2016 Kelly Cup playoffs

2016 Kelly Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Dates	April 13–June 9, 2016
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Allen Americans
Runner-up	Wheeling Nailers
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Chad Costello (Allen) (36 points)
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The 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL started April 13, 2016, following the conclusion of the 2015–16 ECHL regular season. The championship was won on June 9 by the Allen Americans.

Playoff format

At the end of the regular season the top team in each division qualified for the 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs and are seeded either 1, 2, or 3 based on highest point total earned in the season. Then the five non-division winning teams with the highest point totals in each conference qualified for the playoffs and are seeded 4 through 8. The Kelly Cup final pits the Eastern Conference champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.^[1]

Playoff seeds

After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Missouri Mavericks were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record in the ECHL. The Toledo Walleye earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

Eastern Conference

Toledo Walleye – North Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, 99 pts
South Carolina Stingrays – South Division champions, 98 pts
Manchester Monarchs – East Division champions, 87 pts
Florida Everblades – 95 pts
Wheeling Nailers – 83 pts
Adirondack Thunder – 82 pts
Kalamazoo Wings – 82 pts
Reading Royals – 82 pts

Western Conference

Missouri Mavericks – Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Brabham Cup winners, 109 pts
Fort Wayne Komets – Midwest Division champions, 89 pts
Colorado Eagles – West Division champions, 86 pts
Allen Americans – 89 pts
Idaho Steelheads – 86 pts
Utah Grizzlies – 84 pts
Cincinnati Cyclones – 81 pts
Quad City Mallards – 80 pts

Playoff Brackets

Conference quarterfinals

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

Kelly Cup finals

E1

Toledo Walleye

3

E8

Reading Royals

4

E8

Reading

3

E5

Wheeling

4

E4

Florida Everblades

2

E5

Wheeling Nailers

4

E5

Wheeling

4

Eastern Conference

E2

South Carolina

3

E2

South Carolina Stingrays

4

E7

Kalamazoo Wings

1

E2

South Carolina

4

E6

Adirondack

3

E3

Manchester Monarchs

1

E6

Adirondack Thunder

4

E5

Wheeling

2

W4

Allen

4

W1

Missouri Mavericks

4

W8

Quad City Mallards

0

W1

Missouri

2

W4

Allen

4

W4

Allen Americans

4

W5

Idaho Steelheads

3

W4

Allen

4

Western Conference

W2

Fort Wayne

1

W2

Fort Wayne Komets

4

W7

Cincinnati Cyclones

3

W2

Fort Wayne

4

W6

Utah

0

W3

Colorado Eagles

2

W6

Utah Grizzlies

4

Conference Quarterfinals

Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(1) Toledo Walleye vs. (8) Reading Royals

April 15	Toledo Walleye		3–4	Reading Royals	Huntington Center	Recap
Evan Rankin (1) 15:12		First period		Kevin Sundher (1) 9:09 PP Austin Farley (1) 12:43 Brandon Alderson (1) 19:57 PP
Tylor Spink (1) 12:35 PP		Second period		No scoring
Kyle Bonis (1) 3:49		Third period		Cam Reid (1) 14:55
Jeff Lerg 34 shots / 30 saves		Goalie stats		Martin Ouellette 24 shots / 21 saves

April 16	Toledo Walleye		4–3	Reading Royals	Huntington Center	Recap
Kyle Bonis (2) 6:48 PP A. J. Jenks (1) 9:22 SH Evan Rankin (2) 11:41 Joel Chouinard (1) 15:02		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Justin Crandall (1) 0:41 Mike Marcou (1) 9:30 Brandon Alderson (2) 17:47
Jake Paterson 26 shots / 23 saves		Goalie stats		Martin Ouellette 6 shots / 3 saves Adam Morrison 15 shots / 14 saves

April 19	Reading Royals		4–2	Toledo Walleye	Santander Arena	Recap
Maxim Lamarche (1) 18:31		First period		No scoring
Yannick Tifu (1) 12:41		Second period		Tylor Spink (2) 11:24
Ian Watters (1) 7:53 Joe Rehkamp (1) 19:30 EN		Third period		Kyle Bonis (3) 17:56
Martin Ouellette 35 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats		Jeff Lerg 36 shots / 33 saves

April 20	Reading Royals		1–3	Toledo Walleye	Santander Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		A. J. Jenks (2) 2:39
Brandon Alderson (3) 17:13		Second period		A. J. Jenks (3) 0:39 PP
No scoring		Third period		Shane Berschbach (1) 19:07 EN
Adam Morrison 24 shots / 22 saves		Goalie stats		Jake Paterson 26 shots / 25 saves

April 22	Toledo Walleye		3–5	Reading Royals	Huntington Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Cam Reid (2) 6:49 Mike Marcou (2) 9:43 PP
Shane Berschbach (2) 4:02 PP Kyle Bonis (4) 9:57 PP Kyle Bonis (5) 18:51		Second period		Brandon Alderson (4) 10:25 Brandon Alderson (5) 12:17
No scoring		Third period		Brandon Alderson (6) 6:30 PP
Jake Paterson 11 shots / 7 saves Jeff Lerg 9 shots / 8 saves		Goalie stats		Martin Ouellette 37 shots / 34 saves

April 24	Reading Royals		1–3	Toledo Walleye	Santander Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Dominic Zombo (1) 9:19
Cam Reid (3) 19:42 PP		Second period		A. J. Jenks (4) 16:14
No scoring		Third period		A. J. Jenks (5) 18:38 EN
Martin Ouellette 14 shots / 12 saves		Goalie stats		Jeff Lerg 34 shots / 33 saves

April 26	Toledo Walleye		1–4	Reading Royals	Huntington Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Kevin Goumas (1) 8:06
No scoring		Second period		Nikita Kashirsky (1) 1:15 Kevin Goumas (2) 6:28
Matt Caito (1) 1:27		Third period		Kevin Goumas (3) 11:03
Jeff Lerg 20 shots / 16 saves		Goalie stats		Martin Ouellette 38 shots / 37 saves

Reading wins series 4–3

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (7) Kalamazoo Wings

April 15	Kalamazoo Wings		1–4	South Carolina Stingrays	Wings Event Center	Recap
Ludwig Blomstrand (1) 9:25 PP		First period		Kelly Zajac (1) 10:56
No scoring		Second period		Caleb Herbert (1) 10:16 Derek DeBlois (1) 11:04
No scoring		Third period		Austin Fyten (1) 5:05
Joel Martin 40 shots / 36 saves		Goalie stats		Mark Dekanich 23 shots / 22 saves

April 16	Kalamazoo Wings		2–5	South Carolina Stingrays	Wings Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Joe Devin (1) 12:53
Tanner Sorenson (1) 11:27 Sacha Guimond (1) 12:33		Second period		Caleb Herbert (2) 3:45 Wade Epp (1) 6:30
No scoring		Third period		Brett Cameron (1) 3:03 Brett Cameron (2) 6:35
Joel Martin 34 shots / 29 saves		Goalie stats		Mark Dekanich 22 shots / 20 save

April 18	Kalamazoo Wings		5–3	South Carolina Stingrays	Wings Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Nick Jones (1) 6:47 PP
Justin Kovacs (1) 1:01 PP Zack Phillips (1) 6:03 Alex Mallet (1) 14:40 PP		Second period		Brett Cameron (3) 11:06
Justin Kovacs (2) 11:31 Zack Phillips (2) 19:34 EN		Third period		Joe Devin (2) 16:59
Joel Martin 41 shots / 38 saves		Goalie stats		Mark Dekanich 21 shots / 17 saves

April 21	South Carolina Stingrays		3–2	Kalamazoo Wings	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Caleb Herbert (3) 10:35		First period		Ludwig Blomstrand (2) 19:08
Joe Devin (3) 3:48		Second period		No scoring
Joe Devin (4) 19:20 PP		Third period		Justin Taylor (1) 0:45 SH
Vitek Vanecek 29 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats		Joel Martin 46 shots / 43 saves

April 23	South Carolina Stingrays		5–1	Kalamazoo Wings	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Nick Jones (2) 10:13 Joe Devin (5) 10:54 PP Stephan Vigier (1) 12:28		Second period		Brett Ponich (1) 15:54
Austin Fyten (2) 15:07 Joey Leach (1) 18:30 EN		Third period		No scoring
Vitek Vanecek 24 shots / 23 saves		Goalie stats		Joel Martin 27 shots / 23 saves

South Carolina wins series 4–1

(3) Manchester Monarchs vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder

April 13	Manchester Monarchs		2–3	Adirondack Thunder	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Michael Kirkpatrick (1) 0:43
No scoring		Second period		Greg Wolfe (1) 17:43 PP
Mark Anthoine (1) 4:52 Zac Larraza (1) 5:23		Third period		Greg Wolfe (2) 18:27
Doug Carr 25 shots / 22 saves		Goalie stats		Ken Appleby 27 shots / 25 saves

April 15	Manchester Monarchs		3–4	OT	Adirondack Thunder	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Maxim Kitsyn (1) 1:02		First period			Michael Kirkpatrick (2) 12:47 Mitchell Heard (1) 15:23
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Zac Larraza (2) 8:52 Troy Power (1) 10:05		Third period			Greg Wolfe (3) 14:11
No scoring		First overtime period			Pete MacArthur (1) 9:40
Doug Carr 31 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats			Ken Appleby 26 shots / 23 saves

April 16	Adirondack Thunder		4–2	Manchester Monarchs	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
Mitchell Heard (2) 0:40 Mitchell Heard (3) 13:59		First period		Maxim Kitsyn (2) 9:51
Ryan Lomberg (1) 12:44 PP		Second period		No scoring
Greg Wolfe (4) 19:45 EN		Third period		Matt Fornataro (1) 10:31 PP
Ken Appelby 32 shots / 30 saves		Goalie stats		Colin Stevens 22 shots / 19 saves

April 18	Adirondack Thunder		1–2	Manchester Monarchs	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Ryan Lomberg (2) 19:43 PP		Second period		Matt Leitner (1) 16:36 PP
No scoring		Third period		Darik Angeli (1) 11:00
Ken Appleby 36 shots / 34 saves		Goalie stats		Doug Carr 30 shots / 29 saves

April 20	Manchester Monarchs		0–3	Adirondack Thunder	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Peter MacArthur (2) 6:30 Ryan Constant (1) 13:59 PP
No scoring		Second period		Dana Fraser (1) 11:32
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Doug Carr 24 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats		Ken Appleby 33 shots / 33 saves

Adirondack wins series 4–1

(4) Florida Everblades vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers

April 15	Florida Everblades		3–6	Wheeling Nailers	Germain Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		John McCarron (1) 9:23 Andrew Ammon (1) 10:46 Cody Wydo (1) 16:46 Mathew Maione (1) 19:21 PP
Matt Marquardt (1) 4:44 Ryan Martindale (1) 12:17		Second period		Mathew Maione (2) 18:47
Gabriel Desjardins (1) 14:36		Third period		John McCarron (2) 5:26
Anthony Peters 10 shots / 6 saves Rasmus Tirronen 23 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats		Franky Palazzese 28 shots / 25 saves

April 16	Florida Everblades		4–1	Wheeling Nailers	Germain Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Ryan Martindale (2) 3:58 PP Matt Willows (1) 6:49 Jon DiSalvatore (1) 10:55		Second period		Anton Zlobin (1) 15:20 PP
Matt Marquardt (2) 18:12 PP		Third period		No scoring
Anthony Peters 21 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats		Franky Palazzese 39 shots / 35 saves

April 20	Wheeling Nailers		3–6	Florida Everblades	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Jordan Kwas (1) 12:37		First period		Danny New (1) 14:27 PP
No scoring		Second period		Brenden O'Donnell (1) 1:24 PP Kevin Lynch (1) 6:15 PP Kevin Lynch (2) 14:13 SH
Riley Brace (1) 3:36 Cody Wydo (2) 14:55		Third period		Brenden O'Donnell (2) 11:20 Gabriel Desjardins (2) 19:20 EN
Franky Palazzese 11 shots / 8 saves Brian Foster 14 shots / 12 saves		Goalie stats		Anthony Peters 39 shots / 36 saves

April 22	Wheeling Nailers		5–4	Florida Everblades	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Brenden O'Donnell (3) 7:45
John McCarron (3) 12:04 PP Ty Loney (1) 14:02		Second period		Ryan Martindale (3) 2:39 Matt Willows (2) 2:52 Danny New (2) 15:04
John McCarron (4) 0:29 SH Cody Wydo (3) 1:48 Riley Brace (2) 7:38		Third period		No scoring
Brian Foster 29 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats		Anthony Peters 31 shots / 26 saves

April 23	Wheeling Nailers		4–3	Florida Everblades	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Ty Loney (2) 4:47 Mathew Maione (3) 7:56 Riley Brace (3) 12:52 PP		First period		No scoring
Mathew Maione (4) 2:01		Second period		Matt Marquardt (3) 12:00 PP
No scoring		Third period		Jon DiSalvatore (2) 6:53 SH Ethan Werek (1) 13:03
Brian Foster 29 shots / 26 saves		Goalie stats		Anthony Peters 15 shots / 11 saves Rasmus Tirronen 14 shots / 14 saves

April 25	Florida Everblades		1–2	Wheeling Nailers	Germain Arena	Recap
Mike Cornell (1) 17:34		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Ty Loney (3) 16:22
No scoring		Third period		Shane Bakker (1) 10:40
Rasmus Tirronen 22 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats		Brian Foster 44 shots / 43 saves

Wheeling wins series 4–2

Western Conference

(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (8) Quad City Mallards

April 16	Missouri Mavericks		6–3	Quad City Mallards	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
Andrew Courtney (1) 9:24 Tyler Barnes (1) 14:16 PP		First period		Matt Carey (1) 1:49 Matt Carey (2) 16:47 PP
Andrew Courtney (2) 3:39 PP Zach Tolkinen (1) 16:42		Second period		Jordan Knackstedt (1) 0:15 PP
Chris Owens (1) 18:25 EN/SH Josh Holmstrom (1) 19:51 EN		Third period		No scoring
Josh Robinson 41 shots / 38 saves		Goalie stats		Brody Hoffman 27 shots / 23 saves

April 17	Missouri Mavericks		2–1	Quad City Mallards	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
Reed Seckel (1) 10:52		First period		No scoring
Josh Holmstrom (2) 9:45		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Sam Warning (1) 5:56
Parker Milner 29 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats		Brody Hoffman 23 shots / 21 saves

April 20	Quad City Mallards		2–4	Missouri Mavericks	iWireless Center	Recap
Matt Neal (1) 4:05 SH		First period		Bryce Aneloski (1) 7:15
Olivier Archambault (1) 5:38		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Tyler Barnes (2) 0:47 David de Kastrozza (1) 15:33 SH Reed Seckel (2) 17:11 PS
Brody Hoffman 36 shots / 32 saves		Goalie stats		Josh Robinson 24 shots / 22 saves

April 22	Quad City Mallards		1–4	Missouri Mavericks	iWireless Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Bryce Aneloski (2) 7:35 PP
No scoring		Second period		Chris Owens (2) 9:14 Rocco Carzo 17:46 PP
Sam Warning (2) 7:54		Third period		Carter Verhaeghe (1) 11:54
P. J. Musico 30 shots / 26 saves		Goalie stats		Josh Robinson 25 shots / 24 saves

Missouri wins series 4–0

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (7) Cincinnati Cyclones

April 15	Fort Wayne Komets		2–3	Cincinnati Cyclones	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jack Downing (1) 19:03 PP
Troy Bourke (1) 10:03 Trevor Cheek (1) 15:36 PP		Second period		Tommy Mele (1) 13:54 SH Tommy Mele (2) 19:45
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Pat Nagle 23 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats		Brad Thiessen 35 shots / 33 saves

April 16	Fort Wayne Komets		2–3	Cincinnati Cyclones	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Garrett Thompson (1) 5:46		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Andrew Yogan (1) 8:45 SH Zach Budish (1) 17:04
Kyle Thomas (1) 14:10		Third period		Christiaan Minella (1) 19:27
Pat Nagle 20 shots / 17 saves		Goalie stats		Brad Thiessen 33 shots / 31 saves

April 20	Cincinnati Cyclones		0–8	Fort Wayne Komets	U.S. Bank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Alex Belzile (1) 1:12 Troy Bourke (2) 5:31 Kyle Thomas (2) 16:55 PP
No scoring		Second period		Alex Belzile (2) 5:14 SH Shawn Szydlowski (1) 9:57 PP Shawn Szydlowski (2) 13:02 Garrett Thompson (2) 16:01
No scoring		Third period		Paul Crowder (1) 5:35
Brad Thiessen 13 shots / 9 saves Brandon Whitney 16 shots / 12 saves		Goalie stats		Pat Nagle 21 shots / 21 saves

April 22	Cincinnati Cyclones		2–3	2OT	Fort Wayne Komets	U.S. Bank Arena	Recap
Jack Downing (2) 3:45		First period			No scoring
Christiaan Minella (2) 18:02		Second period			Troy Bourke (3) 19:52 PP
No scoring		Third period			Troy Bourke (4) 7:03 PP
No scoring		Second overtime period			Alex Belzile (3) 15:20
Brad Thiessen 56 shots / 53 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 31 shots / 29 saves

April 23	Cincinnati Cyclones		5–4	2OT	Fort Wayne Komets	U.S. Bank Arena	Recap
Branden Gracel (1) 3:42 Steve Weinstein (1) 12:53		First period			Garrett Thompson (3) 0:39
Andrew Blazek (1) 8:08		Second period			Shawn Szydlowski (3) 0:59 Brett Perlini (1) 10:14 PP
Andrew Blazek (2) 7:40		Third period			Garrett Thompson (4) 17:18 PP
Jonathan Diaby (1) 9:26		Second overtime period			No scoring
Brad Thiessen 45 shots / 41 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 40 shots / 35 saves

April 25	Fort Wayne Komets		2–1	OT	Cincinnati Cyclones	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Alex Belzile (4) 1:02 PP		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Andrew Yogan (2) 9:55
Garrett Thompson (5) 5:30 PP		First overtime period			No scoring
Pat Nagle 24 shots / 23 saves		Goalie stats			Brad Thiessen 41 shots / 39 saves

April 27	Fort Wayne Komets		2–0	Cincinnati Cyclones	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Jamie Schaafsma (1) 4:26 Jamie Schaafsma (2) 13:38		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Pat Nagle 33 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats		Brad Thiessen 35 shots / 33 saves

Fort Wayne wins series 4–3

(3) Colorado Eagles vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies

April 14	Colorado Eagles		2–3	Utah Grizzlies	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
Kyle Kraemer (1) 3:59		First period		Barry Almeida (1) 11:09
Kyle Kraemer (2) 14:59 PP		Second period		Bryan Moore (1) 5:52 Matt Berry (1) 7:58 PP
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Clarke Saunders 22 shots / 19 saves		Goalie stats		Mark Owuya 24 shots / 22 saves

April 17	Colorado Eagles		5–4	3OT	Utah Grizzlies	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
Jake Marto (1) 11:33 PP Collin Bowman (1) 12:03 Everett Sheen (1) 13:03		First period			T. J. Syner (1) 7:53
No scoring		Second period			Connor Hardowa (1) 4:58
Darryl Bootland (1) 3:54		Third period			Ryan Hayes (1) 0:40 Charles Sarault (1) 7:18
Darryl Bootland (2) 2:31		Third overtime period			No scoring
Kris Lazaruk 44 shots / 40 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Owuya 5 shots / 2 saves Ryan Faragher 35 shots / 33 saves

April 21	Utah Grizzlies		3–2	Colorado Eagles	Maverik Center	Recap
Eric Knodel (1) 16:20		First period		No scoring
Marc Cantin (1) 2:40 SH		Second period		Kyle Ostrow (1) 15:18 PP
Erik Higby (1) 1:05		Third period		Kyle Kraemer (3) 5:40
Ryan Faragher 19 shots / 17 saves		Goalie stats		Clarke Saunders 31 shots / 28 saves

April 23	Utah Grizzlies		7–2	Colorado Eagles	Maverik Center	Recap
Phil Pietroniro (1) 2:55 PP		First period		Everett Sheen (2) 17:19
Charles Sarault (2) 2:51 Ryan Hayes (2) 17:54		Second period		Trent Daavettila (1) 13:43 PP
C. J. Eick (1) 1:38 Charles Sarault (3) 3:59 PP Alex Krushelnyski (1) 11:47 Charles Sarault (4) 15:20 PP		Third period		No scoring
Ryan Faragher 35 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats		Kris Lazaruk 31 shots / 24 saves

April 24	Utah Grizzlies		2–5	Colorado Eagles	Maverik Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Jon Puskar (1) 4:07 PP Matt Berry (2) 7:25		Second period		Jesse Mychan (1) 17:26 Collin Bowman (2) 18:39 PP Jesse Mychan (2) 19:26
No scoring		Third period		Trent Daavettila (2) 6:36 Trent Daavettila (3) 19:53 EN
Ryan Faragher 37 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats		Clarke Saunders 34 shots / 32 saves

April 26	Colorado Eagles		2–7	Utah Grizzlies	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
Trent Daavettila (4) 5:37		First period		Bryan Moore (2) 3:54 Barry Almeida (2) 7:56 Marc Cantin (ice hockey)Marc Cantin (2) 19:15
Everett Sheen (3) 7:05 PP		Second period		Alex Krushelnyski (2) 11:52
No scoring		Third period		Charles Sarault (5) 1:05 Matt Berry (3) 13:45 EN Charles Sarault (6) 17:21 EN
Clarke Saunders 16 shots / 11 saves		Goalie stats		Ryan Faragher 29 shots / 27 saves

Utah wins series 4–2

(4) Allen Americans vs. (5) Idaho Steelheads

April 14	Allen Americans		1–3	Idaho Steelheads	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (1) 13:07
Gary Steffes (1) 17:25		Second period		Shawn Boutin (1) 3:11
No scoring		Third period		Joe Basaraba (1) 3:49 PP
Jake Hildebrand 24 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats		Philippe Desrosiers 37 shots / 36 saves

April 16	Allen Americans		3–1	Idaho Steelheads	Allen Event Center	Recap
Gary Steffes (2) 17:54		First period		No scoring
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (1) 3:31 PP		Second period		Rob Linsmayer (1) 15:33
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (2) 7:32		Third period		No scoring
Riley Gill 22 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats		Philippe Desrosiers 34 shots / 31 saves

April 20	Idaho Steelheads		1–3	Allen Americans	CenturyLink Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Greger Hanson (1) 4:44 David Makowski (1) 16:59 PP
Tommy Fallen (1) 4:28 PP		Second period		Matt Register (1) 11:44 PP
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Philippe Desrosiers 30 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats		Riley Gill 38 shots / 37 saves

April 22	Idaho Steelheads		3–1	Allen Americans	CenturyLink Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Kyle Jean (1) 0:50 SH		Second period		Tristan King (1) 16:53
Joe Basaraba (2) 1:11 Kyle Jean (2) 18:35 EN		Third period		No scoring
Philippe Desrosiers 30 shots / 29 saves		Goalie stats		Riley Gill 28 shots / 26 saves

April 23	Idaho Steelheads		7–1	Allen Americans	CenturyLink Arena	Recap
Kruise Reddick (1) 2:31 Taylor Peters (1) 4:15 Radoslav Illo (1) 6:36 Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (2) 18:50 SH		First period		No scoring
Carson McMillan (1) 14:22 PP		Second period		Greger Hanson (2) 18:15 PP
Andre Bouvet-Morrissette (3) 7:35 PP Joe Basaraba (3) 9:46 PP		Third period		No scoring
Philippe Desrosiers 21 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats		Riley Gill 3 shots / 1 save Jake Hildebrand 26 shots / 21 saves

April 26	Allen Americans		4–2	Idaho Steelheads	Allen Event Center	Recap
Tristan King (2) 14:12		First period		Tommy Fallen (2) 12:57
Eric Roy (1) 0:33 PP Matt Register (2) 2:12 Greger Hanson (3) 9:24 PP		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Rob Linsmayer (2) 6:08
Riley Gill 32 shots / 30 saves		Goalie stats		Philippe Desrosiers 14 shots / 10 saves Branden Komm 13 shots / 13 saves

April 27	Allen Americans		3–2	OT	Idaho Steelheads	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Chad Costello (1) 6:14		Second period			Kruise Reddick (2) 5:45 Andrew Carroll (1) 8:27
David Makowski (2) 7:06 PP		Third period			No scoring
Tristan King (3) 3:28		First overtime period			No scoring
Riley Gill 26 shots / 24 saves		Goalie stats			Philippe Desrosiers 42 shots / 39 saves

Allen wins series 4–3

Conference Semifinals

Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder

April 29	South Carolina Stingrays		4–5	Adirondack Thunder	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Joey Leach (2) 13:37		First period		Peter MacArthur (3) 0:23 Ben Johnson (1) 3:48 SH Mathieu Brodeur (1) 16:13 PP
Caleb Herbert (4) 8:39		Second period		Greg Wolfe (5) 10:31 Dana Fraser (2) 18:05
Derek DeBlois (2) 6:01 PP Derek DeBlois (3) 14:12		Third period		No scoring
Vitek Vanecek 8 shots / 5 saves Mark Dekanich 8 shots / 6 saves		Goalie stats		Ken Appleby 27 shots / 23 saves

April 30	South Carolina Stingrays		1–0	Adirondack Thunder	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Austin Fyten (3) 12:24		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mark Dekanich 21 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats		Ken Appleby 30 shots / 29 saves

May 3	Adirondack Thunder		3–1	South Carolina Stingrays	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
Mitchell Heard (4) 13:30 PP		First period		Caleb Herbert (5) 3:50
Ryan Lomberg (3) 14:09		Second period		No scoring
Gunnar Hughes (1) 19:45 EN		Third period		No scoring
Ken Appleby 29 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats		Mark Dekanich 26 shots / 24 saves

May 5	Adirondack Thunder		0–6	South Carolina Stingrays	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Caleb Herbert (6) 1:00 Kelly Zajac (2) 14:41 PP
No scoring		Second period		Joe Devin (6) 1:21 SH Colton Saucerman (1) 12:35 PP Stephan Vigier (2) 17:30 PP
No scoring		Third period		Joe Devin (7) 2:18
Ken Appleby 17 shots / 12 saves Drew Fielding 5 shots / 4 saves		Goalie stats		Mark Dekanich 30 shots / 30 saves

May 7	Adirondack Thunder		3–2	OT	South Carolina Stingrays	Glens Falls Civic Center	Recap
Ben Johnson (2) 11:14 Greg Wolfe (6) 18:55		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Caleb Herbert (7) 11:01
No scoring		Third period			Spencer Humphries (1) 13:52
Gunnar Hughes (2) 11:21		First overtime period			No scoring
Ken Appleby 30 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats			Mark Dekanich 29 shots / 26 saves

May 10	South Carolina Stingrays		4–1	Adirondack Thunder	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Joe Devin (8) 6:37 Stephan Vigier (3) 12:45 PP		First period		Mathieu Brodeur (2) 19:48 PP
Austin Fyten (4) 9:25 PP Stephan Vigier (4) 14:57 PP		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mark Dekanich 19 shots / 18 saves		Goalie stats		Ken Appleby 30 shots / 26 saves

May 11	South Carolina Stingrays		3–2	2OT	Adirondack Thunder	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
David Pacan (1) 5:19		First period			Ben Johnson (3) 4:43
No scoring		Second period			Mitchell Heard (5) 19:14 PP
Brett Cameron (4) 9:51		Third period			No scoring
Joe Devin (9) 15:34		Second overtime period			No scoring
Mark Dekanich 20 shots / 18 saves Vitek Vanecek 8 shots / 8 saves		Goalie stats			Ken Appleby 46 shots / 43 saves

South Carolina wins series 4–3

(5) Wheeling Nailers vs. (8) Reading Royals

April 29	Wheeling Nailers		4–1	Reading Royals	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Cody Wydo (4) 16:34 PP		First period		No scoring
Mathew Maione (5) 2:18		Second period		Jesper Pettersson (1) 9:16 PP
Jordan Kwas (2) 5:58 Cody Wydo (5) 11:49		Third period		No scoring
Brian Foster 19 shots / 18 saves		Goalie stats		Martin Ouellette 34 shots / 30 saves

May 2	Wheeling Nailers		2–4	Reading Royals	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Kevin Goumas (4) 14:06
Matt Tabrum (1) 3:54 Clark Seymour (1) 10:57 PP		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Justin Crandall (2) 8:12 PP Brandon Alderson (7) 10:09 Ian Watters (2) 13:40
Brian Foster 38 shots / 34 saves		Goalie stats		Adam Morrison 31 shots / 29 saves

May 4	Reading Royals		4–1	Wheeling Nailers	Santander Arena	Recap
Mike Marcou (3) 18:48		First period		No scoring
Cam Reid (4) 6:48 Michael Pelech (1) 12:35		Second period		Shane Bakker (2) 0:56
Maxim Lamarche (2) 19:48		Third period		No scoring
Adam Morrison 38 shots / 37 saves		Goalie stats		Brian Foster 31 shots / 27 saves

May 5	Reading Royals		1–2	3OT	Wheeling Nailers	Santander Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Ty Loney (4) 4:20 PP
Brandon Alderson (8) 13:02		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Third overtime period			Cody Wydo (6) 4:22
Martin Ouellete 52 shots / 50 saves		Goalie stats			Franky Palazzese 43 shots / 42 saves

May 7	Reading Royals		3–1	Wheeling Nailers	Santander Arena	Recap
Cam Reid (5) 12:18		First period		No scoring
Justin Crandall (3) 12:47		Second period		Shane Bakker (3) 5:26 PP
Kevin Goumas (5) 18:51 EN		Third period		No scoring
Adam Morrison 30 shots / 29 saves		Goalie stats		Franky Palazzese 20 shots / 18 saves

May 9	Wheeling Nailers		8–3	Reading Royals	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Ty Loney (4) 5:53 Brett Stern (1) 16:55 PP		First period		Scott Tanski (1) 2:38
No scoring		Second period		Maxim Lamarche (3) 3:49 PP
John McCarron (5) 0:33 Jarrett Burton (1) 8:13 PP Clark Seymour (3) 10:50 Dan O'Donoghue (1) 14:45 Derek Army (1) 17:08 EN/PP Dan O'Donoghue (2) 17:40		Third period		Nikita Kashirsky (2) 18:13
Brian Foster 35 shots / 32 saves		Goalie stats		Adam Morrison 46 shots / 39 saves

May 11	Wheeling Nailers		4–3	OT	Reading Royals	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Adam Comrie (1) 18:16
Jordan Kwas (3) 11:26 Shane Bakker (4) 17:37		Second period			Austin Farley (2) 6:49
Derek Army (2) 9:13 PP		Third period			Yannick Tifu (2) 18:10
Riley Brace (4) 19:22		First overtime period			No scoring
Brian Foster 36 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats			Adam Morrison 55 shots / 51 saves

Wheeling wins series 4–3

Western Conference

(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (4) Allen Americans

April 29	Missouri Mavericks		0–2	Allen Americans	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Greger Hanson (4) 1:10
No scoring		Second period		Casey Pierro-Zabotel (3) 4:32 PP
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Josh Robinson 27 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats		Riley Gill 34 shots / 34 saves

April 30	Missouri Mavericks		5–2	Allen Americans	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
C. J. Ludwig (1) 1:28 Tyler Barnes (3) 6:11 PP Darren Nowick (2) 16:35 PP		First period		No scoring
Rocco Carzo (2) 7:06		Second period		No scoring
Tyler Barnes (4) 5:40 PP		Third period		Casey Pierro-Zabotel (4) 15:04 Chad Costello (2) 16:37 PP
Parker Milner 23 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats		Riley Gill 17 shots / 13 saves Joel Rumpel 3 shots / 2 saves

May 4	Allen Americans		5–1	Missouri Mavericks	Allen Event Center	Recap
Eric Roy (2) 0:31 Vincent Arseneau (1) 6:40		First period		No scoring
Greger Hanson (5) 13:59 PP		Second period		Josh Holmstrom (3) 7:46 SH
Spencer Asuchak (1) 15:40 Spencer Asuchak (2) 18:00 EN		Third period		No scoring
Riley Gill 26 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats		Parker Milner 35 shots / 31 saves

May 6	Allen Americans		4–2	Missouri Mavericks	Allen Event Center	Recap
Vincent Arseneau (2) 14:29		First period		No scoring
Gary Steffes (3) 14:29		Second period		No scoring
Spencer Asuchak (3) 13:16 Vincent Arseneau (3) 18:58 EN		Third period		Tyler Barnes (5) 0:11 PP Ross Johnston (1) 3:26
Riley Gill 37 shots / 35 saves		Goalie stats		Josh Robinson 27 shots /24 saves

May 8	Allen Americans		1–3	Missouri Mavericks	Allen Event Center	Recap
Greger Hanson (6) 4:33		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Carter Verhaeghe (2) 5:30 Rocco Carzo (3) 18:28 SH
No scoring		Third period		Ross Johnston (2) 9:50
Riley Gill 27 shots / 24 saves		Goalie stats		Josh Robinson 30 shots / 29 saves

May 10	Missouri Mavericks		1–5	Allen Americans	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	Recap
Ross Johnston (3) 16:04		First period		Chad Costello (3) 9:21 PP
No scoring		Second period		Casey Pierro-Zabotel (5) 4:27 PP
No scoring		Third period		Greger Hanson (7) 1:12 Greger Hanson (8) 17:24 EN Dyson Stevenson (1) 19:21 EN
Josh Robinson 28 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats		Riley Gill 33 shots / 32 saves

Allen wins series 4–2

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies

April 29	Fort Wayne Komets		6–4	Utah Grizzlies	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Cody Sol (1) 0:32 Mike Embach (1) 2:37 Troy Bourke (5) 3:23 Shawn Szydlowski (4) 18:47		First period		Ryan Hayes (3) 9:03
Kyle Thomas (3) 15:21 PP		Second period		T. J. Syner (2) 2:02 PP Matt Berry (4) 7:59 Barry Almeida (3) 9:24 PP
Trevor Cheek (2) 16:27 SH		Third period		No scoring
Pat Nagle 27 shots / 23 saves		Goalie stats		Ryan Faragher 6 shots / 3 saves Mark Owuya 21 shots / 18 saves

April 30	Fort Wayne Komets		5–3	Utah Grizzlies	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Brett Perlini (2) 0:22		First period		Barry Almeida (4) 19:59
Alex Belzile (5) 5:31		Second period		Barry Almeida (5) 4:10 PP
Alex Belzile (6) 5:57 Brett Perlini (3) 13:50 Shawn Szydlowski (5) 19:49 EN		Third period		Charles Sarault (7) 15:10 SH
Pat Nagle 31 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats		Mark Owuya 38 shots / 34 saves

May 4	Utah Grizzlies		1–3	Fort Wayne Komets	Maverik Center	Recap
Jon Puskar (2) 2:49		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Shawn Szydlowski (6) 1:50 Mike Embach (2) 5:21 PP Garrett Thompson (6) 18:30
Mark Owuya 31 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats		Pat Nagle 20 shots / 19 saves

May 6	Utah Grizzlies		3–5	Fort Wayne Komets	Maverik Center	Recap
Ryan Hayes (4) 7:43 PP		First period		Shawn Szydlowski (7) 4:21 Garrett Thompson (7) 18:33
Ryan Hayes (5) 11:14 PP		Second period		Trevor Cheek (3) 7:39 PP
Marc Cantin (3) 6:36		Third period		Garrett Thompson (8) 8:16 Shawn Szydlowski (8) 19:45 EN
Mark Owuya 29 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats		Pat Nagle 29 shots / 26 saves

Fort Wayne wins series 4–0

Conference Finals

Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers

May 13	South Carolina Stingrays		3–0	Wheeling Nailers	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Austin Fyten (5) 4:54 SH Jared Staal (1) 15:31		First period		No scoring
Bobby Shea (1) 0:49		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Vitek Vanecek 33 shots / 33 saves		Goalie stats		Brian Foster 29 shots / 26 saves

May 14	South Carolina Stingrays		3–4	2OT	Wheeling Nailers	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Austin Fyten (6) 19:13		First period			No scoring
Joe Devin (10) 16:35 Caleb Herbert (8) 17:36		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Clark Seymour (4) 14:04 Paul Cianfrini (1) 15:38 John McCarron (6) 18:48
No scoring		Second overtime period			Jarrett Burton (2) 5:03 PP
Vitek Vanecek 32 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats			Franky Palazzese 35 shots / 32 saves

May 18	Wheeling Nailers		2–1	South Carolina Stingrays	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Austin Fyten (7) 13:10
Jarrett Burton (3) 6:36 Derek Army (3) 13:34		Third period		No scoring
Franky Palazzese 19 shots / 18 saves		Goalie stats		Vitek Vanecek 31 shots / 29 saves

May 20	Wheeling Nailers		2–4	South Carolina Stingrays	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Riley Brace (5) 5:59		Second period		Caleb Herbert (9) 4:57
Ty Loney (5) 0:48		Third period		Marcus Perrier (1) 11:57 Brett Cameron (5) 15:09 PP David Pacan (2) 18:43 EN/SH
Franky Palazzese 24 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats		Vitek Vanecek 19 shots / 17 saves

May 21	Wheeling Nailers		1–3	South Carolina Stingrays	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Cody Wydo (7) 11:11 PP		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Colton Saucerman (2) 9:40 PP
No scoring		Third period		David Pacan (3) 12:43 Stephan Vigier (5) 18:59 EN
Brian Foster 37 shots / 35 saves		Goalie stats		Vitek Vanecek 28 shots / 27 saves

May 23	South Carolina Stingrays		3–4	OT	Wheeling Nailers	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
Kelly Zajac (3) 0:43 Stephan Vigier (6) 5:38		First period			Anton Zlobin (2) 10:12 PP
No scoring		Second period			John McCarron (7) 11:58
Caleb Herbert (10) 7:49		Third period			Anton Zlobin (3) 4:50 PP
No scoring		First overtime period			Jarrett Burton (4) 18:42
Vitek Vanecek 34 shots / 30 saves		Goalie stats			Brian Foster 34 shots / 31 saves

May 24	South Carolina Stingrays		2–5	Wheeling Nailers	North Charleston Coliseum	Recap
David Pacan (4) 3:29 Austin Fyten (8) 18:26 PP		First period		John McCarron (8) 2:21 Cody Wydo (8) 8:03
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Jarrett Burton (5) 0:24 Jordan Kwas (4) 1:09 Ty Loney (6) 5:03
Vitek Vanecek 32 shots / 27 saves		Goalie stats		Brian Foster 30 shots / 28 saves

Wheeling wins series 4–3

Western Conference

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (4) Allen Americans

May 13	Fort Wayne Komets		3–5	Allen Americans	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Trevor Cheek (4) 19:47		First period		Gary Steffes (4) 5:27 SH Greger Hanson (9) 9:03 PP Casey Pierro-Zabotel (6) 10:46 PP
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Trevor Cheek (5) 3:16 Troy Bourke (6) 13:28		Third period		Nikita Jevpalovs (1) 11:39 Vincent Arseneau (4) 19:24 EN
Pat Nagle 25 shots / 21 saves		Goalie stats		Riley Gill 26 shots / 23 saves

May 15	Fort Wayne Komets		2–3	OT	Allen Americans	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			Chad Costello (4) 8:50 PP
Garrett Meurs (1) 0:22 Troy Bourke (7) 8:41 PP		Second period			Vincent Arseneau (5) 19:30
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Gary Steffes (5) 0:56
Pat Nagle 23 shots / 20 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 9 shots / 8 saves Joel Rumpel 16 shots / 15 saves

May 19	Allen Americans		1–2	Fort Wayne Komets	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Mike Embach (3) 4:11
No scoring		Second period		Mike Embach (4) 19:18
Gary Steffes (6) 11:36		Third period		No scoring
Jake Hildebrand 37 shots / 35 saves		Goalie stats		Pat Nagle 28 shots / 27 saves

May 21	Allen Americans		6–5	OT	Fort Wayne Komets	Allen Event Center	Recap
David Makowski (3) 6:54		First period			Cody Sol (2) 19:46
Gary Steffes (7) 7:46 PP		Second period			Mike Embach (5) 0:45 Garrett Thompson (9) 3:15 PP Garrett Thompson (10) 9:18 Shawn Szydlowski (9) 11:17
Tristan King (4) 1:16 PP Greger Hanson (10) 4:49 PP David Makowski (4) 10:33		Third period			No scoring
J. P. LaFontaine (1) 3:46		First overtime period			No scoring
Riley Gill 19 shots / 14 saves Jake Hildebrand 17 shots / 17 saves		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle 30 shots / 24 saves

May 22	Allen Americans		6–4	Fort Wayne Komets	Allen Event Center	Recap
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (7) 14:25 David Makowski (5) 17:26 PP		First period		Cody Corbett (1) 6:30 PP Shawn Szydlowski (10) 10:31
Spencer Asuchak (4) 8:48 Vincent Arseneau (6) 9:33		Second period		No scoring
Eric Roy (3) 3:39 PP Greger Hanson (11) 19:47 EN		Third period		Jamie Schaafsma (3) 1:21 Garrett Meurs (2) 16:41
Jake Hildebrand 48 shots / 44 saves		Goalie stats		Spencer Martin 16 shots / 11 saves Pat Nagle 7 shots / 7 saves

Allen wins series 4–1

Kelly Cup Finals

Home team is listed first.

(West #4) Allen Americans vs. (East #5) Wheeling Nailers

May 28	Allen Americans		5–3	Wheeling Nailers	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Tristan King (5) 1:15 PP Tristan King (6) 12:10 Greger Hanson (12) 15:35 PP Spencer Asuchak (5) 19:03		Second period		Shane Bakker (5) 15:11 SH
Gary Steffes (8) 18:03		Third period		Anton Zlobin (4) 9:06 PP John McCarron (9) 10:29 PP
Jake Hildebrand 28 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats		Brian Foster 32 shots / 27 saves

May 29	Allen Americans		6–7	Wheeling Nailers	Allen Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Derek Army (4) 6:34 PP Clark Seymour (5) 14:30 Cody Wydo (9) 17:52 PP
Chad Costello (5) 15:16		Second period		Anton Zlobin (5) 6:03 PP Jarrett Burton (6) 9:43 Mathew Maione (6) 16:27 John McCarron (10) 18:55 EN/SH
Spencer Asuchak (6) 2:21 Aaron Gens (1) 4:20 Gary Steffes (9) 7:27 PP Casey Pierro-Zabotel (7) 8:51 Gary Steffes (10) 10:03		Third period		No scoring
Jake Hildebrand 9 shots / 6 saves Joel Rumpel 15 shots / 12 saves		Goalie stats		Brian Foster 29 shots / 23 saves Franky Palazzese 4 shots / 4 saves

June 1	Wheeling Nailers		3–2	Allen Americans	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Ty Loney (7) 3:18 Anton Zlobin (6) 13:46 PP		Second period		Gary Steffes (11) 4:01
James Melindy (1) 7:25		Third period		Greger Hanson (13) 4:22 PP
Franky Palazzese 30 shots / 28 saves		Goalie stats		Riley Gill 27 shots / 24 saves

June 3	Wheeling Nailers		2–4	Allen Americans	WesBanco Arena	Recap
Dan O'Donoghue (3) 19:44		First period		Gary Steffes (12) 16:02
Cody Wydo (10) 14:17		Second period		Nikita Javpalovs (2) 18:15
No scoring		Third period		Chad Costello (6) 3:38 Eric Roy (4) 19:26 EN
Franky Palazzese 28 shots / 25 saves		Goalie stats		Riley Gill 34 shots / 32 saves

June 4	Wheeling Nailers		2–3	OT	Allen Americans	WesBanco Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Jarrett Burton (7) 12:16		Second period			No scoring
Cody Wydo (11) 16:03 PP		Third period			Chad Costello (7) 3:33 Vincent Arseneau (8) 7:35
No scoring		First overtime period			Greger Hanson (14) 0:17
Franky Palazzese 16 shots / 13 saves		Goalie stats			Riley Gill 26 shots / 24 saves

June 9	Allen Americans		4–2	Wheeling Nailers	Allen Event Center	Recap
Tristan King (7) 4:44 PP Greger Hanson (15) 9:23 PP		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		John McCarron (11) 9:32
Eric Roy (5) 10:04 PP Gary Steffes (13) 19:28 EN		Third period		Cody Wydo (12) 12:54
Riley Gill 44 shots / 42 saves		Goalie stats		Brian Foster 27 shots / 24 saves

Allen wins series 4–2

Statistical leaders

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.^[2]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	/–	PIM
Chad Costello	Allen Americans	24	7	29	36	0	4
Riley Brace	Wheeling Nailers	26	5	22	27	-5	30
Greger Hanson	Allen Americans	23	15	8	23	-2	18
John McCarron	Wheeling Nailers	25	11	12	23	5	42
Mathew Maione	Wheeling Nailers	26	6	17	23	4	20
Cody Wydo	Wheeling Nailers	26	12	9	21	-2	12
Eric Roy	Allen Americans	23	5	16	21	12	8
David Makowski	Allen Americans	18	5	15	20	5	20
Shawn Szydlowski	Fort Wayne Komets	16	10	9	19	6	15
Austin Fyten	South Carolina Stingrays	19	8	11	19	5	28

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; /– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltending

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 240 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.^[3]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Mark Dekanich	South Carolina Stingrays	10	5	3	1	219	17	1.69	0.922	2	603
Josh Robinson	Missouri Mavericks	7	4	3	0	202	15	2.16	0.926	0	416
Ken Appleby	Adirondack Thunder	12	7	4	1	363	29	2.31	0.920	1	754
Vitek Vanecek	South Carolina Stingrays	11	6	2	2	278	24	2.31	0.914	1	624
Riley Gill	Allen Americans	19	12	5	0	508	39	2.35	0.923	1	997
Adam Morrison	Reading Royals	6	3	3	0	184	14	2.45	0.924	0	344
Philippe Desrosiers	Idaho Steelheads	7	3	3	1	208	16	2.47	0.923	0	390
Brad Thiessen	Cincinnati Cyclones	7	3	2	2	258	19	2.51	0.926	0	454

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)

References

^ "ALIGNMENT, PLAYOFF FORMAT ANNOUNCED FOR 2015-16 SEASON". ECHL. February 3, 2015. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
^ "Skater Statistics". Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
^ "Goaltender Statistics". Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2016.

External links

ECHL website

Preceded by 2015 Kelly Cup playoffs	Kelly Cup Playoffs 2016	Succeeded by 2017 Kelly Cup playoffs

[2015_ECHL_Alignment-1] "ALIGNMENT, PLAYOFF FORMAT ANNOUNCED FOR 2015-16 SEASON". ECHL. February 3, 2015. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.

[2] "Skater Statistics". Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.

[3] "Goaltender Statistics". Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2016.

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2016 Kelly Cup playoffs

Contents

Playoff format

Playoff seeds

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Playoff Brackets

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Toledo Walleye vs. (8) Reading Royals

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (7) Kalamazoo Wings

(3) Manchester Monarchs vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder

(4) Florida Everblades vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers

Western Conference

(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (8) Quad City Mallards

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (7) Cincinnati Cyclones

(3) Colorado Eagles vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies

(4) Allen Americans vs. (5) Idaho Steelheads

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (6) Adirondack Thunder

(5) Wheeling Nailers vs. (8) Reading Royals

Western Conference

(1) Missouri Mavericks vs. (4) Allen Americans

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (5) Wheeling Nailers

Western Conference

(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (4) Allen Americans

Kelly Cup Finals

(West #4) Allen Americans vs. (East #5) Wheeling Nailers

Statistical leaders

Skaters

Goaltending

See also

References

External links