Kelly Cup

NHL award
trophy_name = Kelly Cup


Established= 1997
Holder = Cincinnati Cyclones
Awarded = Team that wins the playoffs of the ECHLThe Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the play-off champion of the ECHL. The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997. Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup. The current cup is named after Patrick J. Kelly, the league's first commissioner. The cup is loaned to the winning team for one year and is returned at the start of the following years playoffs. [ [http://www.echl.com/awards.shtml ECHL Trophies] ] The Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player award is also given out as part of the Kelly Cup Championship ceremonies. Nick Vitucci and Dave Gagnon are the only players to win the award on multiple occasions. [ [http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=all_time_winners&award=28 Kelly Cup Playoffs MVP All-Time Winners] ]

15 different franchises have won the ECHL Championship, with four (Hampton Roads, Toledo, South Carolina and Idaho) winning multiple times. The Hampton Roads Admirals, predecessor of the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League, hold the record for most championships won with three. [ [http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=all_time_winners&award=1 Kelly Cup All-Time Winners] ] Current possession of the trophy belongs to the Cincinnati Cyclones, who won it in 2008 with a six game victory over the Las Vegas Wranglers and Cincinnati goalie Cedrick Deshardains was awarded the Kelly Cup Playoffs MVP.

List of Kelly Cup Champions

References

See also

* ECHL awards