1994–95 ECHL season

The 1994–95 ECHL season was the seventh season of the ECHL. Before the season started, the Huntsville Blast moved their operations from Huntsville, AL to Tallahassee, FL and became the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks and the Louisville IceHawks suspended operations. The Wheeling Thunderbirds finished first overall in the regular season and the Richmond Renegades won their first Riley Cup, defeating the Greensboro Monarchs four games to one.

League history was made on March 18, 1995 at the Norfolk Scope when Hampton Roads Admirals goaltender Corwin Saurdiff became the first goalie to score a goal against the Charlotte Checkers.

Regular season

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Green shade = Clinched playoff spot, Blue shade = Clinched division

East Division	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
Richmond Renegades	68	41	20	7	89	271	232
Roanoke Express	68	39	19	10	88	255	223
Charlotte Checkers	68	37	22	9	83	274	261
Hampton Roads Admirals	68	37	23	8	82	255	239
Greensboro Monarchs	68	31	28	9	71	277	293
Raleigh IceCaps	68	23	39	6	52	239	295

North Division	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
Wheeling Thunderbirds	68	46	17	5	97	313	243
Dayton Bombers	68	42	17	9	93	307	224
Toledo Storm	68	41	22	5	87	287	230
Columbus Chill	68	31	32	5	67	282	315
Johnstown Chiefs	68	31	32	5	67	256	297
Erie Panthers	68	18	46	4	40	256	356

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
South Carolina Stingrays	68	42	19	7	91	255	215
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks	68	36	25	7	79	268	227
Nashville Knights	68	32	30	6	70	263	279
Knoxville Cherokees	68	30	30	8	68	241	267
Huntington Blizzard	68	28	37	3	59	224	275
Birmingham Bulls	68	26	38	4	56	273	325

Riley Cup playoffs

Bracket

	1st Round (Best of 5)					Quarterfinals (Best of 5)					Semifinals (Best of 5)					Riley Cup Finals (Best of 7)
	1	Wheeling	0
	16	Birmingham	3
						16	Birmingham	1
						9	Tallahassee	3
	8	Hampton Roads	1
	9	Tallahassee	3
											9	Tallahassee	2
											4	Richmond	3
	5	Roanoke	3
	12	Knoxville	1
						5	Roanoke	1
						4	Richmond	3
	4	Richmond	3
	13	Columbus	0
																4	Richmond	4
																10	Greensboro	1
	3	South Carolina	3
	14	Johnstown	2
						3	South Carolina	1
						11	Nashville	3
	6	Toledo	1
	11	Nashville	3
											11	Nashville	2
											10	Greensboro	3
	7	Charlotte	0
	10	Greensboro	3
						10	Greensboro	3
						2	Dayton	2
	2	Dayton	3
	15	Huntington	1

First round

Wheeling vs. Birmingham Date Away Home March 24 Birmingham 4 Wheeling 3 March 26 Birmingham 9 Wheeling 4 March 28 Wheeling 2 Birmingham 7 Birmingham wins series 3–0

Hampton Roads vs. Tallahassee Date Away Home March 24 Tallahassee 4 Hampton Roads 3 March 25 Tallahassee 3 Hampton Roads 5 March 28 Hampton Roads 2 Tallahassee 3 OT March 29 Hampton Roads 0 Tallahassee 2 Tallahassee wins series 3–1

Roanoke vs. Knoxville Date Away Home March 23 Knoxville 1 Roanoke 6 March 25 Knoxville 6 Roanoke 3 March 26 Roanoke 2 Knoxville 1 OT March 27 Roanoke 5 Knoxville 4 OT Roanoke wins series 3–1

Richmond vs. Columbus Date Away Home March 24 Columbus 4 Richmond 10 March 25 Columbus 8 Richmond 9 OT March 27 Richmond 6 Columbus 1 Richmond wins series 3–0

South Carolina vs. Johnstown Date Away Home March 23 Johnstown 6 South Carolina 5 OT March 25 Johnstown 1 South Carolina 6 March 28 South Carolina 4 Johnstown 3 March 29 South Carolina 5 Johnstown 7 March 31 Johnstown 3 South Carolina 5 South Carolina wins series 3–2

Toledo vs. Nashville Date Away Home March 23 Nashville 3 Toledo 6 March 24 Nashville 2 Toledo 1 March 25 Toledo 1 Nashville 3 March 26 Toledo 2 Nashville 4 Nashville wins series 3–1

Charlotte vs. Greensboro Date Away Home March 25 Greensboro 3 Charlotte 2 March 26 Greensboro 4 Charlotte 3 March 28 Charlotte 4 Greensboro 5 OT Greensboro wins series 3–0

Dayton vs. Huntington Date Away Home March 24 Huntington 3 Dayton 2 March 25 Huntington 4 Dayton 5 March 28 Dayton 3 Huntington 2 March 29 Dayton 5 Huntington 3 Dayton wins series 3–1

Quarterfinals

Tallahassee vs. Birmingham Date Away Home March 31 Birmingham 5 Tallahassee 4 OT April 1 Birmingham 3 Tallahassee 4 April 7 Tallahassee 5 Birmingham 4 April 8 Tallahassee 4 Birmingham 3 Tallahassee wins series 3–1

Richmond vs. Roanoke Date Away Home March 31 Roanoke 3 Richmond 4 April 1 Roanoke 0 Richmond 4 April 5 Richmond 0 Roanoke 3 April 7 Richmond 6 Roanoke 1 Richmond wins series 3–1

South Carolina vs. Nashville Date Away Home April 2 Nashville 2 South Carolina 3 OT April 4 Nashville 7 South Carolina 4 April 7 South Carolina 2 Nashville 5 April 8 South Carolina 2 Nashville 4 Nashville wins series 3–1

Dayton vs. Greensboro Date Away Home April 1 Greensboro 0 Dayton 11 April 2 Greensboro 6 Dayton 3 April 4 Dayton 2 Greensboro 3 OT April 5 Dayton 6 Greensboro 5 OT April 8 Greensboro 5 Dayton 4 Greensboro wins series 3–2

Semifinals

Richmond vs. Tallahassee Date Away Home April 12 Tallahassee 3 Richmond 7 April 14 Tallahassee 7 Richmond 4 April 16 Richmond 3 Tallahassee 2 April 19 Richmond 1 Tallahassee 3 April 20 Tallahassee 0 Richmond 4 Richmond wins series 3–2

Greensboro vs. Nashville Date Away Home April 13 Nashville 5 Greensboro 6 April 15 Nashville 6 Greensboro 8 April 17 Greensboro 3 Nashville 8 April 19 Greensboro 4 Nashville 5 OT April 20 Nashville 1 Greensboro 2 OT Greensboro wins series 3–2

Riley Cup finals

Kelly Cup Finals Richmond vs. Greensboro Date Away Home April 24 Greensboro 4 Richmond 6 April 25 Greensboro 1 Richmond 3 April 27 Richmond 0 Greensboro 3 April 29 Richmond 6 Greensboro 0 May 1 Greensboro 2 Richmond 3 Richmond wins series 4–1

ECHL awards

See also: ECHL awards

Jack Riley Cup:	Richmond Renegades
Henry Brabham Cup:	Wheeling Thunderbirds
John Brophy Award:	Jim Playfair (Dayton)
ECHL Most Valuable Player:	Vadim Slivchenko (Wheeling)
Riley Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player:	Blaine Moore (Richmond)
ECHL Goaltender of the Year:	Chris Gordon (Huntington)
ECHL Rookie of the Year:	Kevin McKinnon (Erie)
Defenseman of the Year:	Brandon Smith (Dayton)
Leading Scorer:	Scott Burfoot (Erie)

See also

• ECHL All-Star Game
• Kelly Cup
• List of ECHL seasons
• 1994 in sports
• 1995 in sports

References

All stats come from Internet Hockey Database