1995–96 ECHL season

Ice hockey league season August 2023 The 1995–96 ECHL season was the eighth season of the ECHL. Before the season started, the Greensboro Monarchs franchise moved up to the American Hockey League and became the Carolina Monarchs. The league saw the addition of four new teams for the 1995–96 season, which included the relocation of the Louisville IceHawks to Jacksonville, FL and expansion franchises in Laffayette, LA and Mobile, AL, as well as a return to Louisville, KY, bringing the number of teams in the league to twenty-one. With the increase in the number of teams the league decided to increase the number of games played in the regular season from 68 to 70. The Richmond Renegades finished first overall in the regular season, winning the Brabham Cup and the Charlotte Checkers won their first Riley Cup sweeping the Jacksonville Lizard Kings in four games. Regular season Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Green shade = Clinched playoff spot, Blue shade = Clinched division East Division GP W L SOL Pts GF GA Richmond Renegades 70 46 11 13 105 314 225 Charlotte Checkers 70 45 21 4 94 294 250 South Carolina Stingrays 70 40 22 8 88 284 251 Roanoke Express 70 36 28 6 78 231 260 Hampton Roads Admirals 70 32 15 13 77 278 265 Raleigh Icecaps 70 23 34 13 59 215 266 North Division GP W L SOL Pts GF GA Toledo Storm 70 48 14 8 104 301 240 Wheeling Thunderbirds 70 42 23 5 89 289 261 Louisville RiverFrogs 70 39 24 7 85 266 237 Columbus Chill 70 37 28 5 79 285 268 Dayton Bombers 70 35 28 7 77 247 237 Erie Panthers 70 25 40 5 55 227 293 Johnstown Chiefs 70 21 38 11 53 249 322 Huntington Blizzard 70 21 39 10 52 232 309 South Division GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Louisiana IceGators 70 43 21 6 92 312 261 Nashville Knights 70 42 22 6 90 368 307 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks 70 42 22 6 90 283 260 Knoxville Cherokees 70 37 29 4 78 323 303 Jacksonville Lizard Kings 70 33 29 8 74 267 288 Birmingham Bulls 70 26 39 5 57 258 360 Mobile Mysticks 70 22 37 11 55 265 325 Riley Cup playoffs Bracket First Round(Best of 5) Quarterfinals(Best of 5) Semifinals(Best of 5) Finals(Best of 7) Richmond 3 Hampton Roads 2 Louisiana 0 Jacksonville 3 Toledo 3 Dayton 0 Nashville 1 Knoxville 3 Charlotte 3 Roanoke 0 South Carolina 3 Louisville 0 Tallahassee 3 Raleigh 1 Wheeling 3 Columbus 0 Richmond 0 Jacksonville 3 Toledo 3 Knoxville 0 Charlotte 3 South Carolina 0 Tallahassee 3 Wheeling 1 Jacksonville 3 Toledo 2 Charlotte 3 Tallahassee 0 Jacksonville 0 Charlotte 4 ECHL awards ECHL awards Jack Riley Cup: Charlotte Checkers Henry Brabham Cup: Richmond Renegades John Brophy Award: Roy Sommer (Richmond) ECHL Most Valuable Player: Hugo Belanger (Nashville) Riley Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player: Nick Vitucci (Charlotte) ECHL Goaltender of the Year: Alain Morissette (Louisville) ECHL Rookie of the Year: Keli Corpse (Wheeling) Defenseman of the Year: Chris Valicevic (Louisiana) Leading Scorer: Hugo Belanger (Nashville) See also ECHL All-Star Game Kelly Cup List of ECHL seasons 1995 in sports 1996 in sports References All stats come from Internet Hockey Database Category:ECHL seasons ECHL season, 1995-96