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The ECHL reached its largest size to date (31 teams) that season before being reduced to 28 teams for the 2004–05 season. The ECHL has attempted to be more tech-friendly to its fans.
Defunct teams arenas: Team (years in ECHL) Arena Years used Capacity Opened City Arkansas RiverBlades (1999–2003) Alltel Arena: 1999–2003 17,000 1999 N. Little Rock, Arkansas: Augusta Lynx (1998–2008) Raleigh IceCaps (1991–1998) James Brown Arena Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center (1974–2006) 1998–2008 9,167 1974 Augusta, Georgia ...
Note: "ECHL", formerly an abbreviation for "East Coast Hockey League", is now used as the name identifying the league (i.e. it is no longer an abbreviation; see ECHL). Subcategories This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.
The 2023–24 ECHL season was the 36th season of the ECHL. The regular season began on October 19, 2023, and ended on April 14, 2024, with the 2024 Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. Twenty-eight teams, all of which are affiliated with an NHL team, in 20 states and two Canadian provinces are scheduled to play 72 games. [1]
Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) (2008) - multinational professional league with teams from Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, and Russia; teams from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, Slovakia, and Ukraine have previously participated; Supreme Hockey League – multinational league with teams from China, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan
The Colorado Eagles ownership left the ECHL, bought an expansion franchise and joined the American Hockey League as the affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche to bring the AHL up to 31 teams to match the size of the National Hockey League to continue the one-to-one NHL/AHL affiliations. [3] [4]
The Cincinnati Cyclones are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.The team is a member of the ECHL.Originally established in 1990, the team first played their games in the Cincinnati Gardens and now play at Heritage Bank Center.
The Steelheads play in the Mountain Division of the ECHL's Western Conference since the 2016–17 season. In 1996, the Steelheads were announced as a 1997–98 expansion team by Diamond Sports Management, headed by Cord Pereira, as a member of the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL). The Steelheads and the rest of the WCHL joined the ECHL in 2003.