1994–95 ECHL season

The 1994–95 ECHL season was the seventh season of the ECHL. Before the season started, the Huntsville Blast moved their operations from Huntsville, AL to Tallahassee, FL and became the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks and the Louisville IceHawks suspended operations. The Wheeling Thunderbirds finished first overall in the regular season and the Richmond Renegades won their first Riley Cup, defeating the Greensboro Monarchs four games to one.

League history was made on March 18, 1995 at the Norfolk Scope when Hampton Roads Admirals goaltender Corwin Saurdiff became the first goalie to score a goal against the Charlotte Checkers.

Regular season

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Green shade = Clinched playoff spot, Blue shade = Clinched division

East Division GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
Richmond Renegades684120789271232
Roanoke Express6839191088255223
Charlotte Checkers683722983274261
Hampton Roads Admirals683723882255239
Greensboro Monarchs683128971277293
Raleigh IceCaps682339652239295
North Division GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
Wheeling Thunderbirds684617597313243
Dayton Bombers684217993307224
Toledo Storm684122587287230
Columbus Chill683132567282315
Johnstown Chiefs683132567256297
Erie Panthers681846440256356
West Division GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
South Carolina Stingrays684219791255215
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks683625779268227
Nashville Knights683230670263279
Knoxville Cherokees683030868241267
Huntington Blizzard682837359224275
Birmingham Bulls682638456273325

Riley Cup playoffs

Bracket

1st Round
(Best of 5)
Quarterfinals
(Best of 5)
Semifinals
(Best of 5)
Riley Cup Finals
(Best of 7)
            
1 Wheeling 0
16 Birmingham 3
16 Birmingham 1
9 Tallahassee 3
8 Hampton Roads 1
9 Tallahassee 3
9 Tallahassee 2
4 Richmond 3
5 Roanoke 3
12 Knoxville 1
5 Roanoke 1
4 Richmond 3
4 Richmond 3
13 Columbus 0
4 Richmond 4
10 Greensboro 1
3 South Carolina 3
14 Johnstown 2
3 South Carolina 1
11 Nashville 3
6 Toledo 1
11 Nashville 3
11 Nashville 2
10 Greensboro 3
7 Charlotte 0
10 Greensboro 3
10 Greensboro 3
2 Dayton 2
2 Dayton 3
15 Huntington 1

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Riley Cup finals

Kelly Cup Finals
Richmond vs. Greensboro
DateAwayHome
April 24Greensboro 4Richmond 6
April 25Greensboro 1Richmond 3
April 27Richmond 0Greensboro 3
April 29Richmond 6Greensboro 0
May 1Greensboro 2Richmond 3
Richmond wins series 41

ECHL awards

Jack Riley Cup:Richmond Renegades
Henry Brabham Cup:Wheeling Thunderbirds
John Brophy Award:Jim Playfair (Dayton)
ECHL Most Valuable Player:Vadim Slivchenko (Wheeling)
Riley Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player:Blaine Moore (Richmond)
ECHL Goaltender of the Year:Chris Gordon (Huntington)
ECHL Rookie of the Year:Kevin McKinnon (Erie)
Defenseman of the Year:Brandon Smith (Dayton)
Leading Scorer:Scott Burfoot (Erie)

References

All stats come from Internet Hockey Database

See also

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