2023–24 ECHL season

Ice hockey league season

Sports season

2023–24 ECHL season

League| ECHL
Sport| Ice hockey
Duration| October 19, 2023 – April 14, 2024
Regular season
Brabham Cup| Kansas City Mavericks
Season MVP| Brandon Hawkins (Toledo)
Top scorer| Brandon Hawkins
Playoffs
Kelly Cup
ECHL seasons

← 2022–23

2024–25 →

The 2023–24 ECHL season is the 36th season of the ECHL. The regular season began on October 19, 2023, and will end on April 14, 2024, with the 2024 Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. Twenty-eight teams, all of which are affiliated with an NHL team, in 20 states and two Canadian provinces are scheduled to play 72 games.[1]

The league terminated the Newfoundland Growlers franchise on April 2, 2024, after the St. John's-based team's owners could not finalize the sale of the team by that date by league bylaws (but were able to sell the Trois-Rivières Lions before that, as they also owned the Lions). With this termination and following cancellation of their remaining games (3 vs Trois-Rivières and 3 vs Norfolk), the ECHL announced that the North Division standings would be decided by point % to make up for those missing games for Trois-Rivières and Norfolk Admirals[2][3]

Adirondack

Allen

Atlanta

Cincinnati

Florida

Fort Wayne

Greenville

Idaho

Indy

Iowa

Jacksonville

Kalamazoo

Kansas City

Maine

Norfolk

Orlando

Rapid City

Reading

Savannah

South Carolina

Toledo

Tulsa

Utah

Wheeling

Wichita

Worcester

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US-based teams in the ECHL as of the 2023–24 season. Dot colors correspond to the divisional alignment.

Newfoundland

Trois-Rivières

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Canadian-based teams in the ECHL as of the 2023–24 season. Dot colors correspond to the divisional alignment.

## League changes[edit]

### Coaching changes[edit]

Old Coach  | New Coach  | Team

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Ben Boudreau | Jesse Kallechy | Fort Wayne Komets
Eric Wellwood | Matt Cooke | Newfoundland Growlers
Dan Watson | Pat Mikesch | Toledo Walleye
Marc-Andre Bergeron | Ron Choules | Trois-Rivières Lions

### Affiliation changes[edit]

ECHL team  | New affiliates  | Former affiliates

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Atlanta Gladiators | Nashville Predators (NHL)
Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)  | Arizona Coyotes (NHL)
Tucson Roadrunners (AHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones | New York Rangers (NHL)
Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)  | Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
Rochester Americans (AHL)
Jacksonville Icemen | Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
Rochester Americans (AHL)  | New York Rangers (NHL)
Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
Kalamazoo Wings | Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
Abbotsford Canucks (AHL)  | Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)
Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
Norfolk Admirals | Winnipeg Jets (NHL)
Manitoba Moose (AHL)  | Chicago Wolves (AHL)

## All-star game[edit]

The 2024 All Star Game was held in January 2024, at Enmarket Arena, home arena of the Savannah Ghost Pirates.[4]

## Standings[edit]

Final standings[5]

### Eastern Conference[edit]

x – clinched playoff spot,  y – clinched regular season division title,  z – Brabham Cup (regular season) champion
e – indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention,  coi – ceased operations immediately

North Division†  | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | Pts%

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y – Adirondack Thunder (NJD) | 72 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 241 | 212 | 97 | 0.674
x – Norfolk Admirals (CAR)/(WPG) | 69 | 41 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 245 | 199 | 89 | 0.645
x – Trois-Rivières Lions (MTL) | 69 | 31 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 204 | 229 | 70 | 0.507
x – Maine Mariners (BOS) | 72 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 250 | 260 | 72 | 0.500
Worcester Railers (NYI) | 72 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 210 | 238 | 72 | 0.500
Reading Royals (PHI) | 72 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 198 | 247 | 66 | 0.458
coi – Newfoundland Growlers (TOR) | 66 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 220 | 234 | 66 | 0.500

† Points percentage was used to determine playoff seedings due to the Newfoundland Growlers ceasing operations, causing the Norfolk Admirals and Trois-Rivières Lions to play three fewer games.

South Division  | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | Pts%

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y – Greenville Swamp Rabbits (LAK) | 72 | 44 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 224 | 212 | 93 | 0.646
x – Jacksonville Icemen (BUF) | 72 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 238 | 195 | 91 | 0.632
x – Florida Everblades (FLA) | 72 | 40 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 224 | 163 | 89 | 0.618
x – Orlando Solar Bears (TBL) | 72 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 220 | 206 | 86 | 0.597
South Carolina Stingrays (WAS) | 72 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 249 | 218 | 85 | 0.590
Savannah Ghost Pirates (VGK) | 72 | 30 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 218 | 243 | 68 | 0.472
Atlanta Gladiators (NSH) | 72 | 23 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 187 | 264 | 50 | 0.347

### Western Conference[edit]

Central Division  | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | Pts%

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y – Toledo Walleye (DET) 1 | 71 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 289 | 209 | 105 | 0.739
x – Indy Fuel (CHI) | 72 | 39 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 230 | 221 | 86 | 0.597
x –Wheeling Nailers (PIT) 1 | 71 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 232 | 204 | 81 | 0.570
x –Kalamazoo Wings (VAN) | 72 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 214 | 203 | 80 | 0.556
Fort Wayne Komets (EDM) | 72 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 224 | 226 | 77 | 0.535
Cincinnati Cyclones (NYR) | 72 | 31 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 236 | 261 | 69 | 0.479
Iowa Heartlanders (MIN) | 72 | 27 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 186 | 250 | 62 | 0.431

1 The Toledo Walleye at Wheeling Nailers game scheduled for April 12 was cancelled and was not rescheduled as there were no remaining playoff implications.

Mountain Division  | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | Pts%

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z – Kansas City Mavericks (SEA) | 72 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 305 | 202 | 114 | 0.792
x – Idaho Steelheads (DAL) | 72 | 48 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 303 | 242 | 100 | 0.694
x – Allen Americans (OTT) | 72 | 33 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 233 | 276 | 70 | 0.486
x – Tulsa Oilers (ANA) | 72 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 222 | 233 | 69 | 0.479
Utah Grizzlies (COL) | 72 | 31 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 227 | 264 | 67 | 0.465
Rapid City Rush (CGY) | 72 | 30 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 236 | 280 | 64 | 0.444
Wichita Thunder (SJS) | 72 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 220 | 271 | 64 | 0.444

## Postseason[edit]

### Playoffs format[edit]

At the end of the regular season, the top four teams in each division qualify for the 2024 Kelly Cup playoffs and are seeded one through four based on the highest points total earned in the regular season. 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 seed. The division champions then play each other in a conference championship. The Kelly Cup finals pit the Eastern Conference champions against the Western Conference champions. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.

### Bracket[edit]

| Division Semifinals[6] | | | Division Finals | | | Conference Finals | | | Kelly Cup Finals |

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| N1 | Adirondack | 1 | | | |
| N4 | Maine | 1 |
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| N2 | Norfolk | 2 |

| N3 | Trois-Rivières | 1 |
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| Eastern Conference |
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| S1 | Greenville | 1 | |

| S4 | Orlando | 1 |
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| South Division |
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| S2 | Jacksonville | 1 |

| S3 | Florida | 1 |
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| C1 | Toledo | 2 | | |

| C4 | Kalamazoo | 0 |
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| C2 | Indy | 1 |

| C3 | Wheeling | 2 |
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| Western Conference |
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| M1 | Kansas City | 4 | |

| M4 | Tulsa | 0 |
| | M1 | Kansas City |  |
| Mountain Division |
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| M2 | Idaho | 1 |

| M3 | Allen | 0 |

## See also[edit]

* List of ECHL seasons
* 2023 in sports
* 2024 in sports

## References[edit]

1. ^ "ECHL releases 2023–24 schedule". echl.com. ECHL. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
2. ^ "ECHL Terminates Newfoundland Membership". echl.com. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
3. ^ "Newfoundland Growlers won't finish the season as membership in ECHL terminated". CBC. April 2, 2024.
4. ^ "Savannah selected as host of 2024 Warrior/ECHL All-Star Classic presented by Gulfstream". echl.com. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
5. ^ "ECHL standings". echl.com. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
6. ^ "Preview of Division Semifinals - 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs". ECHL. April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.

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