- 2001–02 ECHL season
The 2001-02 ECHL season was the fourteenth season of the East Coast Hockey League. Before the start of the season, the league saw one expansion franchise and five relocations, three of which were through the buying of the franchise rights of former clubs that had ceased operations. These relocations include the rights to the
Columbus Chill moving to Reading, PA, the rights to theHampton Roads Admirals moving to Columbus, GA, and the rights to theMiami Matadors relocating to the former ECHL market of Cincinnati, OH. The league also saw current franchises Birmingham Bulls move to Atlantic City, NJ andTallahassee Tiger Sharks move to Macon, GA. The league also welcomed it's fourth franchise from the state ofSouth Carolina with an expansion franchise in the state's capital of Columbia, SC. TheLouisiana IceGators finished first overall in the regular season, winning theBrabham Cup with the best record in league history. TheGreenville Grrrowl won their firstKelly Cup sweeping theDayton Bombers in four games.During the opening weekend of the ECHL season, the league had a moment of silence for former South Carolina Stingrays player
Mark Bavis , who had been killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Ryan Brindley, who was wearing #12 for the Stingrays in the previous season, changed to #55 after the team retired the number that Bavis had worn during his two seasons (1994-96) with the Stingrays.Playoff Format
The ECHL realigned the playoff format for the season.
Northern Conference
The top four teams in each division would qualify for the playoffs, with the division champions being ranked first in their brackets and the other qualified teams ranked by points. The first seeds will play the fourth seeds and the second seeds will play the third seeds in best-of-five series in the Division Semifinals. The winners will advance to the best-of-five Division Finals and the playoff winners of each division would play each other in a best-of-five Conference Championship series, with the winner advancing to the Kelly Cup Finals.
Southern Conference
The top five teams in each division would qualify for the playoffs, with the division champions being ranked first in their brackets and the other qualified teams ranked by points. The fourth and fifth seeds of each division will play a single-game series in the Division Wild Card, with each winner advancing to play their division leader in the best-of-five Division Semifinal series, while the second seeds will play the third seeds in best-of-five series in the Division Semifinals. The winners will advance to the best-of-five Division Finals and the playoff winners of each division would play each other in a best-of-five Conference Championship series, with the winner advancing to the Kelly Cup Finals.
Regular Season
Final Standings
"Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Loses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; Green shade = Clinched Playoff Spot; Blue shade = Clinched Division; (z) = Clinched Home-Ice Advantage"
Northern Conference
Kelly Cup Playoffs
Northern Conference
Bracket
8TeamBracket | RD1= Division Semfinals
(Best of 5)
RD2=Division Finals
(Best of 5)
RD3=Conference Finals
(Best of 5)
group1=Northeast Division
group2=Northwest Divisionscore-width=
team-width=RD1-seed1=NE.1
RD1-team1=Trenton
RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2=NE.4
RD1-team2=Roanoke
RD1-score2=1RD1-seed3=NE.2
RD1-team3=Charlotte
RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4=NE.3
RD1-team4=Atlantic City
RD1-score4=3RD1-seed5=NW.1
RD1-team5=Dayton
RD1-score5=3
RD1-seed6=NW.4
RD1-team6=Cincinnati
RD1-score6=0RD1-seed7=NW.2
RD1-team7=Peoria
RD1-score7=2
RD1-seed8=NW.3
RD1-team8=Johnstown
RD1-score8=3RD2-seed1=NE.1
RD2-team1=Trenton
RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2=NE.3
RD2-team2=Atlantic City
RD2-score2=3RD2-seed3=NW.1
RD2-team3=Dayton
RD2-score3=3
RD2-seed4=NW.3
RD2-team4=Johnstown
RD2-score4=0RD3-seed1=NE.3
RD3-team1=Atlantic City
RD3-score1=1
RD3-seed2=NW.1
RD3-team2=Dayton
RD3-score2=3Division Semfinals
ee also
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ECHL
*ECHL All-Star Game
*Kelly Cup
*List of ECHL seasons
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