结果

日期 R 主队 vs 客队 -
03/28 01:10 - [3] Idaho Steelheads vs 猶他灰熊 [21] 6-2
03/28 01:05 - Rapid City Rush vs Allen Americans 5-2
03/28 00:05 - Kansas City Mavericks vs 爱荷华州心民 3-2
03/27 23:05 - [15] Newfoundland Growlers vs 伍斯特·雷勒斯 [19] 2-5
03/27 23:00 - [2] Toledo Walleye vs Indy Fuel [10] 3-2
03/27 23:00 - 三河城狮子 vs 雷丁皇家 3-1
03/25 23:00 - [8] Florida Everblades vs Orlando Solar Bears [11] 2-4
03/24 22:05 - Rapid City Rush vs 猶他灰熊 4-1
03/24 21:00 - [14] 卡拉马祖之翼 vs Indy Fuel [10] 2-3
03/24 20:10 - [20] Cincinnati Cyclones vs 威灵钉工 [12] 3-2
03/24 19:05 - 南卡罗来纳州黄貂鱼 vs 三河城狮子 3-2
03/24 19:05 - 爱荷华州心民 vs 威奇托雷霆 2-1

Wikipedia - ECHL

The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL).

The ECHL and the AHL are the only minor leagues recognized by the collective bargaining agreement between the National Hockey League (NHL) 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. At least 739 players have played at least one game in the NHL after appearing in the ECHL.

For the 2023–24 season, 28 of the 32 NHL teams have affiliations with an ECHL team with only the Arizona Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues having no official ECHL affiliations. NHL teams sometimes lend contracted players to ECHL teams with whom they have no affiliation agreements for development and increased playing time.

The league's regular season typically begins in October and ends in April, followed by the Kelly Cup playoffs. The most recent playoff champions are the Florida Everblades in 2023.

History

The league, which combined teams from the defunct Atlantic Coast Hockey League and All-American Hockey League, began to play as the East Coast Hockey League in 1988 with five teams— the (Winston-Salem, North) Carolina Thunderbirds (now the Wheeling Nailers); the Erie Panthers (folded in 2011 as the Victoria Salmon Kings); the Johnstown Chiefs (now the Greenville Swamp Rabbits); the Knoxville Cherokees (ceased operations as the Pee Dee Pride in 2005; folded in 2009 following failed relocation efforts); and the Virginia Lancers (now the Utah Grizzlies).

In 2003, the West Coast Hockey League ceased operations, and the ECHL board of governors approved membership applications from the Anchorage/Alaska Aces, the Bakersfield Condors, the Fresno Falcons, the Idaho Steelheads, the Las Vegas Wranglers, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the San Diego Gulls as well as from potential teams in Ontario, California, and Reno, Nevada. Alaska, Bakersfield, Fresno, Idaho, Las Vegas, Long Beach and San Diego began play in the 2003–04 season as expansion teams. In a change reflective of the league's now-nationwide presence, the East Coast Hockey League shortened its name to the orphan initialism ECHL on May 19, 2003. The ECHL reached its largest size to date (31 teams) that season before being reduced to 28 teams for the 2004–05 season.

The ECHL has attempted to be more tech-friendly to its fans. Some improvements on the league's website have included a new schedule and statistics engine powered by League Stat, Inc. (introduced in 2006), internet radio coverage for most teams, and pay-per view broadcasting of ECHL games through B2 Networks (a subsidiary of America One Broadcasting). In 2008, the league introduced the ECHL toolbar for internet browsers which gave users short cut access to statistics, scores, transactions, and news updates.

ECHL action, October 2012 in Toledo, Ohio, between the Kalamazoo Wings and the Toledo Walleye

At the annual ECHL Board of Governors meeting on June 15, 2010, in Henderson, Nevada, the Board of Governors approved changes to the names of the conferences and divisions. The former American Conference (comprising eleven East Coast and Midwest teams) was renamed the Eastern Conference, while the National Conference (consisting of 8 West Coast teams, including the league's only Canadian team at the time) was re-designated the Western Conference. Within the Eastern Conference, the East Division was renamed the Atlantic Division, and the Western Conference's former West Division was dubbed the Mountain Division.

The league lost its only Canadian team with the folding of the Victoria Salmon Kings subsequent to the 2010–11 season, but increased to 20 teams for the 2011–12 season with the addition of the expansion franchise Chicago Express and the Colorado Eagles who previously played in the Central Hockey League.

With the folding of the Chicago Express at the conclusion of the 2011–12 season and the announcement of expansion franchises in Orlando, San Francisco, Evansville, and Fort Wayne (both in Indiana and both from the Central Hockey League) the league played the 2012–13 season with 23 teams. That number dropped to 22 for the 2013–14 season with the folding of the Trenton Titans and subsequently fell to 21 with the mid-season folding of the San Francisco Bulls on January 27, 2014.

On October 7, 2014, the ECHL announced that the seven remaining active members of the Central Hockey League (the Allen Americans, Brampton Beast, Quad City Mallards, Missouri Mavericks, Rapid City Rush, Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder) would be admitted as new members for the 2014–15 season. The addition of the former CHL teams plus the expansion Indy Fuel raised the number of teams to 28 and placed a team in Canada for the first time since 2011.

Before the 2015–16 season, the AHL's creation of a Pacific Division led the three California ECHL teams to relocate to former AHL cities with the Bakersfield Condors, Ontario Reign, and Stockton Thunder relocating to become the Norfolk Admirals, Manchester Monarchs, and Adirondack Thunder, respectively. By the 2018–19 season, the ECHL had also expanded into other markets recently vacated by the AHL in the Maine Mariners, Newfoundland Growlers, and Worcester Railers.

There were two expansion teams added in 2021–22, the Iowa Heartlanders and the Trois-Rivières Lions, with Iowa going into the Central Division and Trois-Rivières going into the North. This brought the league up to 27 teams. The league added the Savannah Ghost Pirates, bringing the league to 28 teams, and balancing the divisions for the 2022–23 season.

There are two expansion teams to be added for the 2024-2025 season; the Tahoe Knight Monsters in Stateline, NV and the Bloomington Bison in Bloomington, IL. The Knight Monsters are expected to play in the Mountain division, with the Bloomington team likely to compete in the Central division. This will bring the ECHL to 30 teams, with plans to expand to 32 in the future per ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin.

美国东部冰球联盟(ECHL)是美国一项备受瞩目的冰球锦标赛。该锦标赛成立于1988年,是美国最高级别的职业冰球联盟之一。ECHL是由27支来自美国和加拿大的球队组成的,这些球队分布在美国东部和加拿大东部地区。

ECHL锦标赛是一项激烈而精彩的比赛,吸引了众多冰球爱好者的关注。参赛球队之间的竞争非常激烈,球员们展现出了高超的技术和出色的团队合作精神。比赛期间,球员们会穿着专业的冰球装备,在冰上展开激烈的对抗,力争获得胜利。

ECHL锦标赛的比赛场地通常是美国和加拿大的各大城市的冰球场馆。这些场馆设施完善,观众可以近距离观赏到球员们的精彩表演。比赛期间,观众们会充满激情地为自己支持的球队加油助威,营造出一种独特的氛围。

ECHL锦标赛不仅是一项体育盛事,也是一种文化和社交活动。比赛期间,球迷们可以结识新朋友,分享彼此的热爱和激情。此外,比赛还吸引了许多媒体的关注,报道和转播使更多的人了解和关注这项精彩的冰球赛事。

总之,美国东部冰球联盟(ECHL)是一项备受瞩目的冰球锦标赛,吸引了众多球迷和媒体的关注。通过激烈的比赛和球员们的精彩表演,ECHL锦标赛为观众们带来了无尽的乐趣和激情。无论是冰球爱好者还是普通观众,都能在这项锦标赛中找到属于自己的快乐和激动。