2022 Kelly Cup playoffs
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 20 – June 11 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Florida Everblades |
| Runner-up | Toledo Walleye |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Brandon Hawkins (Toledo) (33 points) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Cam Johnson (Florida) |
The 2022 Kelly Cup playoffs of the ECHL hockey league began on April 20, 2022, following the conclusion of the 2021–22 ECHL regular season and ended on June 11 with the Florida Everblades winning their second Kelly Cup over the Toledo Walleye in five games.
Playoff format
[edit]The league announced its playoff format on January 21, 2022. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams in each division qualify for the 2022 Kelly Cup playoffs and are seeded one through four based on the highest points percentage earned in the season. Then 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. The division champions then play each other in a conference championship. The Kelly Cup finals pit the Eastern Conference champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.[1]
Playoff seeds
[edit]After the regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Toledo Walleye were the first team to qualify during the regular season on March 26,[2] with the Reading Royals qualifying shortly after on March 29.[3] Due to the imbalanced scheduling during the pandemic, teams were seeded by points percentage.
Final seeds and points percentages:[4]
Eastern Conference[edit]North Division[edit]
South Division[edit]
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Western Conference[edit]Central Division[edit]
Mountain Division[edit]
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Playoff bracket
[edit]| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Kelly Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Reading | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Maine | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Reading | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Newfoundland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Newfoundland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Trois-Rivières | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Newfoundland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Greenville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Jacksonville | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Atlanta | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Jacksonville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Toledo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Toledo | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Cincinnati | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Toledo | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Wheeling | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Fort Wayne | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Wheeling | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Toledo | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| M1 | Utah | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| M1 | Utah | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| M4 | Tulsa | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| M1 | Utah | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Rapid City | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Rapid City | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| M3 | Allen | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Division semifinals
[edit]North Division
[edit](1) Reading Royals vs. (4) Maine Mariners
[edit]| April 20 | Maine Mariners | 2–3 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:06 – pp – Kenny Hausinger (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:31 – Brayden Low (1) 19:10 – Brayden Low (2) | ||||||
| Zach Malatesta (1) – 17:20 Nick Master (1) – 19:15 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stefanos Lekkas 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Logan Flodell 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Maine Mariners | 0–3 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 4:29 – pp – Trevor Gooch (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 5:26 – Kenny Hausinger (2) 5:55 – Frank DiChiara (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Callum Booth 8 saves / 11 shots Jeremy Brodeur 9 saves / 9 shots |
Goalie stats | Logan Flodell 32 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Reading Royals | 4–5 | Maine Mariners | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 9:29 – pp – Conner Bleackley (1) | ||||||
| Kenny Hausinger (3) – 3:14 Jacob Pritchard (1) – 6:54 Brad Morrison (1) – 8:45 Garrett McFadden (1) – 18:19 |
Second period | 4:32 – Mathew Santos (1) 11:51 – Cameron Askew (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:14 – Reid Stefanson (1) 17:34 – Mathew Santos (2) | ||||||
| Logan Flodell 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Stefanos Lekkas 15 saves / 19 shots Jeremy Brodeur 6 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Reading Royals | 0–4 | Maine Mariners | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:07 – Nick Master (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:38 – pp – Alex Kile (1) 17:22 – pp – Cameron Askew (2) 18:21 – en – Keltie Jeri-Leon (1) | ||||||
| Logan Flodell 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Callum Booth 32 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Reading Royals | 3–2 | Maine Mariners | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
| 10:25 – Patrick Bajkov (1) | First period | Cameron Askew (3) – pp – 18:46 | ||||||
| 3:27 – Frank DiChiara (2) | Second period | Alex Kile (2) – 5:55 | ||||||
| 12:34 – pp – Thomas Ebbing (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Logan Flodell 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Callum Booth 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Maine Mariners | 1–2 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
| 9:08 – Nick Master (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Trevor Gooch (2) – 7:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacob Pritchard (2) – pp – 7:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Callum Booth 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Reading won series 4–2 | |
(2) Newfoundland Growlers vs. (3) Trois-Rivières Lions
[edit]| April 22 | Trois-Rivières Lions | 4–7 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | |||
| Shawn St-Amant (1) – 14:04 Julien Nantel (1) – pp – 16:46 |
First period | 13:35 – Matt Hellickson (1) | ||||||
| Peter Abbandonato (1) – 19:25 | Second period | 2:31 – pp – Gordie Green (1) 7:12 – Tyler Boland (1) 14:49 – Orrin Centazzo (1) | ||||||
| Olivier Archambault (1) – pp – 7:48 | Third period | 2:25 – Zach O'Brien (1) 8:33 – pp – Orrin Centazzo (2) 19:59 – en – Matt Hellickson (2) | ||||||
| Philippe Desrosiers 35 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Keith Petruzzelli 35 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Trois-Rivières Lions | 2–6 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | |||
| Shawn St-Amant (2) – 10:57 | First period | 12:20 – Isaac Johnson (1) 18:48 – Ryan Chyzowski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:12 – Gordie Green (2) 11:45 – Marc Johnstone (1) | ||||||
| Anthony Nellis (1) – 12:37 | Third period | 4:06 – Orrin Centazzo (3) 16:30 – Tyler Boland (2) | ||||||
| Philippe Desrosiers 24 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Keith Petruzzelli 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Newfoundland Growlers | 2–3 | Trois-Rivières Lions | Colisée Vidéotron | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Boland (3) – 1:40 | Second period | 8:39 – Anthony Nellis (2) 19:20 – Anthony Nellis (3) | ||||||
| Zach O'Brien (2) – 18:00 | Third period | 19:37 – Anthony Nellis (4) | ||||||
| Keith Petruzzelli 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Philippe Desrosiers 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Newfoundland Growlers | 5–2 | Trois-Rivières Lions | Colisée Vidéotron | Recap | |||
| Ryan Chyzowski (2) – 6:10 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marc Johnstone (2) – 7:47 Noel Hoefenmayer (1) – 11:46 Derian Plouffe (1) – 11:57 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Todd Skirving (1) – pp-en – 17:58 | Third period | 1:44 – Justin Ducharme (1) 19:26 – pp – Hayden Shaw (1) | ||||||
| Keith Petruzzelli 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Philippe Desrosiers 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Newfoundland Growlers | 2–3 | Trois-Rivières Lions | Colisée Vidéotron | Recap | |||
| Tyler Boland (4) – 3:07 | First period | 7:18 – Alexis D'Aoust (1) | ||||||
| Tyler Boland (5) – 16:19 | Second period | 16:43 – Cedric Montminy (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 9:16 – Alexis D'Aoust (2) | ||||||
| Keith Petruzzelli 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Philippe Desrosiers 35 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Trois-Rivières Lions | 7–4 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | |||
| Cedric Montminy (2) – 1:00 | First period | 5:05 – Gordie Green (3) | ||||||
| Peter Abbandonato (2) – 4:06 Brenden Locke (1) – 4:30 Olivier Galipeau (1) – 19:29 |
Second period | 9:23 – sh – Derian Plouffe (2) 14:43 – pp – Jeremy McKenna (1) | ||||||
| Anthony Nellis (1) – 1:27 Brenden Locke (2) – 9:42 Josh Brook (1) – en – 19:27 |
Third period | 16:26 – pp – Tyler Boland (6) | ||||||
| Philippe Desrosiers 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Keith Petruzzelli 21 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Trois-Rivières Lions | 2–5 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:01 – Tyler Boland (7) | ||||||
| Anthony Nellis (6) – 11:49 | Second period | 5:24 – Noel Hoefenmayer (2) | ||||||
| Hayden Shaw (2) – pp – 11:02 | Third period | 2:32 – Tyler Boland (8) 14:15 – Ben Finkelstein (1) 18:29 – en – Orrin Centazzo (4) | ||||||
| Philippe Desrosiers 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Keith Petruzzelli 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Newfoundland won series 4–3 | |
South Division
[edit](1) Florida Everblades vs. (4) Greenville Swamp Rabbits
[edit]| April 22 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | 3–4 | OT | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | ||
| Christian Kåsastul (1) – 8:59 Nikita Pavlychev (1) – 9:39 Ayden MacDonald (1) – 14:52 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:01 – pp – Stefan Leblanc (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:40 – pp – Blake Winiecki (1) 19:25 – Matteo Gennaro (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 2:05 – John McCarron (1) | ||||||
| John Lethemon 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Parker Gahagen 34 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | 5–3 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 9:31 – Chris McKay (1) | ||||||
| Alec Rauhauser (1) – pp – 4:48 Ben Freeman (1) – pp – 6:51 Kevin McKernan (1) – 9:16 Joe Gatenby (1) – sh – 14:12 |
Second period | 16:02 – Xavier Bouchard (1) 18:48 – Alex Aleardi (1) | ||||||
| Ben Freeman (2) – sh – en – 18:46 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Lethemon 37 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Parker Gahagen 19 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Florida Everblades | 4–3 | OT | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | Recap | ||
| Levko Koper (1) – sh – 18:11 | First period | 14:33 – sh – Alex Ierullo (1) | ||||||
| Matteo Gennaro (2) – pp – 16:41 | Second period | 17:37 – pp – Nikita Pavlychev (2) | ||||||
| Jake Jaremko (1) – 2:13 | Third period | 9:30 – pp – Anthony Rinaldi (1) | ||||||
| Alex Aleardi (2) – pp – 7:41 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Johnson 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | John Lethemon 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Florida Everblades | 2–1 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | Recap | |||
| Zach Solow (1) – 4:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matteo Gennaro (3) – pp – 16:34 | Second period | 2:26 – pp – Liam Pecararo (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Johnson 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | John Lethemon 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Florida Everblades | 3–4 | 2OT | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | Recap | ||
| 15:14 – pp – Stefan Leblanc (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:29 – pp – Matteo Gennaro (4) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:37 – pp – Blake Winiecki (2) | Third period | Johnny Coughlin (1) – 8:52 Ayden MacDonald (2) – 14:02 Liam Pecararo (2) – 18:49 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | Nikita Pavlychev (3) – 8:51 | ||||||
| Cam Johnson 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | John Lethemon 56 saves / 59 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Greenville Swamp Rabbits | 1–5 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 2:42 – pp – Bobby Russell (1) | Second period | John McCarron (2) – pp – 11:07 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Joe Pendenza (1) – 10:14 Zach Solow (2) – 13:28 Darik Angeli (1) – 15:52 Joe Pendenza (2) – en – 17:11 | ||||||
| John Lethemon 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson 19 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| Florida won series 4–2 | |
(2) Atlanta Gladiators vs. (3) Jacksonville Icemen
[edit]| April 21 | Atlanta Gladiators | 2–3 | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| 10:41 – Shin Sang-hoon (1) | First period | Ian McKinnon (1) – 17:39 | ||||||
| 17:22 – Derek Nesbitt (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:07 – Brendan Harris (1) 4:24 – Brendan Harris (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Nell 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | François Brassard 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Atlanta Gladiators | 4–5 | OT | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap |
| April 27 | Atlanta Gladiators | 1–2 | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap |
| April 28 | Atlanta Gladiators | 0–5 | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap |
| Jacksonville won series 4–0 | |
Central Division
[edit](1) Toledo Walleye vs. (4) Cincinnati Cyclones
[edit]| April 22 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 2–3 | OT | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | ||
| Zack Andrusiak (1) – 14:20 | First period | 4:36 – John Albert (1) 14:55 – pp – John Albert (2) | ||||||
| Lukas Cragg (1) – 16:31 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 14:55 – John Albert (3) | ||||||
| Michael Houser 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Christopoulos 34 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 3–2 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
| Justin Vaive (1) – 6:12 Luc Brown (1) – 16:00 Justin Vaive (2) – 18:57 |
First period | 0:09 – Brandon Hawkins (1) 14:49 – pp – Brandon Hawkins (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sean Bonar 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Christopoulos 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Toledo Walleye | 5–6 | OT | Cincinnati Cyclones | Heritage Bank Center | Recap | ||
| Matt Berry (1) – pp – 10:37 Cam Clarke (1) – 12:22 |
First period | 1:45 – Graeme Brown (1) | ||||||
| Matt Berry (2) – pp – 8:42 | Second period | 5:09 – Zack Andrusiak (2) 18:41 – pp – Dominic Franco (1) | ||||||
| Brett Boeing (1) – sh – 5:03 T. J. Hensick (1) – 12:45 |
Third period | 7:10 – pp – Dajon Mingo (1) 17:59 – Lukas Craggs (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 9:40 – pp – Patrick Polino (1) | ||||||
| Billy Christopoulos 33 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Houser 37 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Toledo Walleye | 4–1 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Heritage Bank Center | Recap | |||
| Cole Fraser (1) – 1:47 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| T. J. Hensick (2) – pp – 7:27 Patrick Curry (1) – 18:58 |
Second period | 1:23 – Zack Andrusiak (3) | ||||||
| Brandon Hawkins (3) – en – 18:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Christopoulos 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Houser 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Toledo Walleye | 0–2 | Cincinnati Cyclones | Heritage Bank Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Lincoln Griffin (1) – 17:13 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Zack Andrusiak (4) – 10:43 | ||||||
| Billy Christopoulos 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Houser 42 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 0–3 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | John Albert (4) – pp – 15:48 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Brett McKenzie (1) – 9:42 T.J. Hensick (3) – 13:10 | ||||||
| Michael Houser 41 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Christopoulos 18 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 2–4 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:28 – Brandon Hawkins (4) 14:47 – pp – Brandon Hawkins (5) | ||||||
| Dajon Mingo (2) – 19:09 | Second period | 16:34 – John Albert (5) | ||||||
| Luc Brown (2) – 1:25 | Third period | 2:51 – Brandon Hawkins (6) | ||||||
| Sean Bonar 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Billy Christopoulos 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| Toledo won series 4–3 | |
(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (3) Wheeling Nailers
[edit]| April 22 | Wheeling Nailers | 1–0 | Fort Wayne Komets | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Patrick Watling (1) – 19:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Louis-Philip Guindon 34 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Samuel Harvey 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Wheeling Nailers | 4–2 | Fort Wayne Komets | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap |
| April 27 | Fort Wayne Komets | 4–1 | Wheeling Nailers | WesBanco Arena | Recap |
| April 29 | Fort Wayne Komets | 4–3 | OT | Wheeling Nailers | WesBanco Arena | Recap |
| April 30 | Fort Wayne Komets | 2–3 | Wheeling Nailers | WesBanco Arena | Recap |
| May 2 | Wheeling Nailers | 3–4 | OT | Fort Wayne Komets | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap |
| May 3 | Wheeling Nailers | 3–2 | OT | Fort Wayne Komets | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Recap |
| Wheeling won series 4–3 | |
Mountain Division
[edit](1) Utah Grizzlies vs. (4) Tulsa Oilers
[edit]| April 22 | Tulsa Oilers | 3–6 | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap | |||
| Alex Gilmour (1) – 14:20 | First period | 3:07 – pp – Dylan Fitze (1) 18:59 – sh – Ben Tardif (1) | ||||||
| Joseph Garreffa (1) – 4:45 Jackson Leef (1) – 9:06 |
Second period | 14:19 – pp – Charles-Édouard D'Astous (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 9:40 – Zach Tsekos (1) 13:09 – Trey Bradley (1) 17:49 – pp – en – Trey Bradley (2) | ||||||
| Daniel Mannella 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Peyton Jones 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Tulsa Oilers | 5–3 | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap |
| April 26 | Utah Grizzlies | 2–1 | Tulsa Oilers | BOK Center | Recap |
| April 27 | Utah Grizzlies | 3–4 | Tulsa Oilers | BOK Center | Recap |
| April 28 | Utah Grizzlies | 5–1 | Tulsa Oilers | BOK Center | Recap |
| May 2 | Tulsa Oilers | 4–2 | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap |
| May 4 | Tulsa Oilers | 2–5 | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap |
| Utah won series 4–3 | |
(2) Rapid City Rush vs. (3) Allen Americans
[edit]| April 22 | Allen Americans | 2–3 | Rapid City Rush | The Monument | Recap | |||
| Chad Costello (1) – 8:21 | First period | 1:31 – Avery Peterson (1) | ||||||
| Chad Butcher (1) – 7:45 | Second period | 6:03 – Max Coatta (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:34 – Brett Gravelle (1) | ||||||
| Lucas Peressini 39 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Lukáš Pařík 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Allen Americans | 4–3 | OT | Rapid City Rush | The Monument | Recap |
| April 26 | Rapid City Rush | 5–1 | Allen Americans | Credit Union of Texas Event Center | Recap |
| April 29 | Rapid City Rush | 4–1 | Allen Americans | Credit Union of Texas Event Center | Recap |
| April 30 | Rapid City Rush | 6–3 | Allen Americans | Credit Union of Texas Event Center | Recap |
| Rapid City won series 4–1 | |
Division finals
[edit]North Division
[edit](1) Reading Royals vs. (2) Newfoundland Growlers
[edit]| May 7 | Newfoundland Growlers | 3–7 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:13 – Frank DiChiara (3) 5:54 – pp – Frank DiChiara (4) 7:13 – Kevin Conley (1) 16:04 – Dominic Cormier (1) | ||||||
| Gordie Green (4) – 13:21 | Second period | 0:30 – Trevor Gooch (3) 18:34 – Trevor Gooch (4) | ||||||
| Isaac Johnson (2) – 11:01 Marc Johnstone (3) – 18:15 |
Third period | 18:43 – en – Trevor Gooch (5) | ||||||
| Keith Petruzzelli (8 saves / 12 shots) Rylan Parenteau (16 saves / 18 shots) |
Goalie stats | Pat Nagle (28 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| May 8 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4–1 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap | |||
| Benjamin Finkelstein (2) – pp – 11:19 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Zach O'Brien (3) – 1:34 Tyler Boland (9) – pp – 4:45 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Derian Plouffe (3) – pp – 19:30 | Third period | 5:24 – Kevin Conley (2) | ||||||
| Keith Petruzzelli (26 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle (32 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| May 10 | Reading Royals | 3–1 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap |
| May 11 | Reading Royals | 6–5 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap |
| May 12 | Reading Royals | 1–5 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap |
| May 14 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4–2 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap |
| May 16 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4–2 | Reading Royals | Santander Arena | Recap |
| Newfoundland won series 4–3 | |
South Division
[edit](1) Florida Everblades vs. (3) Jacksonville Icemen
[edit]| May 6 | Jacksonville Icemen | 0–2 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 3:47 – Alex Aleardi (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:55 – en – Joe Pendenza (3) | ||||||
| François Brassard 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson 22 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Jacksonville Icemen | 3–5 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:28 – John McCarron (3) 15:20 – Matteo Gennaro (5) 18:13 – pp – Stefan Leblanc (3) 18:55 – Stephen Desrocher (1) | ||||||
| Brendan Harris (4) – pp – 0:34 James Sanchez (2) – pp – 19:35 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luke Lynch (3) – 3:26 | Third period | 18:59 – en – Levko Kope (2) | ||||||
| François Brassard 11 saves / 15 shots Charles Williams 16 saves / 16 shots |
Goalie stats | Cam Johnson 17 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Florida Everblades | 2–0 | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| Zach Solow (3) – 2:52 Joe Pendenza (4) – 4:03 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Johnson 29 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | François Brassard 0 saves / 2 shots Charles Williams 28 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Florida Everblades | 1–0 | OT | Jacksonville Icemen | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dylan Vander Esch (1) – 5:00 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Johnson 25 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Charles Williams 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Florida won series 4–0 | |
Central Division
[edit](1) Toledo Walleye vs. (3) Wheeling Nailers
[edit]| May 6 | Wheeling Nailers | 1–5 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap |
| May 7 | Wheeling Nailers | 2–5 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap |
| May 10 | Toledo Walleye | 5–4 | Wheeling Nailers | WesBanco Arena | Recap |
| May 12 | Toledo Walleye | 3–1 | Wheeling Nailers | WesBanco Arena | Recap |
| Toledo won series 4–0 | |
Mountain Division
[edit](1) Utah Grizzlies vs. (2) Rapid City Rush
[edit]| May 6 | Rapid City Rush | 1–5 | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 0:19 – Kyle Betts (3) 8:02 – Nathan Clurman (1) | ||||||
| Logan Nelson (5) – 9:26 | Second period | 8:05 – Tarun Fizer (3) 17:26 – Charles-Édouard D'Astous (10) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:06 – pp – Dylan Fitze (2) | ||||||
| Lukáš Pařík 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Trent Miner 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Rapid City Rush | 4–5 | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap | |||
| Colton Leiter (2) – pp – 2:23 | First period | 16:15 – pp – Charles-Édouard D'Astous (11) | ||||||
| Avery Peterson (3) – pp – 10:22 Avery Peterson (4) – pp – 17:18 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stephen Baylis (2) – pp – 9:16 | Third period | 3:47 – Dylan Fitze (3) 13:48 – Dylan Fitze (4) 19:17 – pp – Nick Henry (1) 19:52 – pp – Charles-Édouard D'Astous (12) | ||||||
| Lukáš Pařík 36 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Trent Miner 38 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Utah Grizzlies | 6–2 | Rapid City Rush | The Monument | Recap | |||
| Charles-Édouard D'Astous (13) – pp – 8:00 Charles-Édouard D'Astous (14) – 15:33 Nick Henry (2) – 19:12 |
First period | 18:28 – pp – Calder Brooks (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:51 – Ryan Zuhlsdorf (1) | ||||||
| Charles-Édouard D'Astous (15) – pp – 10:49 Nick Henry (3) – 12:13 Luka Burzan (2) – 19:05 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peyton Jones 44 saves / 46 shots | Goalie stats | Dillon Kelley 23 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Utah Grizzlies | 5–6 | OT | Rapid City Rush | The Monument | Recap |
| May 11 | Utah Grizzlies | 0–3 | Rapid City Rush | The Monument | Recap |
| May 16 | Rapid City Rush | 1–5 | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap |
| Utah won series 4–2 | |
Conference finals
[edit]Eastern Conference
[edit](N2) Newfoundland Growlers vs. (S1) Florida Everblades
[edit]| May 20 | Florida Everblades | 4–3 | OT | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap |
| May 22 | Florida Everblades | 2–0 | Newfoundland Growlers | Mary Brown's Centre | Recap |
| May 25 | Newfoundland Growlers | 3–4 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap |
| May 27 | Newfoundland Growlers | 4–1 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap |
| May 28 | Newfoundland Growlers | 5–6 | OT | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap |
| Florida won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference
[edit](C1) Toledo Walleye vs. (M1) Utah Grizzlies
[edit]| May 20 | Utah Grizzlies | 5–4 | OT | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap |
| May 21 | Utah Grizzlies | 2–5 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap |
| May 24 | Toledo Walleye | 5–4 | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap |
| May 27 | Toledo Walleye | 5–4 | OT | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap |
| May 28 | Toledo Walleye | 5–1 | Utah Grizzlies | Maverik Center | Recap |
| Toledo won series 4–1 | |
Kelly Cup finals
[edit](C1) Toledo Walleye vs. (S1) Florida Everblades
[edit]| June 3 | Florida Everblades | 3–2 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap |
| June 4 | Florida Everblades | 3–1 | Toledo Walleye | Huntington Center | Recap |
| June 8 | Toledo Walleye | 4–1 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap |
| June 10 | Toledo Walleye | 2–3 | OT | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap |
| June 11 | Toledo Walleye | 2–4 | Florida Everblades | Hertz Arena | Recap |
| Florida won series 4–1 | |
Statistical leaders
[edit]Skaters
[edit]These are the top ten skaters based on points.[5]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Hawkins | Toledo Walleye | 21 | 15 | 18 | 33 | +12 | 22 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | Utah Grizzlies | 18 | 19 | 11 | 30 | +5 | 44 |
| Benjamin Tardif | Utah Grizzlies | 18 | 5 | 25 | 30 | +2 | 18 |
| T. J. Hensick | Toledo Walleye | 21 | 10 | 18 | 28 | +4 | 6 |
| Tyler Boland | Newfoundland Growlers | 19 | 16 | 9 | 25 | +7 | 4 |
| Ben Finkelstein | Newfoundland Growlers | 18 | 5 | 20 | 25 | +3 | 12 |
| Trey Bradley | Utah Grizzlies | 18 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +1 | 6 |
| Zach Solow | Florida Everblades | 19 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +3 | 6 |
| Zach O'Brien | Newfoundland Growlers | 13 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −1 | 0 |
| Noah Hoefenmayer | Newfoundland Growlers | 19 | 4 | 14 | 18 | +8 | 14 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Goaltending
[edit]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 300 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[6]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Johnson | Florida Everblades | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 522 | 36 | 1.90 | 0.931 | 4 | 1,134 |
| Samuel Harvey | Fort Wayne Komets | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 208 | 18 | 2.46 | 0.913 | 0 | 438 |
| Billy Christopoulos | Toledo Walleye | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 626 | 54 | 2.48 | 0.914 | 1 | 1,305 |
| Michael Houser | Cincinnati Cyclones | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 194 | 14 | 2.59 | 0.928 | 1 | 324 |
| Trent Miner | Utah Grizzlies | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 439 | 35 | 2.80 | 0.920 | 0 | 749 |
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ECHL Announces Qualification Rules, Format For 2022 Kelly Cup Playoffs". ECHL. January 21, 2022.
- ^ "Walleye Clinch Playoff Berth With 4-2 Victory Over Americans". Toledo Walleye. March 27, 2022.
- ^ "Reading Royals Clinch Berth in 2022 Kelly Cup Playoffs". Reading Royals. March 29, 2022.
- ^ "ECHL Standings - Division". ECHL. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- ^ "Skater Statistics". ECHL. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "Goaltender Statistics". ECHL. Retrieved June 6, 2022.