2009-10 ECHL season
| 2009–10 ECHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | ECHL |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 15, 2009 – April 3, 2010 |
| Regular season | |
| Brabham Cup | Idaho Steelheads |
| Season MVP | Tyler Donati (Elmira Jackals) |
| Top scorer | Tyler Donati (Elmira Jackals) |
| Playoffs | |
| American champions | Cincinnati Cyclones |
| American runners-up | Reading Royals |
| National champions | Idaho Steelheads |
| National runners-up | |
| Playoffs MVP | Robert Mayer and Jeremy Smith |
| Kelly Cup | |
| Champions | Cincinnati Cyclones |
| Runners-up | Idaho Steelheads |
The 2009–10 ECHL season was the 22nd season of the ECHL. It ran from October, 2009 until April, 2010, followed by the Kelly Cup playoffs which lasted until May 21, 2010 as the Cincinnati Cyclones won their second Kelly Cup championship in three years by defeating the Idaho Steelheads in five games. The league welcomed two franchises to the league for the 2009–10 season with the return of the Toledo Storm as the Toledo Walleye, who will play in the Lucas County Arena in Toledo, Ohio, after a two-year suspension of the franchise to allow for the construction of their new arena, and the admission of the Kalamazoo Wings as an expansion franchise who will play in Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The ECHL held its annual All-Star Game and Skills Challenge on January 19–20 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, home of the Ontario Reign.
Following the league's Mid-Season Board of Governors Meeting on March 27, 2009, the league announced that two teams had been granted one-year extensions to voluntary suspensions because of arena issues, two teams would suspend operations for the season and that one team would cease operations following the conclusion of the 2008–09 ECHL season.
The current economic crisis has forced the ECHL to allow one-year extensions on voluntary suspensions for two teams in South Carolina, one in Columbia and one in Myrtle Beach. Both franchises await approvals for their new arenas in Irmo and Conway, respectively, as neither arena has begun construction.
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