ECHL All-Star Game

The ECHL All-Star Game is an exhibition ice hockey game that traditionally marks the midway point of the ECHL's regular season, with many of the league's star players playing against each other. The starting lineup for the teams, including the starting goaltender, is voted on by the coaches, players, and other league representatives. The coaches for the All-Star Game teams are typically the head coaches of the teams that, at the time of the All-Star Game roster announcements, are leading their respective conferences in point percentage (i.e. fraction of points obtained out of total possible points). The All-Star Game festivities also includes an ECHL All-Star Skills Competition, a competition showing the various talents of the all-stars.

In August 2011, the ECHL Board of Governors announced its intent not to hold an All-Star Game for the 2011–12 season, citing a desire to explore other options in preparation for celebrating the league's 25th anniversary during the 2012–13 season.^[1] This marked the first season since the All-Star Game's inception in 1993 that one was not held. Since then, the ECHL also did not schedule an All-Star game in 2014 and 2016.

As of 2018, the ECHL has adopted a four-team, 3-on-3 player format and began calling the event the All-Star Classic.^[2] In 2020, the All-Star Game added players from the Professional Women's Hockey Player Association with Dani Cameranesi, Kali Flanagan, Gigi Marvin, and Annie Pankowski each being assigned to one of the four teams.^[3]

All-Star Game results

Year	Winner	Score	Loser	MVP	Host	Host arena
1993^[4]	East All-Stars	7–3	West All-Stars	Darren Schwartz, Wheeling (East)	Wheeling Thunderbirds	Wheeling Civic Center
1994^[5]	West All-Stars	7–6	East All-Stars	Joe Cook, Columbus (West) Cory Cadden, Knoxville (West)	Hampton Roads Admirals	Norfolk Scope
1995^[6]	West All-Stars	6–5	East All-Stars	Jay Neal, Toledo (West)	Greensboro Monarchs	Greensboro Coliseum
1996^[7]	Northern Conference	10–7	Southern Conference	Don Parsons, Johnstown (North)	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
1997^[8]	Charlotte Checkers	7–6	ECHL All-Stars	Andrei Bashkirov, Huntington (ECHL) David Brosseau, Charlotte	Charlotte Checkers	Independence Arena
1998^[9]	Canada All-Stars	11–7	USA/World All-Stars	Thomas Braun, Jacksonville (Canada)	Louisiana IceGators	Cajundome
1999^[10]	Southern Conference	7–4	Northern Conference	Jason Elders, Mobile (South)	Mississippi Sea Wolves	Mississippi Coast Coliseum
2000^[11]	Northern Conference	8–6	Southern Conference	Jeff Mitchell, Dayton (North)	Greenville Grrrowl	BI-LO Center
2001^[12]	Southern Conference	9–5	Northern Conference	Jonas Soling, Augusta (South)	Arkansas RiverBlades	ALLTEL Arena
2002^[13]	Southern Conference	7–6	Northern Conference	Allan Sirois, Augusta (South)	Trenton Titans	Sovereign Bank Arena
2003^[14]	Northern Conference	8–2	Southern Conference	Scott Stirling, Atlantic City (North)	Florida Everblades	Germain Arena
2004^[15]	Eastern Conference	7–6	Western Conference	Randy Rowe, Peoria (East)	Peoria Rivermen	Carver Arena
2005^[16]	National Conference	6–2	American Conference	Frank Doyle, Idaho (National)	Reading Royals	Sovereign Center
2006^[17]	National Conference	7–6	American Conference	Luke Curtin, Fresno (National)	Fresno Falcons	Save Mart Center
2007^[18]	American Conference	6–3	National Conference	Adam Berkhoel, Dayton (American)	Idaho Steelheads	Qwest Arena
2008^[19]	National Conference	10–7	American Conference	Ash Goldie, Victoria (National)	Stockton Thunder	Stockton Arena
2009^[20]	American Conference	11–5	National Conference	Matt Ford, Charlotte (American)	Reading Royals	Sovereign Center
2010^[21]	National Conference	10–9	American Conference	Evan Barlow, Idaho (National)	Ontario Reign	Citizens Business Bank Arena
2011^[22]	ECHL All Stars	9–3	Bakersfield Condors	Mark Arcobello, Stockton (ECHL All Stars)	Bakersfield Condors	Rabobank Arena
2012^[1]	No All-Star Game scheduled
2013^[23]^[24]	ECHL All Stars	7–3	Colorado Eagles	Ryan Zapolski, South Carolina (ECHL All Stars)	Colorado Eagles	Budweiser Events Center
2014	No All-Star Game scheduled
2015	ECHL All Stars	8–4	Orlando Solar Bears	Myles Bell, Evansville (ECHL All Stars)	Orlando Solar Bears	Amway Center
2016^[25]	No All-Star Game scheduled
2017^[26]	ECHL All Stars	8–7	Adirondack Thunder	Matt Garbowsky, Colorado (ECHL All Stars)	Adirondack Thunder	Glens Falls Civic Center
2018^[2]	Mountain Division	6–5 (SO)	South Division	Taylor Cammarata, South Carolina (South Div.)	Indy Fuel	Indiana Farmers Coliseum
2019^[27]^[28]	Eastern Conference	2–1 (SO)	Team Fins	David Pacan, Brampton (Eastern Conf.)	Toledo Walleye	Huntington Center
2020^[29]	Eastern Conference	4–2	Western Conference	Logan Roe, Florida (Eastern Conf.)	Wichita Thunder	Intrust Bank Arena
2021^[30]	ECHL All-Star Game not held due to COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 host awarded the 2022 event				Jacksonville Icemen	VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
2022^[31]^[32]	ECHL All-Stars	14–7	Jacksonville Icemen	Marcus Crawford, Kansas City (All-Stars)	Jacksonville Icemen	VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
2023^[33]	Destroyers	2-0	Norfolk Admirals		Norfolk Admirals	Norfolk Scope
2024^[34]	ECHL All-Stars	18-11	Savannah Ghost Pirates		Savannah Ghost Pirates	Enmarket Arena

See also

• List of ECHL seasons

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