1994–95 ECHL season

Ice hockey league season August 2023 The 1994–95 ECHL season was the seventh season of the ECHL. Before the season started, the Huntsville Blast moved their operations from Huntsville, AL to Tallahassee, FL and became the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks and the Louisville IceHawks suspended operations. The Wheeling Thunderbirds finished first overall in the regular season and the Richmond Renegades won their first Riley Cup, defeating the Greensboro Monarchs four games to one. League history was made on March 18, 1995 at the Norfolk Scope when Hampton Roads Admirals goaltender Corwin Saurdiff became the first goalie to score a goal against the Charlotte Checkers. Regular season Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Green shade = Clinched playoff spot, Blue shade = Clinched division East Division GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Richmond Renegades 68 41 20 7 89 271 232 Roanoke Express 68 39 19 10 88 255 223 Charlotte Checkers 68 37 22 9 83 274 261 Hampton Roads Admirals 68 37 23 8 82 255 239 Greensboro Monarchs 68 31 28 9 71 277 293 Raleigh IceCaps 68 23 39 6 52 239 295 North Division GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Wheeling Thunderbirds 68 46 17 5 97 313 243 Dayton Bombers 68 42 17 9 93 307 224 Toledo Storm 68 41 22 5 87 287 230 Columbus Chill 68 31 32 5 67 282 315 Johnstown Chiefs 68 31 32 5 67 256 297 Erie Panthers 68 18 46 4 40 256 356 West Division GP W L OTL Pts GF GA South Carolina Stingrays 68 42 19 7 91 255 215 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks 68 36 25 7 79 268 227 Nashville Knights 68 32 30 6 70 263 279 Knoxville Cherokees 68 30 30 8 68 241 267 Huntington Blizzard 68 28 37 3 59 224 275 Birmingham Bulls 68 26 38 4 56 273 325 Riley Cup playoffs Bracket 1st Round(Best of 5) Quarterfinals(Best of 5) Semifinals(Best of 5) Riley Cup Finals(Best of 7) 1 Wheeling 0 16 Birmingham 3 8 Hampton Roads 1 9 Tallahassee 3 5 Roanoke 3 12 Knoxville 1 4 Richmond 3 13 Columbus 0 3 South Carolina 3 14 Johnstown 2 6 Toledo 1 11 Nashville 3 7 Charlotte 0 10 Greensboro 3 2 Dayton 3 15 Huntington 1 16 Birmingham 1 9 Tallahassee 3 5 Roanoke 1 4 Richmond 3 3 South Carolina 1 11 Nashville 3 10 Greensboro 3 2 Dayton 2 9 Tallahassee 2 4 Richmond 3 11 Nashville 2 10 Greensboro 3 4 Richmond 4 10 Greensboro 1 First round Wheeling vs. Birmingham Date Away Home March 24 Birmingham 4 Wheeling 3 March 26 Birmingham 9 Wheeling 4 March 28 Wheeling 2 Birmingham 7 Birmingham wins series 3–0 Hampton Roads vs. Tallahassee Date Away Home March 24 Tallahassee 4 Hampton Roads 3 March 25 Tallahassee 3 Hampton Roads 5 March 28 Hampton Roads 2 Tallahassee 3 OT March 29 Hampton Roads 0 Tallahassee 2 Tallahassee wins series 3–1 Roanoke vs. Knoxville Date Away Home March 23 Knoxville 1 Roanoke 6 March 25 Knoxville 6 Roanoke 3 March 26 Roanoke 2 Knoxville 1 OT March 27 Roanoke 5 Knoxville 4 OT Roanoke wins series 3–1 Richmond vs. Columbus Date Away Home March 24 Columbus 4 Richmond 10 March 25 Columbus 8 Richmond 9 OT March 27 Richmond 6 Columbus 1 Richmond wins series 3–0 South Carolina vs. Johnstown Date Away Home March 23 Johnstown 6 South Carolina 5 OT March 25 Johnstown 1 South Carolina 6 March 28 South Carolina 4 Johnstown 3 March 29 South Carolina 5 Johnstown 7 March 31 Johnstown 3 South Carolina 5 South Carolina wins series 3–2 Toledo vs. Nashville Date Away Home March 23 Nashville 3 Toledo 6 March 24 Nashville 2 Toledo 1 March 25 Toledo 1 Nashville 3 March 26 Toledo 2 Nashville 4 Nashville wins series 3–1 Charlotte vs. Greensboro Date Away Home March 25 Greensboro 3 Charlotte 2 March 26 Greensboro 4 Charlotte 3 March 28 Charlotte 4 Greensboro 5 OT Greensboro wins series 3–0 Dayton vs. Huntington Date Away Home March 24 Huntington 3 Dayton 2 March 25 Huntington 4 Dayton 5 March 28 Dayton 3 Huntington 2 March 29 Dayton 5 Huntington 3 Dayton wins series 3–1 Quarterfinals Tallahassee vs. Birmingham Date Away Home March 31 Birmingham 5 Tallahassee 4 OT April 1 Birmingham 3 Tallahassee 4 April 7 Tallahassee 5 Birmingham 4 April 8 Tallahassee 4 Birmingham 3 Tallahassee wins series 3–1 Richmond vs. Roanoke Date Away Home March 31 Roanoke 3 Richmond 4 April 1 Roanoke 0 Richmond 4 April 5 Richmond 0 Roanoke 3 April 7 Richmond 6 Roanoke 1 Richmond wins series 3–1 South Carolina vs. Nashville Date Away Home April 2 Nashville 2 South Carolina 3 OT April 4 Nashville 7 South Carolina 4 April 7 South Carolina 2 Nashville 5 April 8 South Carolina 2 Nashville 4 Nashville wins series 3–1 Dayton vs. Greensboro Date Away Home April 1 Greensboro 0 Dayton 11 April 2 Greensboro 6 Dayton 3 April 4 Dayton 2 Greensboro 3 OT April 5 Dayton 6 Greensboro 5 OT April 8 Greensboro 5 Dayton 4 Greensboro wins series 3–2 Semifinals Richmond vs. Tallahassee Date Away Home April 12 Tallahassee 3 Richmond 7 April 14 Tallahassee 7 Richmond 4 April 16 Richmond 3 Tallahassee 2 April 19 Richmond 1 Tallahassee 3 April 20 Tallahassee 0 Richmond 4 Richmond wins series 3–2 Greensboro vs. Nashville Date Away Home April 13 Nashville 5 Greensboro 6 April 15 Nashville 6 Greensboro 8 April 17 Greensboro 3 Nashville 8 April 19 Greensboro 4 Nashville 5 OT April 20 Nashville 1 Greensboro 2 OT Greensboro wins series 3–2 Riley Cup finals Kelly Cup Finals Richmond vs. Greensboro Date Away Home April 24 Greensboro 4 Richmond 6 April 25 Greensboro 1 Richmond 3 April 27 Richmond 0 Greensboro 3 April 29 Richmond 6 Greensboro 0 May 1 Greensboro 2 Richmond 3 Richmond wins series 4–1 ECHL awards ECHL awards Jack Riley Cup: Richmond Renegades Henry Brabham Cup: Wheeling Thunderbirds John Brophy Award: Jim Playfair (Dayton) ECHL Most Valuable Player: Vadim Slivchenko (Wheeling) Riley Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player: Blaine Moore (Richmond) ECHL Goaltender of the Year: Chris Gordon (Huntington) ECHL Rookie of the Year: Kevin McKinnon (Erie) Defenseman of the Year: Brandon Smith (Dayton) Leading Scorer: Scott Burfoot (Erie) See also ECHL All-Star Game Kelly Cup List of ECHL seasons 1994 in sports 1995 in sports References All stats come from Internet Hockey Database Category:ECHL seasons ECHL season, 1994-95