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2009 Kelly Cup playoffs

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Field	Value
title	Kelly Cup playoffs
year	2009
dates	April 9–June 5, 2009
num_teams	16
winners	South Carolina Stingrays
second	Alaska Aces
stat_leader_title	Scoring leader(s)
stat_leader_player	Josh Soares (Alaska)
stat_leader_value	27 points
prev_season	[2008](2008-kelly-cup-playoffs)
next_season	[2010](2010-kelly-cup-playoffs)

The 2009 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL began on April 9, 2009. The 16 teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played a best-of-7 series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Kelly Cup.

Three league records were set during the first round of the playoffs. Game One of the North Division semifinals became the longest game in ECHL history, as the Elmira Jackals defeated the Trenton Devils 5 – 4 in a game that lasted 126:10. Elmira's Josh Aspenlind scored the game-winning goal at 6:10 of the fourth overtime. Previously, the longest game was the Greenville Grrrowl's 3 – 2 four overtime victory against the Louisiana IceGators in Game Two of the 2000 Southern Conference Finals, which lasted 121:24. The game saw another league record fall, as Elmira and Trenton combined for 145 shots on goal (75 for Trenton, 70 for Elmira), besting the 139 combined shots on goal by Louisiana (82) and the Jackson Bandits (57) in Jackson's 5 – 4 triple overtime victory in Game Two of the 2002 Southwest Division Semifinals. Elmira's goaltender, Michael Teslak made the third most saves in a single game in ECHL history with 71.

April 22 also went down in the ECHL history books as for the first time in the league's 21-year history, two Game 7s were played on the same day as the Stockton Thunder defeated the Ontario Reign 5 – 4 and the Las Vegas Wranglers defeated the Bakersfield Condors 5 – 1, both games were Pacific Division Semifinals matchups.

The Division finals saw the defending Kelly Cup champion Cincinnati Cyclones and the Alaska Aces cruise to easy Conference finals berths, under completely different circumstances. Cincinnati swept Elmira after both teams went the full seven games in their opening series, while Alaska defeated the Victoria Salmon Kings four games to one with both teams having an extended rest, with Victoria sweeping their opening series and Alaska winning their series in five games. The South Carolina Stingrays required a little more effort to oust the Florida Everblades, who sat atop the league's regular season standings, defeating them in six games to advance to play the Cyclones in the conference finals.

Three (Alaska, Cincinnati and South Carolina) of the four teams in the Conference Finals were former Kelly Cup Champions. The American Conference finals was a rematch of the 2008 edition with Cincinnati taking on South Carolina and Las Vegas made their second consecutive trip to the National Conference finals, taking on their most heated rival the Alaska Aces.

The South Carolina Stingrays led the Alaska Aces, 3-1, headed to Game 5 before blowing the lead, and having to face a Game 7, where the Stingrays clinched their third Kelly Cup with a 4-2 win, winning the series, 4-3. The Stingrays tied the ECHL record for most ECHL championships, with three. South Carolina would get their revenge on Cincinnati for defeating the Stingrays in the 2008 American Conference finals by sweeping the Cyclones in four games. The National Conference finals had the same results with Alaska sweeping Las Vegas in four games.

Playoff seeds

After the 2008–09 ECHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. The Florida Everblades were the American Conference regular season champions as well as the Brabham Cup winners with the best overall regular season record. The Alaska Aces were the National Conference regular season champions. South Carolina goaltender James Reimer was named the Kelly Cup Finals MVP.

American Conference

North Division

Cincinnati Cyclones - 87 points
Trenton Devils - 87 points
Elmira Jackals - 85 points
Wheeling Nailers - 80 points

South Division

Florida Everblades - American Conference regular season champions, Brabham Cup winners, 103 points
South Carolina Stingrays - 90 points
Charlotte Checkers - 76 points
Gwinnett Gladiators - 68 points

National Conference

Pacific Division

Ontario Reign - 82 points
Las Vegas Wranglers - 76 points
Bakersfield Condors - 74 points
Stockton Thunder - 71 points

West Division

Alaska Aces - National Conference regular season champions, 93 points
Idaho Steelheads - 92 points
Victoria Salmon Kings - 83 points
Utah Grizzlies - 72 points

Bracket

Statistical leaders

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Josh Soares	Alaska Aces	20	10	17	27	+12	19
Colin Hemingway	Alaska Aces	20	9	15	24	+12	14
Trent Campbell	South Carolina Stingrays	22	5	18	23	+2	13
Travis Morin	South Carolina Stingrays	18	4	17	21	+11	12
Cam Keith	Alaska Aces	19	3	17	20	+10	19
Alexandre Imbeault	Alaska Aces	19	7	12	19	0	10
Jeff Corey	South Carolina Stingrays	22	11	7	18	+3	12
Nikita Kashirsky	South Carolina Stingrays	21	6	12	18	+13	18
Maxime Lacroix	South Carolina Stingrays	22	12	5	17	+6	37
Pierre-Luc O'Brien	South Carolina Stingrays	22	5	12	17	0	16

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; Yellow shade = team still in playoffs

:All statistics as of: 08:00, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

NOTE: Please replace the date shown with ~~~~~ (five tildes) after updating these figures

Goaltending

These are the top five goaltenders based on both goals against average and save percentage with at least one game played (Note: list is sorted by goals against average).

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	Min
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux	Alaska Aces	20	15	5	598	38	1.89	.936	4	1205
Josh Johnson	Gwinnett Gladiators	3	0	2	124	7	2.10	.944	0	200
James Reimer	South Carolina Stingrays	7	3	3	224	16	2.20	.929	1	437
Jeff Frazee	Trenton Devils	4	2	2	116	10	2.22	.914	0	271
Curtis Darling	Wheeling Nailers	7	3	4	274	16	2.23	.942	1	430

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); Yellow shade = team still in playoffs

:All statistics as of: 08:00, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

NOTE: Please replace the date shown with ~~~~~ (five tildes) after updating these figures

Division Semifinals

:Note 1: All times are local. :Note 2: Game times in italics signify games to be played only if necessary. :Note 3: Home team is listed first.

American Conference

North Division

(N1) Cincinnati Cyclones vs. (N4) Wheeling Nailers

|3-1-1=Dustin Sproat (1) – 19:41 |3-1-2=13:11 – Bryan Ewing (2) |3-2-1=Matt Syroczynski (2) – pp – 0:30 Jacob Dietrich (1) – 4:28 Mark Van Guilder (1) – 18:11 |3-2-2=12:10 – pp – Billy Ryan (2) |3-3-1=Mac Faulkner (1) – 2:39 Dustin Sproat (2) – 8:16 Jacob Dietrich (2) – 10:23 |3-3-2=15:41 – Jordan Morrison (2) |goalie3-1=Loic Lacasse 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie3-2=Curtis Darling 34 saves / 40 shots David Brown 4 saves / 5 shots

|4-1-1=Matt Syroczynski (3) – pp – 4:25 Matt Syroczynski (4) – pp – 5:38 |4-1-2=No scoring |4-2-1=Dustin Sproat (3) – sh – 17:10 |4-2-2=1:11 – Tommy Goebel (2) |4-3-1=Jimmy Kilpatrick (1) – 1:26 |4-3-2=9:30 – Aaron Clarke (2) 19:32 – sh – Aaron Clarke (3) |goalie4-1=Loic Lacasse 28 saves / 31 shots |goalie4-2=Curtis Darling 31 saves / 35 shots

|6-1-1=No scoring |6-1-2=0:40 – Reid Cashman (1) 12:49 – Billy Ryan (3) 17:08 – pp – Reid Cashman (2) 17:53 – pp – Bryan Ewing (3) |6-2-1=No scoring |6-2-2=15:47 – Erik Johnson (1) |6-3-1=No scoring |6-3-2=4:03 – pp – Chris Snavely (2) |goalie6-1=Loic Lacasse 13 saves / 17 shots Ryan Nie 14 saves / 16 shots |goalie6-2=Curtis Darling 41 saves / 41 shots

(N2) Trenton Devils vs. (N3) Elmira Jackals

|2-1-1=5:43 – Tony Zancanaro (3) 17:26 – Dan Eves (2) |2-1-2=Slavomir Tomko (2) – 2:58 Chris Korchinski (3) – pp – 15:24 |2-2-1=2:15 – Justin Coutu (1) 5:56 – Mike Wilson (1) |2-2-2=Steve Yetman (1) – 12:50 |2-3-1=2:06 – pp – Trevor Kell (2) 10:43 – Matt Radoslovich (1) |2-3-2=Chris Korchinski (4) – 12:23 Benoit Doucet (1) – 13:37 |goalie2-1=Gerald Coleman 28 saves / 33 shots |goalie2-2=Riku Helenius 32 saves / 38 shots

|7-1-1=9:10 – Nathan Perkovich (1) 14:47 – sh – Jeff Prough (2) |7-1-2=Mike Sgroi (1) – 8:42 |7-2-1= No scoring |7-2-2=Chris Korchinski (4) – pp – 8:54 |7-3-1=18:59 – Dave Leaderer |7-3-2=Josh Aspenlind (2) – pp – 11:43 Pierre-Luc Faubert (6) – 14:59 Steve Yetman (3) – en – 18:35 |goalie7-1=Jeff Frazee 21 saves / 25 shots |goalie7-2=Michael-Lee Teslak 35 saves / 38 shots

South Division

(S1) Florida Everblades vs. (S4) Gwinnett Gladiators

|1-1-1=5:53 – pp – Doug O'Brien (1) 17:28 – Ross Carlson (1) |1-1-2=No scoring |1-2-1=18:38 – Jacob Micflikier (1) 19:59 – Mark Lee (1) |1-2-2=Tomislav Zanoški (1) – pp – 2:20 Brandon Kaleniecki (1) – pp – 12:40 Pat Bateman (1) – pp – 14:08 |1-3-1=9:58 – pp – Andrew Sweetland (1) |1-3-2=No scoring |goalie1-1=David Leggio 16 saves / 19 shots |goalie1-2=Joe Fallon 21 saves / 26 shots

(S2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (S3) Charlotte Checkers

|1-1-1=6:35 – Mick Berge (1) |1-1-2=Marty Guerin (1) – pp – 4:47 Ethan Graham (1) – pp – 13:40 |1-2-1=0:38 – pp – Patrick Wellar (1) |1-2-2=Matthew Ford (1) – 8:10 Marty Guerin (2) – 10:10 Mike Bayrack (1) – 10:32 |1-3-1=15:26 – Matt Scherer |1-3-2= No scoring |goalie1-1=Jonathan Boutin 20 saves / 25 shots James Reimer 18 saves / 18 shots |goalie1-2=Jeff Jakaitis 22 saves / 24 shots Maxime Daigneault 21 saves / 22 shots

|2-1-1=No scoring |2-1-2=Pierre-Luc O'Brien (1) – sh – 9:21 |2-2-1=4:18 – Ryan Murphy (1) 4:41 – Matthew Ford (2) 6:16 – pp – Ethan Graham (2) 11:44 – pp – Michel Leveille (1) 12:47 – pp – Mike Bayrack (2) |2-2-2=No scoring |2-3-1=No scoring |2-3-2=Nikita Kashirsky (1) – 8:38 Travis Morin (1) – 13:20 |goalie2-1= James Reimer 36 saves / 41 shots |goalie2-2= Jeff Jakaitis 41 saves / 44 shots

|4-1-1=Travis Morin (2) – pp – 13:24 Maxime Lacroix (2) – 15:23 |4-1-2=No scoring |4-2-1=Matt Scherer (2) – 14:33 Matt Scherer (3) – 18:30 |4-2-2=No scoring |4-3-1=No scoring |4-3-2=10:25 – Ken Scuderi (1) |goalie4-1=Jonathan Boutin 24 saves / 25 shots |goalie4-2=Jeff Jakaitis 22 saves / 26 shots Maxime Daigneault 13 saves / 13 shots |5-1-1=3:40 – Jeff Coffey (1) 11:29 – pp – Zach Tarkir (1) 14:23 – Spencer Carbery (2) 19:02 – pp – Brad Farynuk (1) |5-1-2=Chris Capraro (1) – pp – 7:09 Marty Guerin (3) – 15:44 |5-2-1=11:06 – pp – Keith Johnson (2) 17:08 – Travis Morin (3) |5-2-2=No scoring |5-3-1=9:21 – pp – Brad Farynuk (2) 13:46 – pp – Brad Farynuk (3) |5-3-2=Michel Leveille (2) – 4:46 |goalie5-1=Jonathan Boutin 26 saves / 29 shots |goalie5-2=Maxime Daigneault 6 saves / 10 shots Jeff Jakaitis 24 saves / 28 shots |6-1-1=Keith Johnson (3) – pp – 1:28 Jeff Coffey (2) – 14:26 |6-1-2=No scoring |6-2-1=Matt Scherer (4) – 3:25 |6-2-2=2:58 – pp – Jeff Miles (1) |6-3-1=Spencer Carbery (3) – 2:48 |6-3-2=1:04 – Peter Tsimikalis 6:11 – pp – Michel Leveille (3) |goalie6-1=Jonathan Boutin 32 saves / 35 shots |goalie6-2=Jeff Jakaitis 36 saves / 40 shots NOTE: Neither team's home arena was available in the first week of the ECHL playoffs; Time Warner Cable Arena was unavailable for this round (final week of NBA games by the Charlotte Bobcats, and the North Charleston Coliseum had rehearsals for a concert tour. The ECHL arranged the playoff series in the following order: two games at the Extreme Ice Center, three games at the North Charleston Coliseum, and then one game at the Extreme Ice Center. Had a seventh game been necessary, it would have been played at the North Charleston Coliseum.

National Conference

Pacific Division

(P1) Ontario Reign vs. (P4) Stockton Thunder

|1-1-1=19:01 – Shawn Germain (1) |1-1-2=No scoring |1-2-1=6:55 – pp – Jon Rheault (1) |1-2-2=Cory Urquhart (1) – 14:18 |1-3-1=0:59 – P.J. Atherton (1) 12:18 – pp – Shawn Germain (2) |1-3-2=Cory Urquhart (2) – 7:18 Cory Urquhart (2) – pp – 11:27 |goalie1-1=Jeff Zatkoff 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie1-2=Andrew Perugini 17 saves / 19 shots Bryan Pitton 8 saves / 10 shots |2-1-1=19:13 – Bud Holloway (1) |2-1-2=Mike Lalonde (1) – 13:23 Cleve Kinley (1) – 13:53 Brandon Naurato (1) – 17:22 |2-2-1=No scoring |2-2-2=Craig Valette (1) – 0:28 Ryan Huddy (1) – 15:39 |2-3-1=2:27 – Mike Howe 13:27 – Bud Holloway (2) 15:37 – Bud Holloway (3) 19:35 – Tim Kraus (1) |2-3-2=Craig Valette (2) – en – 19:17 |goalie2-1=Jeff Zatkoff 19 saves / 24 shots |goalie2-2=Bryan Pitton 24 saves / 29 shots |3-1-1=Dale Reinhardt (1) – 8:57 |3-1-2=No scoring |3-2-1=Bud Holloway (4) – 0:42 |3-2-2=9:51 – Mark Adamek (1) |3-3-1=Geoff Walker (1) – 4:58 Shawn Germain (3) – pp – 10:23 Geoff Walker (2) – pp – 17:33 |3-3-2=No scoring |goalie3-1=Jeff Zatkoff 21 saves / 22 shots |goalie3-2=Bryan Pitton 25 saves / 30 shots |4-1-1=Tim Kraus (2) – pp – 6:48 |4-1-2=2:00 – David Rohlfs (1) |4-2-1=Tim Kraus (3) – pp – 7:20 |4-2-2=10:27 – Cory Urquhart (4) 14:29 – Ryan Huddy (2) |4-3-1=Jon Rheault (2) – sh – 18:08 Bud Holloway (5) – sh – 19:37 |4-3-2=6:13 – James Bates (2) |4-4-1=No scoring |4-4-2=2:28 – James Bates (3) |goalie4-1=Jeff Zatkoff 33 saves / 38 shots |goalie4-2=Parker Van Buskirk 29 saves / 33 shots |5-1-1=No scoring |5-1-2=Cory Urquhart (5) – 8:15 Cleve Kinley – pp – 12:29 |5-2-1=2:09 – Andrew Martens (1) |5-2-2=Craig Valette (3) – 8:40 James Bates (3) – 16:51 |5-3-1=6:34 – Jon Francisco (1) |5-3-2=No scoring |goalie5-1=Jeff Zatkoff 24 saves / 28 shots |goalie5-2=Parker Van Buskirk 30 saves / 32 shots |6-1-1=Tim Kraus (4) – 8:25 Jon Rheault (3) – 14:42 Jon Rheault (4) – 19:49 |6-1-2=No scoring |6-2-1=Brad Mehalko (1) – 17:20 |6–2-2=No scoring |6-3-1=No scoring |6-3-2=6:10 – Garet Hunt (1) 11:18 – Cleve Kinley (3) 16:17 – James Bates (4) |goalie6-1=Jeff Zatkoff 29 saves / 32 shots |goalie6-2=Parker Van Buskirk 23 saves / 27 shots |7-1-1=13:05 – Andrew Martens (2) |7-1-2=Robbie Bina (1) – pp – 8:32 Cory Urquhart (6) – 14:32 Igor Gongalsky (1) – 15:28 James Bates (5) – pp – 18:46 |7-2-1=No scoring |7-2-2=No scoring |7-3-1= 2:16 – Brad Mehalko (2) 12:00 – Tim Kraus (5) 16:45 – Geoff Walker (3) |7-3-2=Craig Valette (4) – pp – 5:36 |goalie7-1=Jeff Zatkoff 21 saves / 26 shots |goalie7-2= Parker Van Buskirk 27 saves / 31 shots

(P2) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (P3) Bakersfield Condors

West Division

(W1) Alaska Aces vs. (W4) Utah Grizzlies

(W2) Idaho Steelheads vs. (W3) Victoria Salmon Kings

Division Finals

American Conference

North Division

(N1) Cincinnati Cyclones vs. (N3) Elmira Jackas

South Division

(S1) Florida Everblades vs. (S2) South Carolina Stingrays

National Conference

Pacific Division

(P2) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (P4) Stockton Thunder

NOTE: Arena conflicts led to the ECHL shifting the first games of the playoff series.

West Division

(W1) Alaska Aces vs. (W3) Victoria Salmon Kings

Conference finals

American Conference

(S2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (N1) Cincinnati Cyclones

National Conference

(W1) Alaska Aces vs. (P2) Las Vegas Wranglers

Kelly Cup Finals

(W1) Alaska Aces vs. (S2) South Carolina Stingrays

References

Chakler, Rob. (April 11, 2009). "T-Devils fall in longest game in ECHL history". [[The Trentonian]].
(October 2010). "Elmira Beats Trenton In Longest Game In ECHL History". ECHL.
(October 2010). "ECHL Has Record Two Game 7s Wednesday". ECHL.
"Top Scorers - 2009 Playoffs - All Players". ECHL.
"Top Goalies - 2009 Playoffs - Goals Against Average". ECHL.

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