2014–15 ECHL season
| 2014–15 ECHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | ECHL |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 17, 2014 – April 11, 2015 |
| Regular season | |
| Brabham Cup | Toledo Walleye |
| Season MVP | Jeff Jakaitis (South Carolina) |
| Top scorer | Chad Costello (Allen) |
| Playoffs | |
| Eastern champions | South Carolina Stingrays |
| Eastern runners-up | Toledo Walleye |
| Western champions | Allen Americans |
| Western runners-up | Ontario Reign |
| Playoffs MVP | Greger Hanson |
| Kelly Cup | |
| Champions | Allen Americans |
| Runners-up | South Carolina Stingrays |
The 2014–15 ECHL season was the 27th season of the ECHL. The regular season schedule ran from October 17, 2014, to April 11, 2015, with the Kelly Cup playoffs following. Twenty-eight teams in 20 states and one Canadian province each played a 72-game schedule. The league was significantly expanded just before the season in October 2014 after a merger with its longtime rival, the Central Hockey League.
The annual ECHL Board of Governors meeting was held at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in June 2014. Conferences were significantly re-aligned in light of recent team changes. In the Eastern Conference, the three-team Atlantic Division was eliminated while the Mountain Division in the Western Conference was eliminated to make way for a new Midwest Division. The Evansville IceMen, Fort Wayne Komets and Kalamazoo Wings were moved to the Western Conference to compete in the Midwest Division with the Colorado Eagles and expansion Indy Fuel. This was significantly revised after the CHL merger in October 2014, with the newly created Midwest Division eliminated in favor of a Central Division consisting of the former CHL teams. Along with Indy, Evansville, Fort Wayne and Kalamazoo were moved back to the Eastern Conference.
The ECHL Board of Governors also re-elected Gwinnett Gladiators president Steve Chapman as chairman and approved changes to the icing rule similar to those previously implemented by the National Hockey League.
The annual ECHL All-Star Classic was held on January 21, 2015, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. The format for the 2015 All-star Game featured the Orlando Solar Bears taking on the ECHL All-stars. The ECHL All-stars won the game with a score of 8-4 and the game had the largest ECHL all-star game attendance since 2000.
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