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1988–89 ECHL season

Ice hockey league season

Ice hockey league season

The 1988–89 ECHL season was the inaugural season of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The league's first season consisted of five teams in Erie, Pennsylvania, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Knoxville, Tennessee, Vinton, Virginia and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The five teams played 60 games each in the schedule. The Erie Panthers finished first overall in the regular season. The Carolina Thunderbirds won the first Riley Cup championship.

Regular season

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot

East Coast Hockey LeagueGPWLOTLPtsGFGA
Erie Panthers6037203**77**327256
Johnstown Chiefs6032226**70**295251
Knoxville Cherokees6032271**65**266286
Carolina Thunderbirds6027321**55**266329
Virginia Lancers6022308**52**266298

Riley Cup playoffs

| RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-seed2= 4 | RD1-team1= Erie | RD1-team2= Carolina | RD1-score1= 0 | RD1-score2= 4 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team3=Knoxville | RD1-team4=Johnstown | RD1-score3=0 | RD1-score4=4 | RD2-seed1= 4 | RD2-seed2= 2 | RD2-team1=Carolina | RD2-team2=Johnstown | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-score2=3

1989 Riley Cup Finals

Johnstown Chiefs vs. Carolina Thunderbirds

ECHL awards

References

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