2005–06 ECHL season

Infobox sports season
title =2005–06 ECHL season
league =ECHL
sport =Ice hockey
duration =October, 2005–May, 2006
season =Regular season
season_champ =Alaska Aces
MVP =flagicon|CAN Jeff Campbell (Gwinnett)
MVP_link =
top_scorer =flagicon|CAN Alex Leavitt (Alaska)
top_scorer_link =
playoffs =Playoffs
playoffs_link =
conf1 =American
conf1_link =
conf1_champ =Gwinnett Gladiators
conf1_runner-up =Toledo Storm
conf2 =National
conf2_link =
conf2_champ =Alaska Aces
conf2_runner-up =Fresno Falcons
finals =Finals
finals_link =Kelly Cup
finals_champ =Alaska Aces
finals_runner-up =Gwinnett Gladiators
playoffs_MVP =flagicon|CAN Mike Scott (Alaska)
playoffs_MVP_link=
seasonslist = List of ECHL seasons
seasonslistnames = ECHL
prevseason_link = 2004–05 ECHL season
prevseason_year = 2004-05
nextseason_link = 2006–07 ECHL season
nextseason_year = 2006-07

The 2005-06 ECHL Season is the 18th season of the East Coast Hockey League, ECHL, a professional ice-hockey league based in the United States. The season ran from late October, 2005 to early June, 2006. The league welcomed three new franchises in Stockton, CA (which had relocated from Atlantic City, NJ), Phoenix, AZ, and West Valley City, UT, but had to give voluntary suspensions status to the Texas Wildcatters and the Mississippi Sea Wolves due to damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Wildcatters have been given permission to re-enter the league for the 2006-07 season and the Sea Wolves have been approved for the 2007-08 season. The ECHL All-Star Game was held at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California and was hosted by the Fresno Falcons. The National Conference All-Stars defeated the American Conference All-Stars 7:6, with Fresno's Luke Curtin named Most Valuable Player.

While most leagues adopted the entire NHL rule change package for 2005-06 (based on the 2004-05 AHL rule changes), the ECHL kept the shootout at five players, and kept the automatic icing rule which has been used in the league.

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"

American Conference

coring Leaders

"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes"
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Division Semifinals

Division Finals

Conference Finals

Division Finals

Conference Finals

ee also

* ECHL All-Star Game
* Kelly Cup