2011–12 ECHL season
| 2011–12 ECHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | ECHL |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 4, 2011 – March 31, 2012 |
| Total attendance | 3,082,764 (total) 4,282 (average) |
| Regular season | |
| Brabham Cup | Alaska Aces |
| Season MVP | Chad Costello |
| Top scorer | Dustin Gazley |
| Playoffs | |
| Eastern champions | Florida Everblades |
| Eastern runners-up | Kalamazoo Wings |
| Western champions | Las Vegas Wranglers |
| Western runners-up | Alaska Aces |
| Playoffs MVP | John Muse |
| Kelly Cup | |
| Champions | Florida Everblades |
| Runners-up | Las Vegas Wranglers |
The 2011–12 ECHL season was the 24th season of the ECHL. The regular season schedule ran from October 4, 2011 to March 31, 2012 and was followed by the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs beginning on April 2, 2012.
Following the loss of the Victoria Salmon Kings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league welcomed as its 19th and 20th teams, the Chicago Express, who played home games at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois and the Colorado Eagles, who moved to the ECHL from the Central Hockey League and played home games at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado. Chicago played in the North Division of the Eastern Conference and Colorado played in the Mountain Division of the Western Conference.
On July 6, 2011 the New Jersey Devils announced that the Trenton Devils were suspending operations immediately, citing a desire to restructure their player development system to more closely mirror those of other NHL franchises. New Jersey was the only NHL team to wholly own its ECHL affiliate. Trenton had failed to qualify for the playoffs for three out of the previous four seasons and had regularly posted league-low attendance numbers. Prior to folding, the team lost $1.5 million during the 2010–11 ECHL season. Later on July 27, an announcement was made that a Trenton franchise would re-enter the ECHL for the 2011–12 season as the Trenton Titans, with a press conference officially announcing the team occurring on July 28. The ECHL Board of Governors announced on July 28 that the Titans' membership application had been approved. The team took over the Trenton Devils' place in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division and played according to the Devils' original schedule for the 2011–12 season.
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