2010-2011 ECHL Kelly Cup Champions

The winner of the ECHL Kelly Cup as the Champions of the League:


The Alaska Aces


They defeated the Kalamazoo Wings 4 games to 1 to win the Kelly Cup.
Scott Howes LW for the ACES was named MVP of the Playoffs.


The Aces were also the winners of the Brabham Cup as champions of the ECHL regular season. They finished the year with 47 wins for 97 points.
Aces head coach Brent Thompson was the winner of the John Brophy award as coach of the year, while Gerald Coleman won the Reebok Goaltender of the year award.
Aces forward Wes Goldie was named the ECHL MVP.  He led the league with 46 goals and became the first player in league history with 5 consecutive seasons with 40 or more goals.

Scott Burt accepts the Kelly Cup.

Team Spotlight

Today's spotlight is on another new team, this time its the Dayton Gems. The Gems are new to the reorganized International Hockey League. They will play in the Hara Arena in downtown Dayton. The open their exhibition season in Ft Wayne against the Komets on Oct 7th.

They have a lower minor league affiliate in the AAHL (All American HockeyLeague), with the Chi-Town Shooters.

The Gems joined this year as a sort of replacement for the departed Kalamazoo Wings, who left the league to join the ECHL. This was announced back in July of 2009 here.