2019 Kelly Cup playoffsTournament details |
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Dates | April 10 – June 4, 2019 |
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Teams | 16 |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Newfoundland Growlers |
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Runner-up | Toledo Walleye |
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Tournament statistics |
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Scoring leader(s) | Zach O'Brien (Newfoundland) (29 points) |
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MVP | Zach O'Brien |
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The 2019 Kelly Cup playoffs of the ECHL began in April 2019 following the conclusion of the 2018–19 ECHL regular season. The Kelly Cup was won by the expansion Newfoundland Growlers in six games over the Toledo Walleye.
Playoff format
At the end of the regular season the top four teams in each division qualifies for the 2019 Kelly Cup playoffs and be seeded one through four based on highest point total earned in the season. Then the first two rounds of the playoffs are held within the division with the first seed facing the fourth seed and the second seed facing the third. The division champions then play each other in a conference championship. The Kelly Cup finals 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, 16 teams qualify for the playoffs. The Cincinnati Cyclones were the first team to qualify during the regular season on March 6,[2] with the Florida Everblades qualifying shortly after on March 8.[3] The Cyclones were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record in the ECHL. The Everblades earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
Final seeding:[4]
Eastern Conference North Division - Newfoundland Growlers – Division champions, 94 pts
- Adirondack Thunder – 83 pts
- Manchester Monarchs – 82 pts
- Brampton Beast – 79 pts
South Division - Florida Everblades – Division champions, 106 pts
- Orlando Solar Bears – 88 pts
- South Carolina Stingrays – 76 pts
- Jacksonville Icemen – 76 pts
| Western Conference Central Division - Cincinnati Cyclones – Brabham Cup winners, division champions, 110 pts
- Toledo Walleye – 89 pts
- Fort Wayne Komets – 82 pts
- Kalamazoo Wings – 77 pts
Mountain Division - Tulsa Oilers – Division champions, 90 pts
- Idaho Steelheads – 88 pts
- Utah Grizzlies – 83 pts
- Kansas City Mavericks – 78 pts
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Playoff bracket
| Division Semifinals | | | Division Finals | | | Conference Finals | | | Kelly Cup Finals | |
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| N1 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4 | | | | |
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| N4 | Brampton Beast | 2 | |
| | N1 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4 | |
| North Division | |
| | | N3 | Manchester Monarchs | 2 | |
| N2 | Adirondack Thunder | 1 | |
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| N3 | Manchester Monarchs | 4 | |
| | N1 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4 | |
| Eastern Conference | |
| | | S1 | Florida Everblades | 1 | |
| S1 | Florida Everblades | 4 | | |
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| S4 | Jacksonville Icemen | 2 | |
| | S1 | Florida Everblades | 4 | |
| South Division | |
| | | S2 | Orlando Solar Bears | 1 | |
| S2 | Orlando Solar Bears | 4 | |
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| S3 | South Carolina Stingrays | 1 | |
| | N1 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4 | |
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| | | C2 | Toledo Walleye | 2 | |
| C1 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 4 | | | |
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| C4 | Kalamazoo Wings | 2 | |
| | C1 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 1 | |
| Central Division | |
| | | C2 | Toledo Walleye | 4 | |
| C2 | Toledo Walleye | 4 | |
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| C3 | Fort Wayne Komets | 2 | |
| | C2 | Toledo Walleye | 4 | |
| Western Conference | |
| | | M1 | Tulsa Oilers | 3 | |
| M1 | Tulsa Oilers | 4 | | |
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| M4 | Kansas City Mavericks | 3 | |
| | M1 | Tulsa Oilers | 4 | |
| Mountain Division | |
| | | M2 | Idaho Steelheads | 2 | |
| M2 | Idaho Steelheads | 4 | |
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| M3 | Utah Grizzlies | 1 | |
Division semifinals
North Division
(1) Newfoundland Growlers vs. (4) Brampton Beast
April 20 | Newfoundland Growlers | | 2 – 8 | | Brampton Beast | CAA Centre | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | David Vallorani (2) – sh – 7:51 David Pacan (1) – 11:26 Boston Leier (1) – pp – 13:32 |
9:05 – pp – Josh Kestner (1) 9:48 – Marcus Power (1) | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | Daniel Ciampini (3) – pp – 3:01 Boston Leier (2) – 10:32 François Beauchemin (2) – 11:45 David Pacan (2) – sh – en – 14:08 Artur Tianulin (1) – 16:10 |
Michael Garteig 17 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Étienne Marcoux 42 saves / 44 shots |
April 23 | Brampton Beast | | 2 – 3 | OT | Newfoundland Growlers | Mile One Centre | Recap | |
13:05 – sh – David Vallorani (3) | First period | Scott Pooley (2) – 11:43 |
19:06 – pp – Daniel Ciampini (4) | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | Scott Pooley (3) – pp – 13:40 |
No scoring | First overtime period | Samuel Jardine – pp – 0:23 |
Étienne Marcoux 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Garteig 24 saves / 26 shots |
Newfoundland won series 4–2 | |
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(2) Adirondack Thunder vs. (3) Manchester Monarchs
April 12 | Manchester Monarchs | | 4 – 2 | | Adirondack Thunder | Cool Insuring Arena | Recap | |
Pierre-Luc Mercier (1) – 2:34 | First period | 12:15 – Brian Ward (1) 16:51 – James Henry (1) |
Daniil Miromanov (1) – 18:33 | Second period | No scoring |
Nic Pierog (1) – 4:40 Daniil Miromanov (2) – pp – 9:11 | Third period | No scoring |
Charles Williams 50 saves / 52 shots | Goalie stats | Evan Cormier 23 saves / 27 shots |
April 13 | Manchester Monarchs | | 6 – 1 | | Adirondack Thunder | Cool Insuring Arena | Recap | |
Tony Cameranesi (1) – 18:52 | First period | 4:48 – pp – John Edwardh (1) |
Nic Pierog (2) – 2:27 Kevin Dufour (2) – pp – 6:48 Bokondji Imama (1) – 14:25 | Second period | No scoring |
Michael Doherty (1) – 10:12 Pavel Jenyš (1) – 15:27 | Third period | No scoring |
Charles Williams 36 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Alex Sakellaropoulos 29 saves / 35 shots |
April 17 | Adirondack Thunder | | 2 – 3 | OT | Manchester Monarchs | SNHU Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 14:52 – Drake Rymsha (1) |
Cullen Bradshaw (1) – pp – 4:19 Cullen Bradshaw (2) – pp – 9:07 | Second period | 10:43 – Michael Doherty (2) |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
No scoring | First overtime period | 6:17 – Kevin Dufour (2) |
Evan Cormier 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Charles Williams 28 saves / 30 shots |
April 19 | Adirondack Thunder | | 4 – 3 | | Manchester Monarchs | SNHU Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 4:23 – Chris Carlisle 19:23 – pp – Kevin Dufour (3) |
Brian Ward (2) – 8:31 | Second period | 13:00 – sh – Nic Pierog (3) |
Matt Salhany (1) – 3:53 James Henry (2) – pp – 5:51 Matt Salhany (2) – pp – 10:43 | Third period | No scoring |
Alex Sakellaropoulos 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Charles Williams 33 saves / 37 shots |
April 20 | Adirondack Thunder | | 1 – 7 | | Manchester Monarchs | SNHU Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | Pierre-Luc Mercier (2) – 19:39 |
9:12 – Mike Szmatula (1) | Second period | Kevin Dufour (4) – pp – 13:46 |
No scoring | Third period | Michael Doherty (3) – sh – 0:24 Pavel Jenyš (2) – pp – 2:34 Sam Kurker (1) – pp – 7:35 Michael Doherty (4) – sh – en – 11:59 Kevin Dufour (5) – 14:17 |
Alex Sakellaropoulos 25 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Charles Williams 26 saves / 27 shots |
Manchester won series 4–1 | |
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South Division
(1) Florida Everblades vs. (4) Jacksonville Icemen
April 11 | Jacksonville Icemen | | 2 – 3 | OT | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |
Alexis D'Aoust (1) – 9:03 Christophe Lalancette (1) – pp – 11:43 | First period | 12:52 – pp – Justin Auger (1) |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 13:09 – Matt Finn (1) |
No scoring | First overtime period | 6:59 – pp – Michael Downing (1) |
Ken Appleby 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Helvig 21 saves / 23 shots |
April 13 | Jacksonville Icemen | | 1 – 4 | | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 4:37 – John McCarron (1) 6:04 – pp – Kyle Platzer (1) |
Cameron Critchlow (1) – 10:09 | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 12:59 – Logan Roe (1) 19:38 – en – Blake Winiecki (1) |
Ken Appleby 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Helvig 18 saves / 19 shots |
(2) Orlando Solar Bears vs. (3) South Carolina Stingrays
April 12 | South Carolina Stingrays | | 2 – 3 | | Orlando Solar Bears | Amway Center | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | 2:42 – Tayler Thompson (1) 6:17 – Mitch Hults (1) 16:26 – pp – Mitch Hults (2) |
Grant Besse (1) – 7:33 Tad Kozun (1) – pp – 12:45 | Third period | No scoring |
Parker Milner 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Ingram 25 saves / 27 shots |
April 19 | Orlando Solar Bears | | 4 – 1 | | South Carolina Stingrays | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
Tayler Thompson (2) – 2:45 Chris LeBlanc (1) – 6:06 Chris LeBlanc (2) – 12:03 | Second period | No scoring |
Colby McAuley (1) – 17:25 | Third period | 10:49 – Jonathan Charbonneau (2) |
Connor Ingram 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Parker Milner 27 saves / 31 shots |
Central Division
(1) Cincinnati Cyclones vs. (4) Kalamazaoo Wings
April 12 | Kalamazoo Wings | | 4 – 7 | | Cincinnati Cyclones | U.S. Bank Arena | Recap | |
Kyle Thomas (1) – 2:16 Chad McDonald (1) – 11:37 | First period | 9:21 – pp – Mitch Jones (1) 11:23 – Myles Powell (1) 16:19 – Pascal Aquin (1) |
Chris Collins (1) – pp – 15:58 | Second period | 0:30 – pp – Jesse Schultz (1) 5:51 – Vasili Glotov (1) 17:31 – Judd Peterson (1) 19:24 – Tobie Bisson (1) |
Kyle Thomas (2) – pp – 3:20 | Third period | No scoring |
Ivan Kulbakov 14 saves / 19 shots Jake Hildebrand 17 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Houser 24 saves / 28 shots |
Cincinnati won series 4–2 | |
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(2) Toledo Walleye vs. (3) Fort Wayne Komets
Mountain Division
(1) Tulsa Oilers vs. (4) Kansas City Mavericks
April 11 | Kansas City Mavericks | | 6 – 4 | | Tulsa Oilers | BOK Center | Recap | |
Greg Betzold (1) – pp – 16:25 | First period | 3:25 – Roman Ammirato (1) 7:29 – Stephen Perfetto (1) |
Loren Ulett (1) – 6:41 Corey Durocher (1) – 11:54 C.J. Eick (1) – 19:41 | Second period | No scoring |
Jared VanWormer – pp – 16:03 Joey Sides (1) – 19:08 | Third period | 0:34 – Alex Dostie (1) 5:17 – pp – Alex Dostie (2) |
Mason McDonald 39 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Drew Williams 26 saves / 32 shots |
(2) Idaho Steelheads vs. (3) Utah Grizzlies
April 12 | Utah Grizzlies | | 7 – 1 | | Idaho Steelheads | CenturyLink Arena | Recap | |
Jake Marchment (1) – 4:59 Josh Dickinson (1) – 17:59 Jack Walker (1) – 19:31 | First period | 8:33 – A.J. White (1) |
Caleb Herbert (1) – pp – 4:26 Josh Dickinson (2) – 11:27 | Second period | No scoring |
Austin Carroll (1) – 6:02 Travis Barron (1) – 6:10 | Third period | No scoring |
Kevin Carr 35 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Tomas Sholl 17 saves / 24 shots Ryan Faragher 5 saves / 5 shots |
Division finals
North Division
(1) Newfoundland Growlers vs. (3) Manchester Monarchs
Newfoundland won series 4–2 | |
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South Division
(1) Florida Everblades vs. (2) Orlando Solar Bears
April 27 | Orlando Solar Bears | | 2 – 3 | OT | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 15:46 – Ben Masella (3) |
No scoring | Second period | 0:57 – pp – Blake Winiecki (6) |
Chris LeBlanc (3) – 6:03 Brent Pedersen (2) – 10:36 | Third period | No scoring |
No scoring | First overtime period | 12:08 – Tommy Thompson (2) |
Connor Ingram 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Callum Booth 41 saves / 43 shots |
April 30 | Florida Everblades | | 3 – 2 | OT | Orlando Solar Bears | Amway Center | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 2:00 – Zach Frye (1) 16:52 – Hunter Fejes (6) |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
Blake Winiecki (7) – 5:35 Nathan Perkovich (1) – 9:14 | Third period | No scoring |
John McCarron (4) – pp – 4:08 | First overtime period | No scoring |
Callum Booth 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Ingram 30 saves / 33 shots |
May 2 | Florida Everblades | | 4 – 0 | | Orlando Solar Bears | Amway Center | Recap | |
Blake Winiecki (8) – pp – 16:03 | First period | No scoring |
Justin Auger (3) – 7:44 | Second period | No scoring |
Logan Roe (2) – pp – 2:14 Ben Masella (4) – 9:08 | Third period | No scoring |
Callum Booth 33 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Ingram 19 saves / 23 shots |
May 3 | Florida Everblades | | 2 – 1 | 2OT | Orlando Solar Bears | Amway Center | Recap | |
14:02 – Michael Downing (3) | First period | Hunter Fejes (7) – sh – 6:53 |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
14:48 – John McCarron (5) | Second overtime period | No scoring |
Callum Booth 48 saves / 49 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Ingram 49 saves / 51 shots |
Central Division
(1) Cincinnati Cyclones vs. (2) Toledo Walleye
Mountain Division
(1) Tulsa Oilers vs. (2) Idaho Steelheads
Conference finals
Eastern Conference
(S1) Florida Everblades vs. (N1) Newfoundland Growlers
Newfoundland won series 4–1 | |
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Western Conference
(M1) Tulsa Oilers vs. (C2) Toledo Walleye
May 10 | Tulsa Oilers | | 2 – 6 | | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |
6:13 - Tanner Kaspick (2) 17:03 - Stephen Perfetto (7) | First period | Kevin Tansey (2) - 5:26 |
No scoring | Second period | Trevor Hamilton (4) - 6:12 Trevor Hamilton (5) - pp - 17:47 |
No scoring | Third period | David Pope (2) - 2:51 Dylan Sadowy (6) - 14:15 Bryan Moore (6) – 19:35 |
Devin Williams 21 saves / 25 shots Evan Fitzpatrick 1 save / 3 shots | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle 29 saves / 31 shots |
Kelly Cup finals
(N1) Newfoundland Growlers vs. (C2) Toledo Walleye
Newfoundland won series 4–2 | |
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Statistical leaders
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.[5]
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.[6]
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)
See also
References
- ^ "Kelly Cup Playoffs". ECHL. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Cyclones clinch spot in 2019 Kelly Cup Playoffs". WKRC-TV. March 7, 2019.
- ^ "20 CLUB: 'BLADES CLINCH PLAYOFF SPOT WITH 3-1 WIN OVER ATLANTA". Florida Everblades. March 8, 2019.
- ^ "ECHL Standings - Division". ECHL. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "Skater Statistics". ECHL. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ "Goaltender Statistics". ECHL. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
External links
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Western Conference | Eastern Conference | | | North Division |
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