2011 Kelly Cup playoffs

August 2023 Kelly Cup playoffs 2011 April 4–May 21, 2011 15 Alaska Aces Kalamazoo Wings Scoring leader(s) Trent Daavettila (Kalamazoo) 28 points 2010 2012 The 2011 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL started on April 4, 2011 following the end of the 2010–11 ECHL regular season.Press release (April 4, 2011). "2011 Kelly Cup Playoffs - Conference Quarterfinal Preview". ECHL. Retrieved April 5, 2011. The playoff format remains unchanged from that of the 2010 postseason, with the exception of the changed conference names. 15 teams will qualify for the playoffs, being the top seven teams from the Western Conference and the top eight teams from the Eastern Conference. Press release 2010 ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs format ECHL October 12, 2009 http://echl.com/2010-echl-kelly-cup-playoffs-format-p163807 April 5, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723201504/http://echl.com/2010-echl-kelly-cup-playoffs-format-p163807 July 23, 2011 dead http://www.insidesocal.com/reign/2010/09/echl_board_keeps_playoff_forma.html ECHL board keeps playoff format, adopts NHL rules. - Where the Reign reigns 2011-10-23 https://archive.today/20120905082021/http://www.insidesocal.com/reign/2010/09/echl_board_keeps_playoff_forma.html 2012-09-05 dead Playoff format In the Eastern Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winners will be seeded first, second and third and will play the eighth-place finisher, the seventh-place finisher and the sixth-place finisher, respectively, while the fourth-place finisher and the fifth-place finisher will meet. The conference semifinals will have the winner of the first-place and eighth-place matchup will meet the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place game while the winner of the second-place and seventh-place game will face the winner of the third-place and sixth-place matchup. In the Western Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winner with the best record in the conference will receive a bye in the first round. The other division winner will be seeded second and meet the team that finishes seventh in the conference in the first round. The other first round matchups will be the third-place finisher in the conference against the sixth-place finisher in the conference and the fourth-place finisher in the conference against the fifth-place finisher in the conference. The conference semifinals will have the first-place finisher meeting the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place matchup and the winner of the second-place finisher and seventh-place finisher against the winner of the third-place finisher against the sixth-place finisher. The first round in each Conference will be a best of five series with each subsequent round being a best of seven series. Playoff seeds After the regular season, 15 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Alaska Aces were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record at 97 points. Press release Alaska wins Brabham Cup ECHL April 3, 2011 http://echl.com/alaska-wins-brabham-cup-p170469 April 5, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723201540/http://echl.com/alaska-wins-brabham-cup-p170469 July 23, 2011 dead The Greenville Road Warriors earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference and finished the season with 96 points. Eastern Conference Greenville Road Warriors - South Division and Eastern Conference champions, 96 points. Reading Royals - Atlantic Division champions, 93 points. Kalamazoo Wings - North Division champions, 88 points. Wheeling Nailers - 81 points. South Carolina Stingrays - 80 points. Florida Everblades - 79 points. Cincinnati Cyclones - 76 points. Elmira Jackals - 74 points. Western Conference Alaska Aces - Western Conference and Mountain Division champions, Brabham Cup winner, 97 points. Bakersfield Condors - Pacific Division champions, 86 points. Stockton Thunder - 86 points. Las Vegas Wranglers - 81 points. Idaho Steelheads - 77 points. Utah Grizzlies - 73 points. Victoria Salmon Kings - 68 points. Playoff bracket Conference Quarterfinals Note: Home team is listed first. Eastern Conference (1) Greenville Road Warriors vs. (8) Elmira Jackals Greenville Road Warriors Elmira Jackals BI-LO Center First Arena April 5 2 2–5 1 6:58 – pp – Jimmy Kilpatrick (1)14:04 – pp – Brandon Wong (1) No scoring 9:27 – Brendan Connolly (1)19:04 – pp – Mark Voakes (1) Justin Donati (1) - 2:53 19:44 – en – Marc-Olivier Vallerand (1) Josh Brittain (1) – 5:40 Nicola Riopel 30 saves / 32 shots Marco Cousineau 23 saves / 27 shots April 6 2 6–3 2 12:05 – pp – Brendan Connolly (2)13:41 – Sam Klassen (1) Eric Lampe (1) – 5:08 No scoring Justin Donati (2) – 18:41 18:25 – Mark Voakes (2) A.J. Perry (1) – 11:02Yannick Tifu (1) – pp – 13:21Eric Lampe (2) – en – 18:43Dale Mahovsky (1) – en – 19:44 Nicola Riopel 25 saves / 29 shots Jared DeMichiel 9 saves / 11 shotsMarco Cousineau 23 saves / 24 shots April 8 1 2–0 1 Chris McKelvie (1) – 10:28 No scoring No scoring No scoring Sam Klassen (2) – en – 19:34 No scoring Chris Beckford-Tseu 18 saves / 18 shots Marco Cousineau 28 saves / 29 shots April 9 1 2–1 2 1 No scoring 9:29 – Yannick Tifu (2) Andrew Rowe (1) - 0:58 No scoring No scoring No scoring Sean Berkstresser (1) – 6:22 No scoring Chris Beckford-Tseu 26 saves / 27 shots Marco Cousineau 47 saves / 49 shots Greenville wins series 3–1 (2) Reading Royals vs. (7) Cincinnati Cyclones Reading Royals Cincinnati Cyclones Sovereign Center U.S. Bank Arena April 5 1 2–5 2 April 6 1 5–4 OT2 1 April 8 2 0–3 1 April 9 2 1–2 OT2 1 Reading wins series 3–1 (3) Kalamazoo Wings vs. (6) Florida Everblades Kalamazoo Wings Florida Everblades Wings Stadium Germain Arena April 5 2 2–1 2 No scoring No scoring No scoring Ross Carlson (1) – 8:48Matt Beca (1) – pp – 15:30 6:12 – pp – Trent Daavettila (1) No scoring Ryan Nie 20 saves / 22 shots Bobby Goepfert 31 saves / 32 shots April 6 2 1–4 1 April 8 1 4–3 1 April 9 1 5–3 1 Kalamazoo wins series 3–1 (4) Wheeling Nailers vs. (5) South Carolina Stingrays Wheeling Nailers South Carolina Stingrays WesBanco Arena North Charleston Coliseum April 5 2 3–4 OT 1 April 6 2 1–2 OT 1 April 8 1 2–4 2 April 9 1 3–2 1 Wheeling wins series 3–1 Western Conference (2) Bakersfield Condors vs. (7) Victoria Salmon Kings Bakersfield Condors Victoria Salmon Kings Rabobank Arena Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre April 4 2 3–1 2 April 5 2 3–6 1 April 8 1 0–2 2 April 9 1 2–3 OT 2 Victoria wins series 3–1 (3) Stockton Thunder vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies Stockton Thunder Utah Grizzlies Stockton Arena Maverik Center April 5 2 5–2 2 April 6 2 2–3 OT 1 April 9 1 2–4 2 April 10 1 0–5 2 Utah wins series 3–1 (4) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (5) Idaho Steelheads Las Vegas Wranglers Idaho Steelheads Orleans Arena Qwest Arena April 5 1 1–0 2 1 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 17:44 – Ryan Huddy (1) No scoring Michael Ouzas 29 saves / 29 shots Jerry Kuhn 48 saves / 49 shots April 6 1 2–3 3 2 April 8 2 3–1 2 April 9 2 1–5 1 April 12 2 3–1 2 Idaho wins series 3–2 Conference Semifinals Note: Home team is listed first. Eastern Conference (1) Greenville Road Warriors vs. (4) Wheeling Nailers Greenville Road Warriors Wheeling Nailers BI-LO Center WesBanco Arena April 14 1 3–4 2 April 15 1 2–1 OT 1 April 20 2 3–2 2 April 22 2 2–1 2 April 23 2 1–5 1 April 26 1 6–3 1 April 27 1 3–4 OT 2 Wheeling wins series 4–3 (2) Reading Royals vs. (3) Kalamazoo Wings Reading Royals Kalamazoo Wings Sovereign Center Wings Stadium April 15 1 3–8 2 April 16 1 4–5 2 April 20 2 5–4 2 April 22 2 5–4 2 Kalamazoo wins series 4–0 Western Conference (1) Alaska Aces vs. (5) Idaho Steelheads Alaska Aces Idaho Steelheads Sullivan Arena Qwest Arena April 15 1 2–1 1 April 16 1 2–0 1 April 20 2 1–3 1 April 22 2 0–4 1 Alaska wins series 4–0 (6) Utah Grizzlies vs. (7) Victoria Salmon Kings Utah Grizzlies Victoria Salmon Kings Maverik Center Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre April 15 1 2–4 2 April 16 1 2–4 2 April 20 2 3–2 OT 2 April 22 2 2–1 OT2 2 Victoria wins series 4–0 Conference Finals Eastern Conference (3) Kalamazoo Wings vs. (4) Wheeling Nailers Kalamazoo Wings Wheeling Nailers Wings Stadium WesBanco Arena April 29 1 2–3 OT 2 April 30 1 4–1 1 May 5 2 5–3 2 May 7 2 2–3 1 May 8 2 0–4 1 May 10 1 6–1 1 May 11 1 Kalamazoo wins series 4–2 Western Conference (1) Alaska Aces vs. (7) Victoria Salmon Kings Alaska Aces Victoria Salmon Kings Sullivan Arena Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre April 27 1 2–1 1 April 28 1 4–3 OT 1 April 30 2 2–6 1 May 2 2 2–3 1 Alaska wins series 4–0 Kelly Cup Finals (1) Alaska Aces vs. (3) Kalamazoo Wings Alaska Aces Kalamazoo Wings Sullivan Arena Wings Stadium May 14 1 5–0 1 May 15 1 3–2 1 May 18 2 4–1 2 May 20 2 5–7 1 May 21 2 3–5 1 Alaska wins Kelly Cup 4-1 Statistical leaders Skaters These are the top ten skaters based on points. Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM Trent Daavettila Kalamazoo Wings 18 6 22 28 7 8 Sam Ftorek Kalamazoo Wings 19 7 14 21 0 10 Andrew Fournier Kalamazoo Wings 19 6 14 20 6 8 Scott Howes Alaska Aces 12 7 12 19 11 6 Aaron Clarke Kalamazoo Wings 19 6 10 16 -1 10 Kory Karlander Kalamazoo Wings 19 7 8 15 3 16 Paul Crowder Wheeling Nailers 17 4 11 15 0 16 Justin Taylor Kalamazoo Wings 19 9 5 14 -1 18 Dean Strong Kalamazoo Wings 15 7 7 14 -2 8 Joey Haddad Wheeling Nailers 17 7 7 14 -5 38 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; Yellow shade = team still in playoffs All statistics as of: 18:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC) Goaltending These are the top five goaltenders based on both goals against average and save percentage with at least one game played (Note: list is sorted by goals against average). Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI Michael Ouzas Las Vegas Wranglers 5 2 3 153 8 1.25 .948 1 384 Chris Beckford-Tseu Greenville Road Warriors 4 2 2 87 7 1.59 .920 1 264 Gerald Coleman Alaska Aces 12 11 1 338 21 1.73 .938 3 729 Jerry Kuhn Idaho Steelheads 9 3 6 300 19 1.83 .937 0 624 Marco Cousineau Elmira Jackals 4 1 3 129 8 1.91 .938 0 251 GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); Yellow shade = team still in playoffs All statistics as of: 18:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC) References See also 2010–11 ECHL season List of ECHL seasons 2010 Kelly Cup playoffs 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs Kelly Cup Playoffs 2011 Category:Kelly Cup playoffs Category:2010–11 ECHL season