ECHL Weekly 11/15

Welcome to the first edition of Game Changer Sports Network’s ECHL Weekly. Here you will find the standings going into the weekend’s games, a Top 10 Power Ranking, 3 stars of the week, and more.

Let’s start out by wishing the Adirondack Thunder star, Shane Conacher the best of luck in his retirement. Unfortunately, Conacher missed a lot of time last season due to testicular cancer and will require surgery and extensive rehabilitation after suffering a torn labrum in the first game of the season. Get Well Soon Shane! 

Standings  (GP W-L-OTL-SOL PTS)

North

1. Reading Royals 14 8-4-2-0 18
2. Brampton Beast 13 8-5-0-0 16
3. Newfoundland Growlers 12 7-5-0-0 14
4. Adirondack Thunder 12 6-4-0-2 14
5. Maine Mariners 10 5-4-0-1 11
6. Worcester Railers 12 4-8-0-0 8

South

1. Florida Everblades 13 9-4-0 18
2. South Carolina Stingrays 9 8-1-0-0 16
3. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 13 6-6-0-1 13
4. Atlanta Gladiators 10 5-5-0-0 10
5. Orlando Solar Bears 12 3-7-1-1 8
6. Norfolk Admirals 13 2-8-3-0 7
7. Jacksonville Icemen 12 2-6-2 6

Central

1. Cincinnati Cyclones 13 8-4-1-0 17
2. Toledo Walleye 11 7-3-1-0 15
3. Fort Wayne Komets 12 7-4-1-0 15
4. Indy Fuel 10 6-4-0-0 12
5. Wheeling Nailers 10 5-4-1-0 11
6. Kalamazoo Wings 9 4-3-2-0 10

Mountain

1. Wichita Thunder 13 9-3-1-0 19
2. Allen Americans 14 8-3-3-0 19
3. Rapid City Rush 14 8-4-2-0
4. Idaho Steelheads 13 7-3-2-1 17
5. Tulsa Oilers 15 6-8-1-0 13
6. Kansas City Mavericks 13 5-7-1-0 11
7. Utah Grizzlies 12 3-6-2-1 9

Power Rankings

1. South Carolina
2. Cincinnati
3. Rapid City 
4. Toledo
5. Fort Wayne
6. Reading
7. Wichita
8. Allen
9. Idaho
10. Florida

Team of the Week

This week’s team of the week goes to a team who has had a very impressive beginning to their season starting out 8-1 earning them 2nd in the South with 4 games in hand on the Florida Everblades. Last week the South Carolina Stingrays outscored their opponents 15-4 in 3 games, 8-2 vs Orlando and 4-0/3-2 vs Greenville. Will the Stingrays continue their hot streak and be GCSN’S team of the week back-to-back? 

Three Stars of the Week

1. Shawn Szydlowski, Fort Wayne Komets (2GP 3G 5A 8 pts)
2. Dylan Sadowy, Kalamazoo Wings (3GP 4G 3A 7pts)
3. Ralph Cuddemi, Reading Royals (4GP 4G 4A 8pts)

GCSN’s ECHL Best Goal Horn Tourney

Each month we are going to do a different tournament via Facebook polls. This month we are going to do the Best Horn (seedings based on Penalty Kill as of 11/12) and next month we are going to do the Best Enforcer. Here are the pairings and dates of the tournament if you wish to vote.

First Round Byes: 

1. Orlando Solar Bears
2. Norfolk Admirals
3. Adirondack Thunder
4. Rapid City Rush
5. Indy Fuel
6. Florida Everblades

Round 1

November 16th

A1: #16 Tulsa Oilers vs #17 Jacksoville Icemen  

A2: #9 Brampton Beast vs #24 Fort Wayne Komets

A3: #8 Allen Americans vs #25 Kalamazoo Wings

November 17th

A4: #13 Idaho Steelheads vs #20 Maine Mariners

A5: #12 South Carolina Stingrays vs Greenville Swamp Rabbits

A6: #15 Wheeling Nailers vs #18 Kansas City Mavericks

A7: #10 Toledo Walleye vs #23 Cincinnati Cyclones

November 18th 

A8: #7 Worcester Railers vs #26 Reading Royals

A9: #14 Wichita Thunder vs #19 Atlanta Gladiators

A10: #11 Utah Grizzlies vs #22 Newfoundland Growlers

Round 2

November 19th

B1: #1 Orlando Solar Bears vs A1

B2: A2 vs A3

B3: #4 Rapid City Rush vs A4

B4: #5 Indy Fuel vs A5

November 20th

B5: #2 Norfolk Admirals vs A6

B6: A7 vs A8

B7: #3 Adirondack Thunder vs A9

B8: #6 Florida Everblades vs A10

Quarterfinals 

November 21st

C1: B1 vs B2

C2: B3 vs B4

November 22nd

C3: B5 vs B6

C4: B7 vs B8

Semifinals 

November 23rd-26th

D1: C1 vs C2

D2: C3 vs C4

Finals

November 27th-30th

D1 vs D2

Featured Photo Credit: Kyle Hernandez – GCSN Graphic Design

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