2016 Kelly Cup playoffs

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2016 Kelly Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 13–June 9, 2016
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsAllen Americans
Runner-upWheeling Nailers
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Chad Costello (Allen)
(36 points)
2015
2017

The 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL started April 13, 2016, following the conclusion of the 2015–16 ECHL regular season. The championship was won on June 9 by the Allen Americans.

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.

Playoff Brackets[]

Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Kelly Cup Finals
            
E1 Toledo Walleye 3
E8 Reading Royals 4
E8 Reading 3
E5 Wheeling 4
E4 Florida Everblades 2
E5 Wheeling Nailers 4
E5 Wheeling 4
Eastern Conference
E2 South Carolina 3
E2 South Carolina Stingrays 4
E7 Kalamazoo Wings 1
E2 South Carolina 4
E6 Adirondack 3
E3 Manchester Monarchs 1
E6 Adirondack Thunder 4
E5 Wheeling 2
W4 Allen 4
W1 Missouri Mavericks 4
W8 Quad City Mallards 0
W1 Missouri 2
W4 Allen 4
W4 Allen Americans 4
W5 Idaho Steelheads 3
W4 Allen 4
Western Conference
W2 Fort Wayne 1
W2 Fort Wayne Komets 4
W7 Cincinnati Cyclones 3
W2 Fort Wayne 4
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
(1) 19:57 PP
(1) 12:35 PP Second period No scoring
(1) 3:49 Third period (1) 14:55
Jeff Lerg 34 shots / 30 saves Goalie stats 24 shots / 21 saves
April 16 Toledo Walleye 4–3 Reading Royals Huntington Center Recap  
(2) 6:48 PP
(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 (1) 0:41
(1) 9:30
(2) 17:47
Jake Paterson 26 shots / 23 saves Goalie stats 6 shots / 3 saves
15 shots / 14 saves
April 19 Reading Royals 4–2 Toledo Walleye Santander Arena Recap  
(1) 18:31 First period No scoring
Yannick Tifu (1) 12:41 Second period (2) 11:24
(1) 7:53
(1) 19:30 EN
Third period (3) 17:56
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 (2) 2:39
(3) 17:13 Second period A.J. Jenks (3) 0:39 PP
No scoring Third period (1) 19:07 EN
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 (2) 6:49
(2) 9:43 PP
(2) 4:02 PP
(4) 9:57 PP
Kyle Bonis (5) 18:51
Second period (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 37 shots / 34 saves
April 24 Reading Royals 1–3 Toledo Walleye Santander Arena Recap  
No scoring First period (1) 9:19
(3) 19:42 PP Second period (4) 16:14
No scoring Third period A.J. Jenks (5) 18:38 EN
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 (1) 8:06
No scoring Second period Nikita Kashirsky (1) 1:15
Kevin Goumas (2) 6:28
(1) 1:27 Third period Kevin Goumas (3) 11:03
Jeff Lerg 20 shots / 16 saves Goalie stats 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 (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 (1) 12:53
(1) 11:27
Sacha Guimond (1) 12:33
Second period (2) 3:45
(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
(1) 1:01 PP
Zack Phillips (1) 6:03
(1) 14:40 PP
Second period Brett Cameron (3) 11:06
Justin Kovacs (2) 11:31
Zack Phillips (2) 19:34 EN
Third period (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  
(3) 10:35 First period Ludwig Blomstrand (2) 19:08
(3) 3:48 Second period No scoring
Joe Devin (4) 19:20 PP Third period (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
(5) 10:54 PP
(1) 12:28
Second period Brett Ponich (1) 15:54
Austin Fyten (2) 15:07
(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 (1) 0:43
No scoring Second period (1) 17:43 PP
(1) 4:52
(1) 5:23
Third period Greg Wolfe (2) 18:27
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 (2) 12:47
Mitchell Heard (1) 15:23
No scoring Second period No scoring
(2) 8:52
(1) 10:05
Third period (3) 14:11
No scoring First overtime period Pete MacArthur (1) 9:40
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
(4) 19:45 EN Third period Matt Fornataro (1) 10:31 PP
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 (1) 11:00
Ken Appleby 36 shots / 34 saves Goalie stats 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
(1) 13:59 PP
No scoring Second period (1) 11:32
No scoring Third period No scoring
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 (1) 9:23
Andrew Ammon (1) 10:46
(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
(1) 14:36 Third period John McCarron (2) 5:26
10 shots / 6 saves
23 shots / 21 saves
Goalie stats 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
(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
21 shots / 20 saves Goalie stats 39 shots / 35 saves
April 20 Wheeling Nailers 3–6 Florida Everblades WesBanco Arena Recap  
(1) 12:37 First period Danny New (1) 14:27 PP
No scoring Second period (1) 1:24 PP
Kevin Lynch (1) 6:15 PP
Kevin Lynch (2) 14:13 SH
(1) 3:36
(2) 14:55
Third period Brenden O'Donnell (2) 11:20
(2) 19:20 EN
11 shots / 8 saves
Brian Foster 14 shots / 12 saves
Goalie stats 39 shots / 36 saves
April 22 Wheeling Nailers 5–4 Florida Everblades WesBanco Arena Recap  
No scoring First period (3) 7:45
(3) 12:04 PP
(1) 14:02
Second period Ryan Martindale (3) 2:39
(2) 2:52
Danny New (2) 15:04
John McCarron (4) 0:29 SH
(3) 1:48
(2) 7:38
Third period No scoring
Brian Foster 29 shots / 25 saves Goalie stats 31 shots / 26 saves
April 23 Wheeling Nailers 4–3 Florida Everblades WesBanco Arena Recap  
(2) 4:47
Mathew Maione (3) 7:56
(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 15 shots / 11 saves
14 shots / 14 saves
April 25 Florida Everblades 1–2 Wheeling Nailers Germain Arena Recap  
(1) 17:34 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period (3) 16:22
No scoring Third period (1) 10:40
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
(1) 14:16 PP
First period Matt Carey (1) 1:49
Matt Carey (2) 16:47 PP
Andrew Courtney (2) 3:39 PP
(1) 16:42
Second period Jordan Knackstedt (1) 0:15 PP
Chris Owens (1) 18:25 EN/SH
(1) 19:51 EN
Third period No scoring
41 shots / 38 saves Goalie stats 27 shots / 23 saves
April 17 Missouri Mavericks 2–1 Quad City Mallards Silverstein Eye Centers Arena Recap  
(1) 10:52 First period No scoring
(2) 9:45 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period (1) 5:56
Parker Milner 29 shots / 28 saves Goalie stats 23 shots / 21 saves
April 20 Quad City Mallards 2–4 Missouri Mavericks iWireless Center Recap  
(1) 4:05 SH First period Bryce Aneloski (1) 7:15
(1) 5:38 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period (2) 0:47
(1) 15:33 SH
(2) 17:11 PS
36 shots / 32 saves Goalie stats 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
17:46 PP
(2) 7:54 Third period Carter Verhaeghe (1) 11:54
30 shots / 26 saves Goalie stats 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  
(1) 5:46 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Andrew Yogan (1) 8:45 SH
Zach Budish (1) 17:04
(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
(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
(2) 16:01
No scoring Third period Paul Crowder (1) 5:35
Brad Thiessen 13 shots / 9 saves
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  
(1) 3:42
Steve Weinstein (1) 12:53
First period (3) 0:39
(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
(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
(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  
(1) 3:59 First period Barry Almeida (1) 11:09
Kyle Kraemer (2) 14:59 PP Second period (1) 5:52
(1) 7:58 PP
No scoring Third period No scoring
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 (1) 7:53
No scoring Second period (1) 4:58
Darryl Bootland (1) 3:54 Third period Ryan Hayes (1) 0:40
(1) 7:18
Darryl Bootland (2) 2:31 Third overtime period No scoring
44 shots / 40 saves Goalie stats Mark Owuya 5 shots / 2 saves
35 shots / 33 saves
April 21 Utah Grizzlies 3–2 Colorado Eagles Maverik Center Recap  
Eric Knodel (1) 16:20 First period No scoring
(1) 2:40 SH Second period Kyle Ostrow (1) 15:18 PP
(1) 1:05 Third period (3) 5:40
19 shots / 17 saves Goalie stats 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
(2) 2:51
Ryan Hayes (2) 17:54
Second period Trent Daavettila (1) 13:43 PP
(1) 1:38
Charles Sarault (3) 3:59 PP
(1) 11:47
Charles Sarault (4) 15:20 PP
Third period No scoring
35 shots / 33 saves Goalie stats 31 shots / 24 saves
April 24 Utah Grizzlies 2–5 Colorado Eagles Maverik Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(1) 4:07 PP
(2) 7:25
Second period (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
37 shots / 33 saves Goalie stats 34 shots / 32 saves
April 26 Colorado Eagles 2–7 Utah Grizzlies Budweiser Events Center Recap  
Trent Daavettila (4) 5:37 First period (2) 3:54
Barry Almeida (2) 7:56
(2) 19:15
Everett Sheen (3) 7:05 PP Second period (2) 11:52
No scoring Third period (5) 1:05
(3) 13:45 EN
Charles Sarault (6) 17:21 EN
16 shots / 11 saves Goalie stats 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 (1) 13:07
Gary Steffes (1) 17:25 Second period (1) 3:11
No scoring Third period (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 (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 (1) 4:44
(1) 16:59 PP
(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
(1) 0:50 SH Second period (1) 16:53
(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  
(1) 2:31
(1) 4:15
Radoslav Illo (1) 6:36
(2) 18:50 SH
First period No scoring
Carson McMillan (1) 14:22 PP Second period (2) 18:15 PP
Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (3) 7:35 PP
(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  
(2) 14:12 First period (2) 12:57
(1) 0:33 PP
Matt Register (2) 2:12
(3) 9:24 PP
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period (2) 6:08
Riley Gill 32 shots / 30 saves Goalie stats Philippe Desrosiers 14 shots / 10 saves
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 (2) 5:45
Andrew Carroll (1) 8:27
(2) 7:06 PP Third period No scoring
(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  
(2) 13:37 First period Peter MacArthur (3) 0:23
Ben Johnson (1) 3:48 SH
Mathieu Brodeur (1) 16:13 PP
(4) 8:39 Second period (5) 10:31
(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 (5) 3:50
Ryan Lomberg (3) 14:09 Second period No scoring
(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 (6) 1:00
Kelly Zajac (2) 14:41 PP
No scoring Second period (6) 1:21 SH
(1) 12:35 PP
(2) 17:30 PP
No scoring Third period Joe Devin (7) 2:18
Ken Appleby 17 shots / 12 saves
5 shots / 4 saves
Goalie stats Mark Dekanich 30 shots / 30 saves
May 7 Adirondack Thunder 3–2 OT South Carolina Stingrays Glens Falls Civic Center Recap  
Ben Johnson (2) 11:14
(6) 18:55
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period (7) 11:01
No scoring Third period (1) 13:52
(2) 11:21 First overtime period No scoring
Ken Appleby 30 shots / 28 saves Goalie stats Mark Dekanich 29 shots / 26 saves
May 10 South Carolina Stingrays 4–1 Adirondack Thunder North Charleston Coliseum Recap  
(8) 6:37
(3) 12:45 PP
First period Mathieu Brodeur (2) 19:48 PP
Austin Fyten (4) 9:25 PP
Stephan Vigier (4) 14:57 PP
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mark Dekanich 19 shots / 18 saves Goalie stats Ken Appleby 30 shots / 26 saves
May 11 South Carolina Stingrays 3–2 2OT Adirondack Thunder North Charleston Coliseum Recap  
(1) 5:19 First period Ben Johnson (3) 4:43
No scoring Second period Mitchell Heard (5) 19:14 PP
Brett Cameron (4) 9:51 Third period No scoring
(9) 15:34 Second overtime period No scoring
Mark Dekanich 20 shots / 18 saves
Vitek Vanecek 8 shots / 8 saves
Goalie stats Ken Appleby 46 shots / 43 saves
South Carolina wins series 4–3


(5) Wheeling Nailers vs. (8) Reading Royals[]

April 29 Wheeling Nailers 4–1 Reading Royals WesBanco Arena Recap  
(4) 16:34 PP First period No scoring
Mathew Maione (5) 2:18 Second period Jesper Pettersson (1) 9:16 PP
(2) 5:58
Cody Wydo (5) 11:49
Third period No scoring
Brian Foster 19 shots / 18 saves Goalie stats 34 shots / 30 saves
May 2 Wheeling Nailers 2–4 Reading Royals WesBanco Arena Recap  
No scoring First period (4) 14:06
(1) 3:54
(1) 10:57 PP
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period (2) 8:12 PP
(7) 10:09
(2) 13:40
Brian Foster 38 shots / 34 saves Goalie stats 31 shots / 29 saves
May 4 Reading Royals 4–1 Wheeling Nailers Santander Arena Recap  
(3) 18:48 First period No scoring
(4) 6:48
Michael Pelech (1) 12:35
Second period (2) 0:56
(2) 19:48 Third period No scoring
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 (4) 4:20 PP
(8) 13:02 Third period No scoring
No scoring Third overtime period (6) 4:22
52 shots / 50 saves Goalie stats 43 shots / 42 saves
May 7 Reading Royals 3–1 Wheeling Nailers Santander Arena Recap  
(5) 12:18 First period No scoring
(3) 12:47 Second period (3) 5:26 PP
(5) 18:51 EN Third period No scoring
30 shots / 29 saves Goalie stats 20 shots / 18 saves
May 9 Wheeling Nailers 8–3 Reading Royals WesBanco Arena Recap  
(4) 5:53
(1) 16:55 PP
First period (1) 2:38
No scoring Second period (3) 3:49 PP
(5) 0:33
Jarrett Burton (1) 8:13 PP
(3) 10:50
Dan O'Donoghue (1) 14:45
(1) 17:08 EN/PP
Dan O'Donoghue (2) 17:40
Third period Nikita Kashirsky (2) 18:13
Brian Foster 35 shots / 32 saves Goalie stats 46 shots / 39 saves
May 11 Wheeling Nailers 4–3 OT Reading Royals WesBanco Arena Recap  
No scoring First period Adam Comrie (1) 18:16
(3) 11:26
(4) 17:37
Second period Austin Farley (2) 6:49
(2) 9:13 PP Third period Yannick Tifu (2) 18:10
(4) 19:22 First overtime period No scoring
Brian Foster 36 shots / 33 saves Goalie stats 55 shots / 51 saves
Wheeling wins series 4–3


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 (4) 1:10
No scoring Second period Casey Pierro-Zabotel (3) 4:32 PP
No scoring Third period No scoring
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  
(1) 1:28
(3) 6:11 PP
(2) 16:35 PP
First period No scoring
(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
3 shots / 2 saves
May 4 Allen Americans 5–1 Missouri Mavericks Allen Event Center Recap  
(2) 0:31
(1) 6:40
First period No scoring
(5) 13:59 PP Second period (3) 7:46 SH
(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 4–2 Missouri Mavericks Allen Event Center Recap  
(2) 14:29 First period No scoring
Gary Steffes (3) 14:29 Second period No scoring
(3) 13:16
Vincent Arseneau (3) 18:58 EN
Third period (5) 0:11 PP
Ross Johnston (1) 3:26
Riley Gill 37 shots / 35 saves Goalie stats 27 shots /24 saves
May 8 Allen Americans 1–3 Missouri Mavericks Allen Event Center Recap  
(6) 4:33 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Carter Verhaeghe (2) 5:30
(3) 18:28 SH
No scoring Third period Ross Johnston (2) 9:50
Riley Gill 27 shots / 24 saves Goalie stats 30 shots / 29 saves
May 10 Missouri Mavericks 1–5 Allen Americans Silverstein Eye Centers Arena Recap  
Ross Johnston (3) 16:04 First period Chad Costello (3) 9:21 PP
No scoring Second period Casey Pierro-Zabotel (5) 4:27 PP
No scoring Third period (7) 1:12
Greger Hanson (8) 17:24 EN
(1) 19:21 '"EN
28 shots / 25 saves Goalie stats Riley Gill 33 shots / 32 saves
Allen wins series 4–2


(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies[]

April 29 Fort Wayne Komets 6–4 Utah Grizzlies Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Recap  
(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
(3) 15:21 PP Second period (2) 2:02 PP
(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 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 (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  
(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
(6) 18:30
Mark Owuya 31 shots / 28 saves Goalie stats Pat Nagle 20 shots / 19 saves
May 6 Utah Grizzlies 3–5 Fort Wayne Komets Maverik Center Recap  
Ryan Hayes (4) 7:43 PP First period Shawn Szydlowski (7) 4:21
(7) 18:33
Ryan Hayes (5) 11:14 PP Second period Trevor Cheek (3) 7:39 PP
(3) 6:36 Third period Garrett Thompson (8) 8:16
Shawn Szydlowski (8) 19:45 EN
Mark Owuya 29 shots / 25 saves Goalie stats Pat Nagle 29 shots / 26 saves
Fort Wayne wins series 4–0


Conference Finals[]

Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference[]

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers[]

May 13 South Carolina Stingrays 3–0 Wheeling Nailers North Charleston Coliseum Recap  
Austin Fyten (5) 4:54 SH
Jared Staal (1) 15:31
First period No scoring
(1) 0:49 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Vitek Vanecek 33 shots / 33 saves Goalie stats Brian Foster 29 shots / 26 saves
May 14 South Carolina Stingrays 3–4 2OT Wheeling Nailers North Charleston Coliseum Recap  
Austin Fyten (6) 19:13 First period No scoring
(10) 16:35
(8) 17:36
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period (4) 14:04
(1) 15:38
(6) 18:48
No scoring Second overtime period Jarrett Burton (2) 5:03 PP
Vitek Vanecek 32 shots / 28 saves Goalie stats 35 shots / 32 saves
May 18 Wheeling Nailers 2–1 South Carolina Stingrays WesBanco Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Austin Fyten (7) 13:10
Jarrett Burton (3) 6:36
(3) 13:34
Third period No scoring
19 shots / 18 saves Goalie stats Vitek Vanecek 31 shots / 29 saves
May 20 Wheeling Nailers 2–4 South Carolina Stingrays WesBanco Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(5) 5:59 Second period (9) 4:57
(5) 0:48 Third period (1) 11:57
Brett Cameron (5) 15:09 PP
(2) 18:43 EN/SH
24 shots / 21 saves Goalie stats Vitek Vanecek 19 shots / 17 saves
May 21 Wheeling Nailers 1–3 South Carolina Stingrays WesBanco Arena Recap  
(7) 11:11 PP First period No scoring
No scoring Second period (2) 9:40 PP
No scoring Third period (3) 12:43
(5) 18:59 EN
Brian Foster 37 shots / 35 saves Goalie stats Vitek Vanecek 28 shots / 27 saves
May 23 South Carolina Stingrays 3–4 OT Wheeling Nailers North Charleston Coliseum Recap  
Kelly Zajac (3) 0:43
(6) 5:38
First period Anton Zlobin (2) 10:12 PP
No scoring Second period (7) 11:58
(10) 7:49 Third period Anton Zlobin (3) 4:50 PP
No scoring First overtime period Jarrett Burton (4) 18:42
Vitek Vanecek 34 shots / 30 saves Goalie stats Brian Foster 34 shots / 31 saves
May 24 South Carolina Stingrays 2–5 Wheeling Nailers North Charleston Coliseum Recap  
(4) 3:29
Austin Fyten (8) 18:26 PP
First period (8) 2:21
(8) 8:03
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Jarrett Burton (5) 0:24
(4) 1:09
(6) 5:03
Vitek Vanecek 32 shots / 27 saves Goalie stats Brian Foster 30 shots / 28 saves
Wheeling wins series 4–3


Western Conference[]

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (4) Allen Americans[]

May 13 Fort Wayne Komets 3–5 Allen Americans Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Recap  
Trevor Cheek (4) 19:47 First period Gary Steffes (4) 5:27 SH
(9) 9:03 PP
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (6) 10:46 PP
No scoring Second period No scoring
Trevor Cheek (5) 3:16
Troy Bourke (6) 13:28
Third period Nikita Jevpalovs (1) 11:39
(4) 19:24 EN
Pat Nagle 25 shots / 21 saves Goalie stats Riley Gill 26 shots / 23 saves
May 15 Fort Wayne Komets 2–3 OT Allen Americans Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period Chad Costello (4) 8:50 PP
(1) 0:22
Troy Bourke (7) 8:41 PP
Second period (5) 19:30
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Gary Steffes (5) 0:56
Pat Nagle 23 shots / 20 saves Goalie stats Riley Gill 9 shots / 8 saves
16 shots / 15 saves
May 19 Allen Americans 1–2 Fort Wayne Komets Allen Event Center Recap  
No scoring First period Mike Embach (3) 4:11
No scoring Second period Mike Embach (4) 19:18
Gary Steffes (6) 11:36 Third period No scoring
Jake Hildebrand 37 shots / 35 saves Goalie stats Pat Nagle 28 shots / 27 saves
May 21 Allen Americans 6–5 OT Fort Wayne Komets Allen Event Center Recap  
(3) 6:54 First period (2) 19:46
Gary Steffes (7) 7:46 PP Second period Mike Embach (5) 0:45
(9) 3:15 PP
Garrett Thompson (10) 9:18
Shawn Szydlowski (9) 11:17
(4) 1:16 PP
(10) 4:49 PP
David Makowski (4) 10:33
Third period No scoring
(1) 3:46 First overtime period No scoring
Riley Gill 19 shots / 14 saves
Jake Hildebrand 17 shots / 17 saves
Goalie stats Pat Nagle 30 shots / 24 saves
May 22 Allen Americans 6–4 Fort Wayne Komets Allen Event Center Recap  
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (7) 14:25
(5) 17:26 PP
First period (1) 6:30 PP
Shawn Szydlowski (10) 10:31
(4) 8:48
(6) 9:33
Second period No scoring
(3) 3:39 PP
(11) 19:47 EN
Third period Jamie Schaafsma (3) 1:21
(2) 16:41
Jake Hildebrand 48 shots / 44 saves Goalie stats Spencer Martin 16 shots / 11 saves
Pat Nagle 7 shots / 7 saves
Allen wins series 4–1


Kelly Cup Finals[]

Home team is listed first.

(West #4) Allen Americans vs. (East #5) Wheeling Nailers[]

May 28 Allen Americans 5–3 Wheeling Nailers Allen Event Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(5) 1:15 PP
Tristan King (6) 12:10
(12) 15:35 PP
(5) 19:03
Second period (5) 15:11 SH
Gary Steffes (8) 18:03 Third period Anton Zlobin (4) 9:06 PP
(9) 10:29 PP
Jake Hildebrand 28 shots / 25 saves Goalie stats Brian Foster 32 shots / 27 saves
May 29 Allen Americans 6–7 Wheeling Nailers Allen Event Center Recap  
No scoring First period (4) 6:34 PP
(5) 14:30
(9) 17:52 PP
Chad Costello (5) 15:16 Second period Anton Zlobin (5) 6:03 PP
Jarrett Burton (6) 9:43
Mathew Maione (6) 16:27
(10) 18:55 EN/SH
(6) 2:21
(1) 4:20
Gary Steffes (9) 7:27 PP
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (7) 8:51
Gary Steffes (10) 10:03
Third period No scoring
Jake Hildebrand 9 shots / 6 saves
15 shots / 12 saves
Goalie stats Brian Foster 29 shots / 23 saves
4 shots / 4 saves
June 1 Wheeling Nailers 3–2 Allen Americans WesBanco Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(7) 3:18
Anton Zlobin (6) 13:46 PP
Second period Gary Steffes (11) 4:01
(1) 7:25 Third period (13) 4:22 PP
30 shots / 28 saves Goalie stats Riley Gill 27 shots / 24 saves
June 3 Wheeling Nailers 2–4 Allen Americans WesBanco Arena Recap  
Dan O'Donoghue (3) 19:44 First period Gary Steffes (12) 16:02
(10) 14:17 Second period (2) 18:15
No scoring Third period Chad Costello (6) 3:38
(4) 19:26 EN
28 shots / 25 saves Goalie stats Riley Gill 34 shots / 32 saves
June 4 Wheeling Nailers 2–3 OT Allen Americans WesBanco Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jarrett Burton (7) 12:16 Second period No scoring
(11) 16:03 PP Third period Chad Costello (7) 3:33
(8) 7:35
No scoring First overtime period (14) 0:17
16 shots / 13 saves Goalie stats Riley Gill 26 shots / 24 saves
June 9 Allen Americans 4–2 Wheeling Nailers Allen Event Center Recap  
(7) 4:44 PP
(15) 9:23 PP
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period (11) 9:32
(5) 10:04 PP
Gary Steffes (13) 19:28 EN
Third period (12) 12:54
Riley Gill 44 shots / 42 saves Goalie stats Brian Foster 27 shots / 24 saves
Allen wins series 4–2


Statistical leaders[]

Skaters[]

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Chad Costello Allen Americans 24 7 29 36 0 4
Wheeling Nailers 26 5 22 27 -5 30
Allen Americans 23 15 8 23 -2 18
Wheeling Nailers 25 11 12 23 +5 42
Mathew Maione Wheeling Nailers 26 6 17 23 +4 20
Wheeling Nailers 26 12 9 21 -2 12
Allen Americans 23 5 16 21 +12 8
Allen Americans 18 5 15 20 +5 20
Shawn Szydlowski Fort Wayne Komets 16 10 9 19 +6 15
Austin Fyten South Carolina Stingrays 19 8 11 19 +5 28

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.[3]

Player Team GP W L OTL SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Mark Dekanich South Carolina Stingrays 10 5 3 1 219 17 1.69 0.922 2 603
Missouri Mavericks 7 4 3 0 202 15 2.16 0.926 0 416
Ken Appleby Adirondack Thunder 12 7 4 1 363 29 2.31 0.920 1 754
Vitek Vanecek South Carolina Stingrays 11 6 2 2 278 24 2.31 0.914 1 624
Riley Gill Allen Americans 19 12 5 0 508 39 2.35 0.923 1 997
Reading Royals 6 3 3 0 184 14 2.45 0.924 0 344
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)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "ALIGNMENT, PLAYOFF FORMAT ANNOUNCED FOR 2015-16 SEASON". ECHL. February 3, 2015. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Skater Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  3. ^ "Goaltender Statistics". Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

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