2016 Kelly Cup playoffs

The 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL started April 13, 2016, following the conclusion of the 2015–16 ECHL regular season. The championship was won on June 9 by the Allen Americans.

2016 Kelly Cup playoffs

Tournament details
Dates	April 13–June 9, 2016
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Allen Americans
Runner-up	Wheeling Nailers
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Chad Costello (Allen) (36 points)
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Playoff format

At the end of the regular season the top team in each division qualified for the 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs and are seeded either 1, 2, or 3 based on highest point total earned in the season. Then the five non-division winning teams with the highest point totals in each conference qualified for the playoffs and are seeded 4 through 8. The Kelly Cup final pits the Eastern Conference champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.[1]

Playoff seeds

After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Missouri Mavericks were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record in the ECHL. The Toledo Walleye earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

Eastern Conference Toledo Walleye – North Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, 99 pts South Carolina Stingrays – South Division champions, 98 pts Manchester Monarchs – East Division champions, 87 pts Florida Everblades – 95 pts Wheeling Nailers – 83 pts Adirondack Thunder – 82 pts Kalamazoo Wings – 82 pts Reading Royals – 82 pts

Western Conference Missouri Mavericks – Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Brabham Cup winners, 109 pts Fort Wayne Komets – Midwest Division champions, 89 pts Colorado Eagles – West Division champions, 86 pts Allen Americans – 89 pts Idaho Steelheads – 86 pts Utah Grizzlies – 84 pts Cincinnati Cyclones – 81 pts Quad City Mallards – 80 pts

Playoff Brackets

Conference Quarterfinals

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

Kelly Cup Finals

E1

Toledo Walleye

3

E8

Reading Royals

4

E8

Reading

3

E5

Wheeling

4

E4

Florida Everblades

2

E5

Wheeling Nailers

4

E5

Wheeling

4

Eastern Conference

E2

South Carolina

3

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

4

E7

Kalamazoo Wings

1

E2

South Carolina

4

E6

Adirondack

3

E3

Manchester Monarchs

1

E6

Adirondack Thunder

4

E5

Wheeling

2

W4

Allen

4

W1

Missouri Mavericks

4

W8

Quad City Mallards

0

W1

Missouri

2

W4

Allen

4

W4

Allen Americans

4

W5

Idaho Steelheads

3

W4

Allen

4

Western Conference

W2

Fort Wayne

1

W2

Fort Wayne Komets

4

W7

Cincinnati Cyclones

3

W2

Fort Wayne

4

W6

Utah

0

W3

Colorado Eagles

2

W6

Utah Grizzlies

4

Conference Quarterfinals

Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(1) Toledo Walleye vs. (8) Reading Royals

April 15	Toledo Walleye		3–4		Reading Royals	Huntington Center	Recap
Evan Rankin (1) 15:12		First period			Kevin Sundher (1) 9:09 PP Austin Farley (1) 12:43 Brandon Alderson (1) 19:57 PP
Tylor Spink (1) 12:35 PP		Second period			No scoring
Kyle Bonis (1) 3:49		Third period			Cam Reid (1) 14:55
Jeff Lerg 34 shots / 30 saves		Goalie stats			Martin Ouellette 24 shots / 21 saves

April 16	Toledo Walleye		4–3		Reading Royals	Huntington Center	Recap
Kyle Bonis (2) 6:48 PP A.J. Jenks (1) 9:22 SH Evan Rankin (2) 11:41 Joel Chouinard (1) 15:02		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Justin Crandall (1) 0:41 Mike Marcou (1) 9:30 Brandon Alderson (2) 17:47
Jake Paterson 26 shots / 23 saves		Goalie stats			Martin Ouellette 6 shots / 3 saves Adam Morrison 15 shots / 14 saves

April 19	Reading Royals		4–2		Toledo Walleye	Santander Arena	Recap
Maxim Lamarche (1) 18:31		First period			No scoring
Yannick Tifu (1) 12:41		Second period			Tylor Spink (2) 11:24
Ian Watters (1) 7:53 Joe Rehkamp (1) 19:30 EN		Third period			Kyle Bonis (3) 17:56
Martin Ouellette 35 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats			Jeff Lerg 36 shots / 33 saves

April 20	Reading Royals		1–3		Toledo Walleye	Santander Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			A.J. Jenks (2) 2:39
Brandon Alderson (3) 17:13		Second period			A.J. Jenks (3) 0:39 PP
No scoring		Third period			Shane Berschbach (1) 19:07 EN
Adam Morrison 24 shots / 22 saves		Goalie stats			Jake Paterson 26 shots / 25 saves

April 22	Toledo Walleye		3–5		Reading Royals	Huntington Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Cam Reid (2) 6:49 Mike Marcou (2) 9:43 PP
Shane Berschbach (2) 4:02 PP Kyle Bonis (4) 9:57 PP Kyle Bonis (5) 18:51		Second period			Brandon Alderson (4) 10:25 Brandon Alderson (5) 12:17
No scoring		Third period			Brandon Alderson (6) 6:30 PP
Jake Paterson 11 shots / 7 saves Jeff Lerg 9 shots / 8 saves		Goalie stats			Martin Ouellette 37 shots / 34 saves

April 24	Reading Royals		1–3		Toledo Walleye	Santander Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Dominic Zombo (1) 9:19
Cam Reid (3) 19:42 PP		Second period			A.J. Jenks (4) 16:14
No scoring		Third period			A.J. Jenks (5) 18:38 EN
Martin Ouellette 14 shots / 12 saves		Goalie stats			Jeff Lerg 34 shots / 33 saves

April 26	Toledo Walleye		1–4		Reading Royals	Huntington Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Kevin Goumas (1) 8:06
No scoring		Second period			Nikita Kashirsky (1) 1:15 Kevin Goumas (2) 6:28
Matt Caito (1) 1:27		Third period			Kevin Goumas (3) 11:03
Jeff Lerg 20 shots / 16 saves		Goalie stats			Martin Ouellette 38 shots / 37 saves

Reading wins series 4–3

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (7) Kalamazoo Wings

April 15	Kalamazoo Wings		1–4		South Carolina Stingrays	Wings Event Center	Recap
Ludwig Blomstrand (1) 9:25 PP		First period			Kelly Zajac (1) 10:56
No scoring		Second period			Caleb Herbert (1) 10:16 Derek DeBlois (1) 11:04
No scoring		Third period			Austin Fyten (1) 5:05
Joel Martin 40 shots / 36 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Dekanich 23 shots / 22 saves

April 16	Kalamazoo Wings		2–5		South Carolina Stingrays	Wings Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Joe Devin (1) 12:53
Tanner Sorenson (1) 11:27 Sacha Guimond (1) 12:33		Second period			Caleb Herbert (2) 3:45 Wade Epp (1) 6:30
No scoring		Third period			Brett Cameron (1) 3:03 Brett Cameron (2) 6:35
Joel Martin 34 shots / 29 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Dekanich 22 shots / 20 save

April 18	Kalamazoo Wings		5–3		South Carolina Stingrays	Wings Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Nick Jones (1) 6:47 PP
Justin Kovacs (1) 1:01 PP Zack Phillips (1) 6:03 Alex Mallet (1) 14:40 PP		Second period			Brett Cameron (3) 11:06
Justin Kovacs (2) 11:31 Zack Phillips (2) 19:34 EN		Third period			Joe Devin (2) 16:59
Joel Martin 41 shots / 38 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Dekanich 21 shots / 17 saves

April 21	South Carolina Stingrays		3–2		Kalamazoo Wings	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Caleb Herbert (3) 10:35		First period			Ludwig Blomstrand (2) 19:08
Joe Devin (3) 3:48		Second period			No scoring
Joe Devin (4) 19:20 PP		Third period			Justin Taylor (1) 0:45 SH
Vitek Vanecek 29 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats			Joel Martin 46 shots / 43 saves

April 23	South Carolina Stingrays		5–1		Kalamazoo Wings	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Nick Jones (2) 10:13 Joe Devin (5) 10:54 PP Stephan Vigier (1) 12:28		Second period			Brett Ponich (1) 15:54
Austin Fyten (2) 15:07 Joey Leach (1) 18:30 EN		Third period			No scoring
Vitek Vanecek 24 shots / 23 saves		Goalie stats			Joel Martin 27 shots / 23 saves

South Carolina wins series 4–1

(3) Manchester Monarchs vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder

April 13	Manchester Monarchs		2–3		Adirondack Thunder	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Michael Kirkpatrick (1) 0:43
No scoring		Second period			Greg Wolfe (1) 17:43 PP
Mark Anthoine (1) 4:52 Zac Larraza (1) 5:23		Third period			Greg Wolfe (2) 18:27
Doug Carr 25 shots / 22 saves		Goalie stats			Ken Appleby 27 shots / 25 saves

April 15	Manchester Monarchs		3–4	OT	Adirondack Thunder	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Maxim Kitsyn (1) 1:02		First period			Michael Kirkpatrick (2) 12:47 Mitchell Heard (1) 15:23
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Zac Larraza (2) 8:52 Troy Power (1) 10:05		Third period			Greg Wolfe (3) 14:11
No scoring		First overtime period			Pete MacArthur (1) 9:40
Doug Carr 31 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats			Ken Appleby 26 shots / 23 saves

April 16	Adirondack Thunder		4–2		Manchester Monarchs	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
Mitchell Heard (2) 0:40 Mitchell Heard (3) 13:59		First period			Maxim Kitsyn (2) 9:51
Ryan Lomberg (1) 12:44 PP		Second period			No scoring
Greg Wolfe (4) 19:45 EN		Third period			Matt Fornataro (1) 10:31 PP
Ken Appelby 32 shots / 30 saves		Goalie stats			Colin Stevens 22 shots / 19 saves

April 18	Adirondack Thunder		1–2		Manchester Monarchs	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Ryan Lomberg (2) 19:43 PP		Second period			Matt Leitner (1) 16:36 PP
No scoring		Third period			Darik Angeli (1) 11:00
Ken Appleby 36 shots / 34 saves		Goalie stats			Doug Carr 30 shots / 29 saves

April 20	Manchester Monarchs		0–3		Adirondack Thunder	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Peter MacArthur (2) 6:30 Ryan Constant (1) 13:59 PP
No scoring		Second period			Dana Fraser (1) 11:32
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Doug Carr 24 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats			Ken Appleby 33 shots / 33 saves

Adirondack wins series 4–1

(4) Florida Everblades vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers

April 15	Florida Everblades		3–6		Wheeling Nailers	Germain Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			John McCarron (1) 9:23 Andrew Ammon (1) 10:46 Cody Wydo (1) 16:46 Mathew Maione (1) 19:21 PP
Matt Marquardt (1) 4:44 Ryan Martindale (1) 12:17		Second period			Mathew Maione (2) 18:47
Gabriel Desjardins (1) 14:36		Third period			John McCarron (2) 5:26
Anthony Peters 10 shots / 6 saves Rasmus Tirronen 23 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats			Franky Palazzese 28 shots / 25 saves

April 16	Florida Everblades		4–1		Wheeling Nailers	Germain Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Ryan Martindale (2) 3:58 PP Matt Willows (1) 6:49 Jon DiSalvatore (1) 10:55		Second period			Anton Zlobin (1) 15:20 PP
Matt Marquardt (2) 18:12 PP		Third period			No scoring
Anthony Peters 21 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats			Franky Palazzese 39 shots / 35 saves

April 20	Wheeling Nailers		3–6		Florida Everblades	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Jordan Kwas (1) 12:37		First period			Danny New (1) 14:27 PP
No scoring		Second period			Brenden O'Donnell (1) 1:24 PP Kevin Lynch (1) 6:15 PP Kevin Lynch (2) 14:13 SH
Riley Brace (1) 3:36 Cody Wydo (2) 14:55		Third period			Brenden O'Donnell (2) 11:20 Gabriel Desjardins (2) 19:20 EN
Franky Palazzese 11 shots / 8 saves Brian Foster 14 shots / 12 saves		Goalie stats			Anthony Peters 39 shots / 36 saves

April 22	Wheeling Nailers		5–4		Florida Everblades	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Brenden O'Donnell (3) 7:45
John McCarron (3) 12:04 PP Ty Loney (1) 14:02		Second period			Ryan Martindale (3) 2:39 Matt Willows (2) 2:52 Danny New (2) 15:04
John McCarron (4) 0:29 SH Cody Wydo (3) 1:48 Riley Brace (2) 7:38		Third period			No scoring
Brian Foster 29 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats			Anthony Peters 31 shots / 26 saves

April 23	Wheeling Nailers		4–3		Florida Everblades	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Ty Loney (2) 4:47 Mathew Maione (3) 7:56 Riley Brace (3) 12:52 PP		First period			No scoring
Mathew Maione (4) 2:01		Second period			Matt Marquardt (3) 12:00 PP
No scoring		Third period			Jon DiSalvatore (2) 6:53 SH Ethan Werek (1) 13:03
Brian Foster 29 shots / 26 saves		Goalie stats			Anthony Peters 15 shots / 11 saves Rasmus Tirronen 14 shots / 14 saves

April 25	Florida Everblades		1–2		Wheeling Nailers	Germain Arena	Recap
Mike Cornell (1) 17:34		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Ty Loney (3) 16:22
No scoring		Third period			Shane Bakker (1) 10:40
Rasmus Tirronen 22 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats			Brian Foster 44 shots / 43 saves

Wheeling wins series 4–2

Western Conference

(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (8) Quad City Mallards

April 16	Missouri Mavericks		6–3		Quad City Mallards	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
Andrew Courtney (1) 9:24 Tyler Barnes (1) 14:16 PP		First period			Matt Carey (1) 1:49 Matt Carey (2) 16:47 PP
Andrew Courtney (2) 3:39 PP Zach Tolkinen (1) 16:42		Second period			Jordan Knackstedt (1) 0:15 PP
Chris Owens (1) 18:25 EN/SH Josh Holmstrom (1) 19:51 EN		Third period			No scoring
Josh Robinson 41 shots / 38 saves		Goalie stats			Brody Hoffman 27 shots / 23 saves

April 17	Missouri Mavericks		2–1		Quad City Mallards	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
Reed Seckel (1) 10:52		First period			No scoring
Josh Holmstrom (2) 9:45		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Sam Warning (1) 5:56
Parker Milner 29 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats			Brody Hoffman 23 shots / 21 saves

April 20	Quad City Mallards		2–4		Missouri Mavericks	iWireless Center	Recap
Matt Neal (1) 4:05 SH		First period			Bryce Aneloski (1) 7:15
Olivier Archambault (1) 5:38		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Tyler Barnes (2) 0:47 David de Kastrozza (1) 15:33 SH Reed Seckel (2) 17:11 PS
Brody Hoffman 36 shots / 32 saves		Goalie stats			Josh Robinson 24 shots / 22 saves

April 22	Quad City Mallards		1–4		Missouri Mavericks	iWireless Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Bryce Aneloski (2) 7:35 PP
No scoring		Second period			Chris Owens (2) 9:14 Rocco Carzo 17:46 PP
Sam Warning (2) 7:54		Third period			Carter Verhaeghe (1) 11:54
P.J. Musico 30 shots / 26 saves		Goalie stats			Josh Robinson 25 shots / 24 saves

Missouri wins series 4–0

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (7) Cincinnati Cyclones

April 15	Fort Wayne Komets		2–3		Cincinnati Cyclones	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			Jack Downing (1) 19:03 PP
Troy Bourke (1) 10:03 Trevor Cheek (1) 15:36 PP		Second period			Tommy Mele (1) 13:54 SH Tommy Mele (2) 19:45
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Pat Nagle 23 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats			Brad Thiessen 35 shots / 33 saves

April 16	Fort Wayne Komets		2–3		Cincinnati Cyclones	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Garrett Thompson (1) 5:46		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Andrew Yogan (1) 8:45 SH Zach Budish (1) 17:04
Kyle Thomas (1) 14:10		Third period			Christiaan Minella (1) 19:27
Pat Nagle 20 shots / 17 saves		Goalie stats			Brad Thiessen 33 shots / 31 saves

April 20	Cincinnati Cyclones		0–8		Fort Wayne Komets	U.S. Bank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Alex Belzile (1) 1:12 Troy Bourke (2) 5:31 Kyle Thomas (2) 16:55 PP
No scoring		Second period			Alex Belzile (2) 5:14 SH Shawn Szydlowski (1) 9:57 PP Shawn Szydlowski (2) 13:02 Garrett Thompson (2) 16:01
No scoring		Third period			Paul Crowder (1) 5:35
Brad Thiessen 13 shots / 9 saves Brandon Whitney 16 shots / 12 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 21 shots / 21 saves

April 22	Cincinnati Cyclones		2–3	2OT	Fort Wayne Komets	U.S. Bank Arena	Recap
Jack Downing (2) 3:45		First period			No scoring
Christiaan Minella (2) 18:02		Second period			Troy Bourke (3) 19:52 PP
No scoring		Third period			Troy Bourke (4) 7:03 PP
No scoring		Second overtime period			Alex Belzile (3) 15:20
Brad Thiessen 56 shots / 53 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 31 shots / 29 saves

April 23	Cincinnati Cyclones		5–4	2OT	Fort Wayne Komets	U.S. Bank Arena	Recap
Branden Gracel (1) 3:42 Steve Weinstein (1) 12:53		First period			Garrett Thompson (3) 0:39
Andrew Blazek (1) 8:08		Second period			Shawn Szydlowski (3) 0:59 Brett Perlini (1) 10:14 PP
Andrew Blazek (2) 7:40		Third period			Garrett Thompson (4) 17:18 PP
Jonathan Diaby (1) 9:26		Second overtime period			No scoring
Brad Thiessen 45 shots / 41 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 40 shots / 35 saves

April 25	Fort Wayne Komets		2–1	OT	Cincinnati Cyclones	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Alex Belzile (4) 1:02 PP		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Andrew Yogan (2) 9:55
Garrett Thompson (5) 5:30 PP		First overtime period			No scoring
Pat Nagle 24 shots / 23 saves		Goalie stats			Brad Thiessen 41 shots / 39 saves

April 27	Fort Wayne Komets		2–0		Cincinnati Cyclones	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Jamie Schaafsma (1) 4:26 Jamie Schaafsma (2) 13:38		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Pat Nagle 33 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats			Brad Thiessen 35 shots / 33 saves

Fort Wayne wins series 4–3

(3) Colorado Eagles vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies

April 14	Colorado Eagles		2–3		Utah Grizzlies	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
Kyle Kraemer (1) 3:59		First period			Barry Almeida (1) 11:09
Kyle Kraemer (2) 14:59 PP		Second period			Bryan Moore (1) 5:52 Matt Berry (1) 7:58 PP
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Clarke Saunders 22 shots / 19 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Owuya 24 shots / 22 saves

April 17	Colorado Eagles		5–4	3OT	Utah Grizzlies	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
Jake Marto (1) 11:33 PP Collin Bowman (1) 12:03 Everett Sheen (1) 13:03		First period			T. J. Syner (1) 7:53
No scoring		Second period			Connor Hardowa (1) 4:58
Darryl Bootland (1) 3:54		Third period			Ryan Hayes (1) 0:40 Charles Sarault (1) 7:18
Darryl Bootland (2) 2:31		Third overtime period			No scoring
Kris Lazaruk 44 shots / 40 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Owuya 5 shots / 2 saves Ryan Faragher 35 shots / 33 saves

April 21	Utah Grizzlies		3–2		Colorado Eagles	Maverik Center	Recap
Eric Knodel (1) 16:20		First period			No scoring
Marc Cantin (1) 2:40 SH		Second period			Kyle Ostrow (1) 15:18 PP
Erik Higby (1) 1:05		Third period			Kyle Kraemer (3) 5:40
Ryan Faragher 19 shots / 17 saves		Goalie stats			Clarke Saunders 31 shots / 28 saves

April 23	Utah Grizzlies		7–2		Colorado Eagles	Maverik Center	Recap
Phil Pietroniro (1) 2:55 PP		First period			Everett Sheen (2) 17:19
Charles Sarault (2) 2:51 Ryan Hayes (2) 17:54		Second period			Trent Daavettila (1) 13:43 PP
C.J. Eick (1) 1:38 Charles Sarault (3) 3:59 PP Alex Krushelnyski (1) 11:47 Charles Sarault (4) 15:20 PP		Third period			No scoring
Ryan Faragher 35 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats			Kris Lazaruk 31 shots / 24 saves

April 24	Utah Grizzlies		2–5		Colorado Eagles	Maverik Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Jon Puskar (1) 4:07 PP Matt Berry (2) 7:25		Second period			Jesse Mychan (1) 17:26 Collin Bowman (2) 18:39 PP Jesse Mychan (2) 19:26
No scoring		Third period			Trent Daavettila (2) 6:36 Trent Daavettila (3) 19:53 EN
Ryan Faragher 37 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats			Clarke Saunders 34 shots / 32 saves

April 26	Colorado Eagles		2–7		Utah Grizzlies	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
Trent Daavettila (4) 5:37		First period			Bryan Moore (2) 3:54 Barry Almeida (2) 7:56 Marc Cantin (ice hockey)Marc Cantin (2) 19:15
Everett Sheen (3) 7:05 PP		Second period			Alex Krushelnyski (2) 11:52
No scoring		Third period			Charles Sarault (5) 1:05 Matt Berry (3) 13:45 EN Charles Sarault (6) 17:21 EN
Clarke Saunders 16 shots / 11 saves		Goalie stats			Ryan Faragher 29 shots / 27 saves

Utah wins series 4–2

(4) Allen Americans vs. (5) Idaho Steelheads

April 14	Allen Americans		1–3		Idaho Steelheads	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (1) 13:07
Gary Steffes (1) 17:25		Second period			Shawn Boutin (1) 3:11
No scoring		Third period			Joe Basaraba (1) 3:49 PP
Jake Hildebrand 24 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats			Philippe Desrosiers 37 shots / 36 saves

April 16	Allen Americans		3–1		Idaho Steelheads	Allen Event Center	Recap
Gary Steffes (2) 17:54		First period			No scoring
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (1) 3:31 PP		Second period			Rob Linsmayer (1) 15:33
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (2) 7:32		Third period			No scoring
Riley Gill 22 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats			Philippe Desrosiers 34 shots / 31 saves

April 20	Idaho Steelheads		1–3		Allen Americans	CenturyLink Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Greger Hanson (1) 4:44 David Makowski (1) 16:59 PP
Tommy Fallen (1) 4:28 PP		Second period			Matt Register (1) 11:44 PP
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Philippe Desrosiers 30 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 38 shots / 37 saves

April 22	Idaho Steelheads		3–1		Allen Americans	CenturyLink Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Kyle Jean (1) 0:50 SH		Second period			Tristan King (1) 16:53
Joe Basaraba (2) 1:11 Kyle Jean (2) 18:35 EN		Third period			No scoring
Philippe Desrosiers 30 shots / 29 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 28 shots / 26 saves

April 23	Idaho Steelheads		7–1		Allen Americans	CenturyLink Arena	Recap
Kruise Reddick (1) 2:31 Taylor Peters (1) 4:15 Radoslav Illo (1) 6:36 Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (2) 18:50 SH		First period			No scoring
Carson McMillan (1) 14:22 PP		Second period			Greger Hanson (2) 18:15 PP
Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (3) 7:35 PP Joe Basaraba (3) 9:46 PP		Third period			No scoring
Philippe Desrosiers 21 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 3 shots / 1 save Jake Hildebrand 26 shots / 21 saves

April 26	Allen Americans		4–2		Idaho Steelheads	Allen Event Center	Recap
Tristan King (2) 14:12		First period			Tommy Fallen (2) 12:57
Eric Roy (1) 0:33 PP Matt Register (2) 2:12 Greger Hanson (3) 9:24 PP		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Rob Linsmayer (2) 6:08
Riley Gill 32 shots / 30 saves		Goalie stats			Philippe Desrosiers 14 shots / 10 saves Branden Komm 13 shots / 13 saves

April 27	Allen Americans		3–2	OT	Idaho Steelheads	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Chad Costello (1) 6:14		Second period			Kruise Reddick (2) 5:45 Andrew Carroll (1) 8:27
David Makowski (2) 7:06 PP		Third period			No scoring
Tristan King (3) 3:28		First overtime period			No scoring
Riley Gill 26 shots / 24 saves		Goalie stats			Philippe Desrosiers 42 shots / 39 saves

Allen wins series 4–3

Conference Semifinals

Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder

April 29	South Carolina Stingrays		4–5		Adirondack Thunder	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Joey Leach (2) 13:37		First period			Peter MacArthur (3) 0:23 Ben Johnson (1) 3:48 SH Mathieu Brodeur (1) 16:13 PP
Caleb Herbert (4) 8:39		Second period			Greg Wolfe (5) 10:31 Dana Fraser (2) 18:05
Derek DeBlois (2) 6:01 PP Derek DeBlois (3) 14:12		Third period			No scoring
Vitek Vanecek 8 shots / 5 saves Mark Dekanich 8 shots / 6 saves		Goalie stats			Ken Appleby 27 shots / 23 saves

April 30	South Carolina Stingrays		1–0		Adirondack Thunder	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Austin Fyten (3) 12:24		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Mark Dekanich 21 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats			Ken Appleby 30 shots / 29 saves

May 3	Adirondack Thunder		3–1		South Carolina Stingrays	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
Mitchell Heard (4) 13:30 PP		First period			Caleb Herbert (5) 3:50
Ryan Lomberg (3) 14:09		Second period			No scoring
Gunnar Hughes (1) 19:45 EN		Third period			No scoring
Ken Appleby 29 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Dekanich 26 shots / 24 saves

May 5	Adirondack Thunder		0–6		South Carolina Stingrays	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Caleb Herbert (6) 1:00 Kelly Zajac (2) 14:41 PP
No scoring		Second period			Joe Devin (6) 1:21 SH Colton Saucerman (1) 12:35 PP Stephan Vigier (2) 17:30 PP
No scoring		Third period			Joe Devin (7) 2:18
Ken Appleby 17 shots / 12 saves Drew Fielding 5 shots / 4 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Dekanich 30 shots / 30 saves

May 7	Adirondack Thunder		3–2	OT	South Carolina Stingrays	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
Ben Johnson (2) 11:14 Greg Wolfe (6) 18:55		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Caleb Herbert (7) 11:01
No scoring		Third period			Spencer Humphries (1) 13:52
Gunnar Hughes (2) 11:21		First overtime period			No scoring
Ken Appleby 30 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Dekanich 29 shots / 26 saves

May 10	South Carolina Stingrays		4–1		Adirondack Thunder	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Joe Devin (8) 6:37 Stephan Vigier (3) 12:45 PP		First period			Mathieu Brodeur (2) 19:48 PP
Austin Fyten (4) 9:25 PP Stephan Vigier (4) 14:57 PP		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Mark Dekanich 19 shots / 18 saves		Goalie stats			Ken Appleby 30 shots / 26 saves

May 11	South Carolina Stingrays		3–2	2OT	Adirondack Thunder	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
David Pacan (1) 5:19		First period			Ben Johnson (3) 4:43
No scoring		Second period			Mitchell Heard (5) 19:14 PP
Brett Cameron (4) 9:51		Third period			No scoring
Joe Devin (9) 15:34		Second overtime period			No scoring
Mark Dekanich 20 shots / 18 saves Vitek Vanecek 8 shots / 8 saves		Goalie stats			Ken Appleby 46 shots / 43 saves

South Carolina wins series 4–3

(5) Wheeling Nailers vs. (8) Reading Royals

April 29	Wheeling Nailers		4–1		Reading Royals	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Cody Wydo (4) 16:34 PP		First period			No scoring
Mathew Maione (5) 2:18		Second period			Jesper Pettersson (1) 9:16 PP
Jordan Kwas (2) 5:58 Cody Wydo (5) 11:49		Third period			No scoring
Brian Foster 19 shots / 18 saves		Goalie stats			Martin Ouellette 34 shots / 30 saves

May 2	Wheeling Nailers		2–4		Reading Royals	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Kevin Goumas (4) 14:06
Matt Tabrum (1) 3:54 Clark Seymour (1) 10:57 PP		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Justin Crandall (2) 8:12 PP Brandon Alderson (7) 10:09 Ian Watters (2) 13:40
Brian Foster 38 shots / 34 saves		Goalie stats			Adam Morrison 31 shots / 29 saves

May 4	Reading Royals		4–1		Wheeling Nailers	Santander Arena	Recap
Mike Marcou (3) 18:48		First period			No scoring
Cam Reid (4) 6:48 Michael Pelech (1) 12:35		Second period			Shane Bakker (2) 0:56
Maxim Lamarche (2) 19:48		Third period			No scoring
Adam Morrison 38 shots / 37 saves		Goalie stats			Brian Foster 31 shots / 27 saves

May 5	Reading Royals		1–2	3OT	Wheeling Nailers	Santander Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Ty Loney (4) 4:20 PP
Brandon Alderson (8) 13:02		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Third overtime period			Cody Wydo (6) 4:22
Martin Ouellete 52 shots / 50 saves		Goalie stats			Franky Palazzese 43 shots / 42 saves

May 7	Reading Royals		3–1		Wheeling Nailers	Santander Arena	Recap
Cam Reid (5) 12:18		First period			No scoring
Justin Crandall (3) 12:47		Second period			Shane Bakker (3) 5:26 PP
Kevin Goumas (5) 18:51 EN		Third period			No scoring
Adam Morrison 30 shots / 29 saves		Goalie stats			Franky Palazzese 20 shots / 18 saves

May 9	Wheeling Nailers		8–3		Reading Royals	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Ty Loney (4) 5:53 Brett Stern (1) 16:55 PP		First period			Scott Tanski (1) 2:38
No scoring		Second period			Maxim Lamarche (3) 3:49 PP
John McCarron (5) 0:33 Jarrett Burton (1) 8:13 PP Clark Seymour (3) 10:50 Dan O'Donoghue (1) 14:45 Derek Army (1) 17:08 EN/PP Dan O'Donoghue (2) 17:40		Third period			Nikita Kashirsky (2) 18:13
Brian Foster 35 shots / 32 saves		Goalie stats			Adam Morrison 46 shots / 39 saves

May 11	Wheeling Nailers		4–3	OT	Reading Royals	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Adam Comrie (1) 18:16
Jordan Kwas (3) 11:26 Shane Bakker (4) 17:37		Second period			Austin Farley (2) 6:49
Derek Army (2) 9:13 PP		Third period			Yannick Tifu (2) 18:10
Riley Brace (4) 19:22		First overtime period			No scoring
Brian Foster 36 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats			Adam Morrison 55 shots / 51 saves

Wheeling wins series 4–3

Western Conference

(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (4) Allen Americans

April 29	Missouri Mavericks		0–2		Allen Americans	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Greger Hanson (4) 1:10
No scoring		Second period			Casey Pierro-Zabotel (3) 4:32 PP
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Josh Robinson 27 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 34 shots / 34 saves

April 30	Missouri Mavericks		5–2		Allen Americans	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
C.J. Ludwig (1) 1:28 Tyler Barnes (3) 6:11 PP Darren Nowick (2) 16:35 PP		First period			No scoring
Rocco Carzo (2) 7:06		Second period			No scoring
Tyler Barnes (4) 5:40 PP		Third period			Casey Pierro-Zabotel (4) 15:04 Chad Costello (2) 16:37 PP
Parker Milner 23 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 17 shots / 13 saves Joel Rumpel 3 shots / 2 saves

May 4	Allen Americans		5–1		Missouri Mavericks	Allen Event Center	Recap
Eric Roy (2) 0:31 Vincent Arseneau (1) 6:40		First period			No scoring
Greger Hanson (5) 13:59 PP		Second period			Josh Holmstrom (3) 7:46 SH
Spencer Asuchak (1) 15:40 Spencer Asuchak (2) 18:00 EN		Third period			No scoring
Riley Gill 26 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats			Parker Milner 35 shots / 31 saves

May 6	Allen Americans		4–2		Missouri Mavericks	Allen Event Center	Recap
Vincent Arseneau (2) 14:29		First period			No scoring
Gary Steffes (3) 14:29		Second period			No scoring
Spencer Asuchak (3) 13:16 Vincent Arseneau (3) 18:58 EN		Third period			Tyler Barnes (5) 0:11 PP Ross Johnston (1) 3:26
Riley Gill 37 shots / 35 saves		Goalie stats			Josh Robinson 27 shots /24 saves

May 8	Allen Americans		1–3		Missouri Mavericks	Allen Event Center	Recap
Greger Hanson (6) 4:33		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Carter Verhaeghe (2) 5:30 Rocco Carzo (3) 18:28 SH
No scoring		Third period			Ross Johnston (2) 9:50
Riley Gill 27 shots / 24 saves		Goalie stats			Josh Robinson 30 shots / 29 saves

May 10	Missouri Mavericks		1–5		Allen Americans	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
Ross Johnston (3) 16:04		First period			Chad Costello (3) 9:21 PP
No scoring		Second period			Casey Pierro-Zabotel (5) 4:27 PP
No scoring		Third period			Greger Hanson (7) 1:12 Greger Hanson (8) 17:24 EN Dyson Stevenson (1) 19:21 '"EN
Josh Robinson 28 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 33 shots / 32 saves

Allen wins series 4–2

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies

April 29	Fort Wayne Komets		6–4		Utah Grizzlies	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Cody Sol (1) 0:32 Mike Embach (1) 2:37 Troy Bourke (5) 3:23 Shawn Szydlowski (4) 18:47		First period			Ryan Hayes (3) 9:03
Kyle Thomas (3) 15:21 PP		Second period			T.J. Syner (2) 2:02 PP Matt Berry (4) 7:59 Barry Almeida (3) 9:24 PP
Trevor Cheek (2) 16:27 SH		Third period			No scoring
Pat Nagle 27 shots / 23 saves		Goalie stats			Ryan Faragher 6 shots / 3 saves Mark Owuya 21 shots / 18 saves

April 30	Fort Wayne Komets		5–3		Utah Grizzlies	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Brett Perlini (2) 0:22		First period			Barry Almeida (4) 19:59
Alex Belzile (5) 5:31		Second period			Barry Almeida (5) 4:10 PP
Alex Belzile (6) 5:57 Brett Perlini (3) 13:50 Shawn Szydlowski (5) 19:49 EN		Third period			Charles Sarault (7) 15:10 SH
Pat Nagle 31 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Owuya 38 shots / 34 saves

May 4	Utah Grizzlies		1–3		Fort Wayne Komets	Maverik Center	Recap
Jon Puskar (2) 2:49		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Shawn Szydlowski (6) 1:50 Mike Embach (2) 5:21 PP Garrett Thompson (6) 18:30
Mark Owuya 31 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 20 shots / 19 saves

May 6	Utah Grizzlies		3–5		Fort Wayne Komets	Maverik Center	Recap
Ryan Hayes (4) 7:43 PP		First period			Shawn Szydlowski (7) 4:21 Garrett Thompson (7) 18:33
Ryan Hayes (5) 11:14 PP		Second period			Trevor Cheek (3) 7:39 PP
Marc Cantin (3) 6:36		Third period			Garrett Thompson (8) 8:16 Shawn Szydlowski (8) 19:45 EN
Mark Owuya 29 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 29 shots / 26 saves

Fort Wayne wins series 4–0

Conference Finals

Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers

May 13	South Carolina Stingrays		3–0		Wheeling Nailers	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Austin Fyten (5) 4:54 SH Jared Staal (1) 15:31		First period			No scoring
Bobby Shea (1) 0:49		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Vitek Vanecek 33 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats			Brian Foster 29 shots / 26 saves

May 14	South Carolina Stingrays		3–4	2OT	Wheeling Nailers	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Austin Fyten (6) 19:13		First period			No scoring
Joe Devin (10) 16:35 Caleb Herbert (8) 17:36		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Clark Seymour (4) 14:04 Paul Cianfrini (1) 15:38 John McCarron (6) 18:48
No scoring		Second overtime period			Jarrett Burton (2) 5:03 PP
Vitek Vanecek 32 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats			Franky Palazzese 35 shots / 32 saves

May 18	Wheeling Nailers		2–1		South Carolina Stingrays	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Austin Fyten (7) 13:10
Jarrett Burton (3) 6:36 Derek Army (3) 13:34		Third period			No scoring
Franky Palazzese 19 shots / 18 saves		Goalie stats			Vitek Vanecek 31 shots / 29 saves

May 20	Wheeling Nailers		2–4		South Carolina Stingrays	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Riley Brace (5) 5:59		Second period			Caleb Herbert (9) 4:57
Ty Loney (5) 0:48		Third period			Marcus Perrier (1) 11:57 Brett Cameron (5) 15:09 PP David Pacan (2) 18:43 EN/SH
Franky Palazzese 24 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats			Vitek Vanecek 19 shots / 17 saves

May 21	Wheeling Nailers		1–3		South Carolina Stingrays	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Cody Wydo (7) 11:11 PP		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Colton Saucerman (2) 9:40 PP
No scoring		Third period			David Pacan (3) 12:43 Stephan Vigier (5) 18:59 EN
Brian Foster 37 shots / 35 saves		Goalie stats			Vitek Vanecek 28 shots / 27 saves

May 23	South Carolina Stingrays		3–4	OT	Wheeling Nailers	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Kelly Zajac (3) 0:43 Stephan Vigier (6) 5:38		First period			Anton Zlobin (2) 10:12 PP
No scoring		Second period			John McCarron (7) 11:58
Caleb Herbert (10) 7:49		Third period			Anton Zlobin (3) 4:50 PP
No scoring		First overtime period			Jarrett Burton (4) 18:42
Vitek Vanecek 34 shots / 30 saves		Goalie stats			Brian Foster 34 shots / 31 saves

May 24	South Carolina Stingrays		2–5		Wheeling Nailers	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
David Pacan (4) 3:29 Austin Fyten (8) 18:26 PP		First period			John McCarron (8) 2:21 Cody Wydo (8) 8:03
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Jarrett Burton (5) 0:24 Jordan Kwas (4) 1:09 Ty Loney (6) 5:03
Vitek Vanecek 32 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats			Brian Foster 30 shots / 28 saves

Wheeling wins series 4–3

Western Conference

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (4) Allen Americans

May 13	Fort Wayne Komets		3–5		Allen Americans	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Trevor Cheek (4) 19:47		First period			Gary Steffes (4) 5:27 SH Greger Hanson (9) 9:03 PP Casey Pierro-Zabotel (6) 10:46 PP
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Trevor Cheek (5) 3:16 Troy Bourke (6) 13:28		Third period			Nikita Jevpalovs (1) 11:39 Vincent Arseneau (4) 19:24 EN
Pat Nagle 25 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 26 shots / 23 saves

May 15	Fort Wayne Komets		2–3	OT	Allen Americans	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			Chad Costello (4) 8:50 PP
Garrett Meurs (1) 0:22 Troy Bourke (7) 8:41 PP		Second period			Vincent Arseneau (5) 19:30
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Gary Steffes (5) 0:56
Pat Nagle 23 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 9 shots / 8 saves Joel Rumpel 16 shots / 15 saves

May 19	Allen Americans		1–2		Fort Wayne Komets	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Mike Embach (3) 4:11
No scoring		Second period			Mike Embach (4) 19:18
Gary Steffes (6) 11:36		Third period			No scoring
Jake Hildebrand 37 shots / 35 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 28 shots / 27 saves

May 21	Allen Americans		6–5	OT	Fort Wayne Komets	Allen Event Center	Recap
David Makowski (3) 6:54		First period			Cody Sol (2) 19:46
Gary Steffes (7) 7:46 PP		Second period			Mike Embach (5) 0:45 Garrett Thompson (9) 3:15 PP Garrett Thompson (10) 9:18 Shawn Szydlowski (9) 11:17
Tristan King (4) 1:16 PP Greger Hanson (10) 4:49 PP David Makowski (4) 10:33		Third period			No scoring
J.P. LaFontaine (1) 3:46		First overtime period			No scoring
Riley Gill 19 shots / 14 saves Jake Hildebrand 17 shots / 17 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 30 shots / 24 saves

May 22	Allen Americans		6–4		Fort Wayne Komets	Allen Event Center	Recap
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (7) 14:25 David Makowski (5) 17:26 PP		First period			Cody Corbett (1) 6:30 PP Shawn Szydlowski (10) 10:31
Spencer Asuchak (4) 8:48 Vincent Arseneau (6) 9:33		Second period			No scoring
Eric Roy (3) 3:39 PP Greger Hanson (11) 19:47 EN		Third period			Jamie Schaafsma (3) 1:21 Garrett Meurs (2) 16:41
Jake Hildebrand 48 shots / 44 saves		Goalie stats			Spencer Martin 16 shots / 11 saves Pat Nagle 7 shots / 7 saves

Allen wins series 4–1

Kelly Cup Finals

Home team is listed first.

(West #4) Allen Americans vs. (East #5) Wheeling Nailers

May 28	Allen Americans		5–3		Wheeling Nailers	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Tristan King (5) 1:15 PP Tristan King (6) 12:10 Greger Hanson (12) 15:35 PP Spencer Asuchak (5) 19:03		Second period			Shane Bakker (5) 15:11 SH
Gary Steffes (8) 18:03		Third period			Anton Zlobin (4) 9:06 PP John McCarron (9) 10:29 PP
Jake Hildebrand 28 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats			Brian Foster 32 shots / 27 saves

May 29	Allen Americans		6–7		Wheeling Nailers	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Derek Army (4) 6:34 PP Clark Seymour (5) 14:30 Cody Wydo (9) 17:52 PP
Chad Costello (5) 15:16		Second period			Anton Zlobin (5) 6:03 PP Jarrett Burton (6) 9:43 Mathew Maione (6) 16:27 John McCarron (10) 18:55 EN/SH
Spencer Asuchak (6) 2:21 Aaron Gens (1) 4:20 Gary Steffes (9) 7:27 PP Casey Pierro-Zabotel (7) 8:51 Gary Steffes (10) 10:03		Third period			No scoring
Jake Hildebrand 9 shots / 6 saves Joel Rumpel 15 shots / 12 saves		Goalie stats			Brian Foster 29 shots / 23 saves Franky Palazzese 4 shots / 4 saves

June 1	Wheeling Nailers		3–2		Allen Americans	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Ty Loney (7) 3:18 Anton Zlobin (6) 13:46 PP		Second period			Gary Steffes (11) 4:01
James Melindy (1) 7:25		Third period			Greger Hanson (13) 4:22 PP
Franky Palazzese 30 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 27 shots / 24 saves

June 3	Wheeling Nailers		2–4		Allen Americans	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Dan O'Donoghue (3) 19:44		First period			Gary Steffes (12) 16:02
Cody Wydo (10) 14:17		Second period			Nikita Javpalovs (2) 18:15
No scoring		Third period			Chad Costello (6) 3:38 Eric Roy (4) 19:26 EN
Franky Palazzese 28 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 34 shots / 32 saves

June 4	Wheeling Nailers		2–3	OT	Allen Americans	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Jarrett Burton (7) 12:16		Second period			No scoring
Cody Wydo (11) 16:03 PP		Third period			Chad Costello (7) 3:33 Vincent Arseneau (8) 7:35
No scoring		First overtime period			Greger Hanson (14) 0:17
Franky Palazzese 16 shots / 13 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 26 shots / 24 saves

June 9	Allen Americans		4–2		Wheeling Nailers	Allen Event Center	Recap
Tristan King (7) 4:44 PP Greger Hanson (15) 9:23 PP		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			John McCarron (11) 9:32
Eric Roy (5) 10:04 PP Gary Steffes (13) 19:28 EN		Third period			Cody Wydo (12) 12:54
Riley Gill 44 shots / 42 saves		Goalie stats			Brian Foster 27 shots / 24 saves

Allen wins series 4–2

Statistical leaders

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[2]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Chad Costello	Allen Americans	24	7	29	36	0	4
Riley Brace	Wheeling Nailers	26	5	22	27	-5	30
Greger Hanson	Allen Americans	23	15	8	23	-2	18
John McCarron	Wheeling Nailers	25	11	12	23	+5	42
Mathew Maione	Wheeling Nailers	26	6	17	23	+4	20
Cody Wydo	Wheeling Nailers	26	12	9	21	-2	12
Eric Roy	Allen Americans	23	5	16	21	+12	8
David Makowski	Allen Americans	18	5	15	20	+5	20
Shawn Szydlowski	Fort Wayne Komets	16	10	9	19	+6	15
Austin Fyten	South Carolina Stingrays	19	8	11	19	+5	28

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltending

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 240 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[3]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Mark Dekanich	South Carolina Stingrays	10	5	3	1	219	17	1.69	0.922	2	603
Josh Robinson	Missouri Mavericks	7	4	3	0	202	15	2.16	0.926	0	416
Ken Appleby	Adirondack Thunder	12	7	4	1	363	29	2.31	0.920	1	754
Vitek Vanecek	South Carolina Stingrays	11	6	2	2	278	24	2.31	0.914	1	624
Riley Gill	Allen Americans	19	12	5	0	508	39	2.35	0.923	1	997
Adam Morrison	Reading Royals	6	3	3	0	184	14	2.45	0.924	0	344
Philippe Desrosiers	Idaho Steelheads	7	3	3	1	208	16	2.47	0.923	0	390
Brad Thiessen	Cincinnati Cyclones	7	3	2	2	258	19	2.51	0.926	0	454

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

• 2015–16 ECHL season
• List of ECHL seasons

References

1. "ALIGNMENT, PLAYOFF FORMAT ANNOUNCED FOR 2015-16 SEASON". ECHL. February 3, 2015. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
2. "Skater Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
3. "Goaltender Statistics". Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

External links

• ECHL website

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