ECHL

ECHL

Current season or competition: 2010-11 ECHL season
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1988
No. of teams	30
Country(ies)	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Alaska Aces
Official website	Official website

The ECHL (formerly East Coast Hockey League) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and is considered a lower tier than the American Hockey League. The ECHL and the American Hockey League are the only ice hockey leagues that receive recognition by the collective bargaining agreement between the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association which means that any player that is signed to an entry-level NHL contract and is designated for assignment must report to a club either in the AHL or the ECHL. The major championship in the ECHL that the two winning team of their conferences play for is the Kelly Cup. There are currently 19 teams in the ECHL.

Teams in the ECHL

Western Conference
Division	Team	Arena	City/area	NHL affiliate(s)	AHL affiliate(s)
Pacific	Bakersfield Condors	Rabobank Arena	Bakersfield, CA	Minnesota Wild	Houston Aeros
	Las Vegas Wranglers	Orleans Arena	Las Vegas, NV	Phoenix Coyotes	San Antonio Rampage
	Ontario Reign	Citizens Business Bank Arena	Ontario, CA	Los Angeles Kings	Manchester Monarchs
	Stockton Thunder	Stockton Arena	Stockton, CA	Edmonton Oilers San Jose Sharks	Oklahoma City Barons Worcester Sharks
Mountain	Alaska Aces	Sullivan Arena	Anchorage, AK	St. Louis Blues	Peoria Rivermen
	Idaho Steelheads	Qwest Arena	Boise, ID	Dallas Stars	Texas Stars
	Utah Grizzlies	Maverik Center	West Valley City, UT	Calgary Flames	Abbotsford Heat
Eastern Conference
Division	Team	Arena	City/area	NHL affiliate(s)	AHL affiliate(s)
Atlantic	Elmira Jackals	First Arena	Elmira, NY	Ottawa Senators Anaheim Ducks	Binghamton Senators Syracuse Crunch
	Reading Royals	Sovereign Center	Reading, PA	Toronto Maple Leafs Boston Bruins	Toronto Marlies Providence Bruins
	Trenton Devils	Sun National Bank Center	Trenton, NJ	New Jersey Devils	Albany Devils
North	Cincinnati Cyclones	US Bank Arena	Cincinnati, OH	Florida Panthers Nashville Predators	Rochester Americans Milwaukee Admirals
	Kalamazoo Wings	Wings Stadium	Kalamazoo, MI	New York Islanders	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
	Toledo Walleye	Huntington Center	Toledo, OH	Detroit Red Wings Chicago Blackhawks	Grand Rapids Griffins Rockford IceHogs
	Wheeling Nailers	WesBanco Arena & Cambria County War Memorial Arena	Wheeling, WV	Pittsburgh Penguins Montreal Canadiens	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Hamilton Bulldogs
South	Florida Everblades	Germain Arena	Estero, FL	Carolina Hurricanes Tampa Bay Lightning	Charlotte Checkers Norfolk Admirals
	Greenville Road Warriors	BI-LO Center	Greenville, SC	New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers	Connecticut Whale Adirondack Phantoms
	Gwinnett Gladiators	Arena at Gwinnett Center	Duluth, GA	Atlanta Thrashers	Chicago Wolves
	South Carolina Stingrays	North Charleston Coliseum	North Charleston, SC	Washington Capitals	Hershey Bears

Other websites

• Official ECHL website