The 2011–12 ECHL season was the 24th season of the ECHL. The regular season schedule ran from October 4, 2011 to March 31, 2012 and was followed by the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs beginning on April 2, 2012.
On July 6, 2011 the New Jersey Devils announced that the Trenton Devils were suspending operations immediately, citing a desire to restructure their player development system to more closely mirror those of other NHL franchises. New Jersey was the only NHL team to wholly own its ECHL affiliate. Trenton had failed to qualify for the playoffs for three out of the previous four seasons and had regularly posted league-low attendance numbers. Prior to folding, the team lost $1.5 million during the 2010–11 ECHL season.[3] Later on July 27, an announcement was made that a Trenton franchise would re-enter the ECHL for the 2011–12 season as the Trenton Titans, with a press conference officially announcing the team occurring on July 28.[4] The ECHL Board of Governors announced on July 28 that the Titans' membership application had been approved. The team took over the Trenton Devils' place in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division and played according to the Devils' original schedule for the 2011–12 season.[5]
Annual Board of Governors meetingedit
The league's annual Board of Governors meeting concluded on August 1, 2011. Announcements included the re-election of Steve Chapman, president of the Gwinnett Gladiators as board president; adoption by the league of an attainable icing rule similar to that employed by the NHL and the league re-alignment for the 2011–12 season. The Colorado Eagles joined the Western Conference's Mountain Division, while in the Eastern Conference, the Wheeling Nailers moved to the Atlantic Division and the Chicago Express occupied the North Division spot left vacant by the Nailers.[6] The league also announced that no All-Star game would be conducted during the 2011–12 season.
2012 Kelly Cup Playoffs formatedit
The format for the 2011 Kelly Cup Playoffs remained unchanged from the previous season.
In the Eastern Conference, postseason berths were awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winners were seeded first, second and third and played the eighth-place finisher, the seventh-place finisher and the sixth-place finisher, respectively, while the fourth-place finisher and the fifth-place finisher met. The conference semifinals had the winner of the first-place and eighth-place matchup meet the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place game while the winner of the second-place and seventh-place game faced the winner of the third-place and sixth-place matchup.
In the Western Conference, postseason berths were awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winner with the best record in the conference received a bye in the first round. The other division winner was seeded second and met the team that finished seventh in the conference in the first round. The other first round matchups were the third-place finisher in the conference against the sixth-place finisher in the conference and the fourth-place finisher in the conference against the fifth-place finisher in the conference. The conference semifinals had the first-place finisher meet the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place matchup and the winner of the second-place finisher and seventh-place finisher against the winner of the third-place finisher and the sixth-place finisher.
The first round in each Conference was a best of five series with each subsequent round being a best of seven series.
The following were the top ten goaltenders in the league in goals against average at the conclusion of the 2011–12 season.[8]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
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^Abdur-Rahman, Sulaiman (July 6, 2011). "ECHL's Trenton Devils suspend operations". The Trentonian. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
^Rosenau, Joshua (July 27, 2011). "Trenton Titans minor league hockey team to be revived at Sun National Bank Center". The Times of Trenton. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
^Press release (July 28, 2011). . ECHL. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
^Press release (August 1, 2011). . ECHL. Archived from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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The 2011 12 ECHL season was the 24th season of the ECHL The regular season schedule ran from October 4 2011 to March 31 2012 and was followed by the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs beginning on April 2 2012 2011 12 ECHL seasonLeagueECHLSportIce hockeyDurationOctober 4 2011 March 31 2012Total attendance3 082 764 total 4 282 average Regular seasonBrabham CupAlaska AcesSeason MVPChad CostelloTop scorerDustin GazleyPlayoffsEastern championsFlorida Everblades Eastern runners upKalamazoo WingsWestern championsLas Vegas Wranglers Western runners upAlaska AcesPlayoffs MVPJohn MuseKelly CupChampionsFlorida Everblades Runners upLas Vegas WranglersECHL seasons 2010 112012 13 Contents 1 League business 1 1 Team changes 1 2 Annual Board of Governors meeting 1 3 2012 Kelly Cup Playoffs format 2 Regular season 2 1 Standings 2 1 1 By division 2 1 2 By conference 3 2011 12 Kelly Cup Playoffs 4 Player statistics 4 1 Scoring leaders 4 2 Leading goaltenders 5 ECHL awards 5 1 All ECHL Teams 5 2 ECHL All Rookie Team 6 See also 7 ReferencesLeague business editTeam changes edit Following the loss of the Victoria Salmon Kings at the end of the 2010 11 season 1 the league welcomed as its 19th and 20th teams the Chicago Express who played home games at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates Illinois 2 and the Colorado Eagles who moved to the ECHL from the Central Hockey League and played home games at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland Colorado Chicago played in the North Division of the Eastern Conference and Colorado played in the Mountain Division of the Western Conference On July 6 2011 the New Jersey Devils announced that the Trenton Devils were suspending operations immediately citing a desire to restructure their player development system to more closely mirror those of other NHL franchises New Jersey was the only NHL team to wholly own its ECHL affiliate Trenton had failed to qualify for the playoffs for three out of the previous four seasons and had regularly posted league low attendance numbers Prior to folding the team lost 1 5 million during the 2010 11 ECHL season 3 Later on July 27 an announcement was made that a Trenton franchise would re enter the ECHL for the 2011 12 season as the Trenton Titans with a press conference officially announcing the team occurring on July 28 4 The ECHL Board of Governors announced on July 28 that the Titans membership application had been approved The team took over the Trenton Devils place in the Eastern Conference s Atlantic Division and played according to the Devils original schedule for the 2011 12 season 5 Annual Board of Governors meeting edit The league s annual Board of Governors meeting concluded on August 1 2011 Announcements included the re election of Steve Chapman president of the Gwinnett Gladiators as board president adoption by the league of an attainable icing rule similar to that employed by the NHL and the league re alignment for the 2011 12 season The Colorado Eagles joined the Western Conference s Mountain Division while in the Eastern Conference the Wheeling Nailers moved to the Atlantic Division and the Chicago Express occupied the North Division spot left vacant by the Nailers 6 The league also announced that no All Star game would be conducted during the 2011 12 season 2012 Kelly Cup Playoffs format edit The format for the 2011 Kelly Cup Playoffs remained unchanged from the previous season In the Eastern Conference postseason berths were awarded to the first place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference based on points The division winners were seeded first second and third and played the eighth place finisher the seventh place finisher and the sixth place finisher respectively while the fourth place finisher and the fifth place finisher met The conference semifinals had the winner of the first place and eighth place matchup meet the winner of the fourth place and fifth place game while the winner of the second place and seventh place game faced the winner of the third place and sixth place matchup In the Western Conference postseason berths were awarded to the first place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference based on points The division winner with the best record in the conference received a bye in the first round The other division winner was seeded second and met the team that finished seventh in the conference in the first round The other first round matchups were the third place finisher in the conference against the sixth place finisher in the conference and the fourth place finisher in the conference against the fifth place finisher in the conference The conference semifinals had the first place finisher meet the winner of the fourth place and fifth place matchup and the winner of the second place finisher and seventh place finisher against the winner of the third place finisher and the sixth place finisher The first round in each Conference was a best of five series with each subsequent round being a best of seven series Regular season editStandings edit By division edit End of season standings Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts 1 Elmira Jackals ANA OTT 72 45 22 2 3 228 204 95 2 Wheeling Nailers MTL PIT 72 37 26 4 5 219 202 83 3 Reading Royals TOR 72 36 28 4 4 229 235 80 4 Trenton Titans PHI 72 21 41 4 6 211 271 52 North Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts 1 Kalamazoo Wings independent 72 38 26 2 6 264 237 84 2 Chicago Express CBJ 72 34 26 8 4 216 234 80 3 Cincinnati Cyclones FLA NAS 72 35 28 2 7 228 227 79 4 Toledo Walleye CHI DET 72 28 38 2 4 189 258 48 South Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts 1 Gwinnett Gladiators PHX 72 41 20 7 4 214 200 93 2 Greenville Road Warriors NYR 72 41 25 2 4 232 215 88 3 Florida Everblades Car TB 72 39 26 2 5 260 218 85 4 South Carolina Stingrays Was 72 37 28 4 3 191 180 81 Western Conference Mountain Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts 1 Alaska Aces STL 72 43 18 3 8 224 172 97 2 Colorado Eagles independent 72 38 28 1 5 250 252 82 3 Utah Grizzlies CGY 72 33 33 0 6 183 223 72 4 Idaho Steelheads DAL 72 31 32 2 7 194 236 71 Pacific Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts 1 Ontario Reign LA 72 43 21 5 3 242 193 94 2 Las Vegas Wranglers independent 72 42 22 1 7 235 198 92 3 Stockton Thunder EDM SJ 72 34 33 1 4 204 216 73 4 Bakersfield Condors independent 72 24 41 4 3 199 241 55 By conference edit End of season standings Eastern Conference R Div GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts 1 z Elmira Jackals AT 72 45 22 2 3 228 204 95 2 y Gwinnett Gladiators SO 72 41 20 7 4 214 200 93 3 y Kalamazoo Wings NO 72 38 26 2 6 264 237 84 4 Greenville Road Warriors SO 72 41 25 2 4 232 215 88 5 Florida Everblades SO 72 39 26 2 5 260 218 85 6 Wheeling Nailers AT 72 37 26 4 5 219 202 83 7 South Carolina Stingrays SO 72 37 28 4 3 191 180 81 8 Reading Royals AT 72 36 28 4 4 229 235 80 8 5 9 Chicago Express NO 72 34 26 8 4 216 234 80 10 Cincinnati Cyclones NO 72 35 28 2 7 228 227 79 11 Toledo Walleye NO 72 28 38 2 4 189 258 62 12 Trenton Titans AT 72 21 41 4 6 211 271 52 Divisions AT Atlantic NO North SO South Division leader y Won division z Won conference and division Western Conference R Div GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts 1 b Alaska Aces MT 72 43 18 3 8 224 172 97 2 y Ontario Reign PA 72 43 21 5 3 242 193 94 3 Las Vegas Wranglers PA 72 42 22 1 7 235 198 92 4 Colorado Eagles MT 72 38 28 1 5 250 252 82 5 Stockton Thunder PA 72 34 33 1 4 204 216 73 6 Utah Grizzlies MT 72 33 33 0 6 183 223 72 7 Idaho Steelheads MT 72 31 32 2 7 194 236 71 8 5 8 Bakersfield Condors PA 72 24 41 4 3 199 241 55 Divisions MT Mountain PA Pacific Division leader y Won division b Won Brabham Cup best record in the league and first round bye2011 12 Kelly Cup Playoffs editConference QuarterfinalsConference SemifinalsConference FinalsKelly Cup Finals 1Elmira38Reading21Elmira15Florida44Greenville05Florida35Florida4Eastern3Kalamazoo12Gwinnett27South Carolina37South Carolina13Kalamazoo43Kalamazoo36Wheeling1E5Florida4Note Pairings are re seeded after the first round W3Las Vegas11Alaska45Stockton04Colorado15Stockton31Alaska3Western3Las Vegas42Ontario27Idaho37Idaho13Las Vegas43Las Vegas36Utah0Player statistics editScoring leaders edit The following were the top ten players in the league in points at the conclusion of the 2011 12 season 7 GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Dustin Gazley Elmira Jackals 72 25 60 85 73 Adam Miller Las Vegas Wranglers 71 32 52 84 45 Justin Bowers Greenville Road Warriors 69 19 59 78 37 Chad Costello Colorado Eagles 47 29 47 76 26 Trent Daavettila Kalamazoo Wings 69 18 56 74 40 Yannick Tifu Reading Royals 69 23 47 70 65 Dan Kissel Alaska Aces 70 35 33 68 30 Mathieu Aubin Cincinnati Cyclones 62 30 38 68 59 Kevin Ulanski Colorado Eagles 56 27 41 68 60 Eric Lampe Las Vegas Wranglers 52 37 30 67 38 Leading goaltenders edit The following were the top ten goaltenders in the league in goals against average at the conclusion of the 2011 12 season 8 GP Games played Min Minutes played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses SOL Shootout losses GA Goals against SO Shutouts SV Save percentage GAA Goals against average Player Team GP Min W L OTL SOL GA SO SV GAA Gerald Coleman Alaska Aces 27 1644 18 5 1 3 53 3 926 1 93 Jeff Jakaitis Gwinnett Gladiators 26 1538 17 6 1 1 52 5 930 2 03 Philipp Grubauer South Carolina Stingrays 43 2536 23 13 4 1 94 1 918 2 22 Adam Courchaine Alaska Aces 34 2022 19 10 2 3 80 3 908 2 37 Joe Fallon Las Vegas Wranglers 47 2739 30 10 1 3 109 3 912 2 39 Chris Carrozzi Ontario Reign 30 1669 17 7 2 2 67 3 918 2 41 John Muse Florida Everblades 25 1489 16 6 1 2 60 1 920 2 42 Olivier Roy Stockton Thunder 40 2388 16 18 1 4 99 4 925 2 49 Peter Delmas Wheeling Nailers 37 2113 18 14 1 2 88 3 909 2 50 Brian Stewart Elmira Jackals 40 2294 26 11 1 1 98 1 917 2 56ECHL awards editSee also ECHL awards Patrick Kelly Cup Florida Everblades Henry Brabham Cup Alaska Aces Gingher Memorial Trophy Florida Everblades Bruce Taylor Trophy Las Vegas Wranglers John Brophy Award Rob Murray Alaska Aces John Wroblewski Gwinnett Gladiators CCM U Most Valuable Player Chad Costello Colorado Eagles Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player John Muse Florida Everblades Reebok Hockey Goaltender of the Year Jeff Jakaitis Gwinnett Gladiators CCM Rookie of the Year Dustin Gazley Elmira Jackals Defenseman of the Year Aaron Schneekloth Colorado Eagles Leading Scorer Dustin Gazley Elmira Jackals Reebok Plus Performer Award Mathieu Aubin Cincinnati Cyclones Sportsmanship Award Kevin Ulanski Colorado Eagles Community Service Award Jason Fredricks Ontario Reign Birmingham Memorial Award Jason Rollins 9 All ECHL Teams edit All ECHL First Team nbsp F Chad Costello Colorado nbsp F Dustin Gazley Elmira nbsp F Eric Lampe Las Vegas nbsp D Bryan Miller Alaska nbsp D Aaron Schneekloth Colorado nbsp G Jeff Jakaitis Gwinnett All ECHL Second Team nbsp F Justin Bowers Greenville nbsp F Dan Kissel Alaska nbsp F Adam Miller Las Vegas nbsp D Andrew Hotham Wheeling nbsp D Johann Kroll South Carolina nbsp G Joe Fallon Las Vegas ECHL All Rookie Team edit ECHL All Rookie Team nbsp F Chris Barton Wheeling nbsp F Dustin Gazley Elmira nbsp F Matthew Sisca Cincinnati nbsp D Andrew Hotham Wheeling nbsp D Mike Little Stockton nbsp G Philipp Grubauer South Carolina See also editECHL All Star Game List of ECHL seasons 2011 in sports 2012 in sportsReferences edit Dheenshaw Cleve May 7 2011 RG opts to fold Salmon Kings franchise Times Colonist Retrieved May 19 2011 permanent dead link Press release June 24 2010 Expansion membership approved for Chicago ECHL Archived from the original on July 23 2011 Retrieved May 25 2011 Abdur Rahman Sulaiman July 6 2011 ECHL s Trenton Devils suspend operations The Trentonian Retrieved July 7 2011 Rosenau Joshua July 27 2011 Trenton Titans minor league hockey team to be revived at Sun National Bank Center The Times of Trenton Retrieved July 28 2011 Press release July 28 2011 ECHL Board of Governors approves membership for Trenton 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