Gordon is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Marc Delorme is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Cory Cadden was a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
The ECHL Most Valuable Player is an ice hockey award presented annually by the ECHL to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team. This award was first presented following the inaugural 1988–89 ECHL season to Daryl Harpe of the Erie Panthers.
The 2019–20 ECHL season was the 32nd season of the ECHL. The regular season began in October 2019 to and was set to conclude in April 2020 with the Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. Twenty-six teams in 19 states and two Canadian provinces were each scheduled for 72 games.
References
- ↑ "The ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League | Warrior Hockey Goaltender of the Year Winners". Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
- ↑ "FLORIDA'S HILDEBRAND NAMED WARRIOR HOCKEY/ECHL GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR". ECHL. June 10, 2021.
 | This ice hockey article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This sports award or trophy-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  | This article related to sports in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |