ECHL hockey postseason
The 2025 Kelly Cup playoffs of the ECHL hockey league began on April 16, 2025, following the conclusion of the 2024–25 ECHL regular season and ended on June 7 with the Trois-Rivières Lions winning their first Kelly Cup championship over the Toledo Walleye in five games.[1]
Since all 29 teams were able to complete all 72 games this season, the league went back to the points system, instead of the point percentage that was used the year prior. The top 4 teams in each division qualified for the playoffs based on highest point total earned in the season. The first two rounds of the playoffs are held within the division with the first seed facing the fourth seed and the second seed facing the third. The division champions then play each other in a conference championship. The Kelly Cup finals pits the Eastern Conference champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format. The South Carolina Stingrays secured the top record, winning the Brabham Cup, and therefore scheduled to have home ice advantage for all the rounds they advance in.
Nine out of the 16 teams in this year's playoffs were participants in the previous Kelly Cup Playoffs.
Playoff seeds
After the regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs.
Final seeds and points: [2]
Eastern Conference
North Division
South Division
Western Conference
Central Division
Mountain Division
Playoff bracket
Source:[3]
Division Semifinals
Division Finals
Conference Final
Kelly Cup Finals
N1
Trois-Rivières
4
N4
Reading
0
N1
Trois-Rivières
4
North Division
N3
Norfolk
2
N2
Wheeling
1
N3
Norfolk
4
N1
Trois-Rivières
4
Eastern Conference
S2
Florida
2
S1
South Carolina
3
S4
Orlando
4
S2
Florida
4
South Division
S4
Orlando
1
S2
Florida
4
S3
Jacksonville
0
N1
Trois-Rivières
4
C1
Toledo
1
C1
Toledo
4
C4
Indy
0
C1
Toledo
4
Central Division
C2
Fort Wayne
2
C2
Fort Wayne
4
C3
Iowa
3
C1
Toledo
4
Western Conference
M1
Kansas City
1
M1
Kansas City
4
M4
Tulsa
2
M1
Kansas City
4
Mountain Division
M3
Tahoe
0
M2
Wichita
0
M3
Tahoe
4
Division semifinals
Note: All times listed are in EDT (UTC−4 ).
North Division
(1) Trois-Rivières Lions vs. (4) Reading Royals
April 18
Reading Royals
2–4
Trois-Rivières Lions
Colisée Vidéotron
Recap
Mason Primeau (1) – 16:54
First period
4:02 – pp – Jakov Novak (1)
Cam Cook (1) – 3:54
Second period
8:29 – Alex Beaucage (1)
No scoring
Third period
1:30 – Justin Ducharme (1) 19:16 – en – Alex Beaucage (2)
Keith Petruzzelli 33 saves / 36 shots
Goalie stats
Luke Cavallin 28 saves / 30 shots
April 19
Reading Royals
1–5
Trois-Rivières Lions
Colisée Vidéotron
Recap
No scoring
First period
2:28 – Anthony Beauregard (1) 5:45 – Alex Beaucage (3)
Sam Sedley (1) – 1:52
Second period
0:13 – Jakov Novak (2) 4:12 – pp – Nicolas Guay (1)
No scoring
Third period
16:35 – sh – en – Logan Nijhoff (1)
Keith Petruzzelli 33 saves / 38 shots
Goalie stats
Luke Cavallin 26 saves / 27 shots
April 21
Trois-Rivières Lions
3–2
2OT
Reading Royals
Santander Arena
Recap
Nicolas Guay (2) – 6:15
First period
15:17 – Shane Sellar (1)
No scoring
Second period
No scoring
Anthony Beauregard (2) – 19:58
Third period
19:00 – Mason Primeau (2)
Andrew Coxhead (1) – 4:44
Second overtime period
No scoring
Luke Cavallin 42 saves / 44 shots
Goalie stats
Vinnie Purpura 33 saves / 36 shots
April 23
Trois-Rivières Lions
5–2
Reading Royals
Santander Arena
Recap
Alex Beaucage (4) – pp – 2:30 Morgan Adams-Moisan (1) – 8:40
First period
5:01 – pp – Mason Primeau (3)
No scoring
Second period
3:32 – Shane Sellar (2)
Vincent Sévigny (1) –15:22 Nicolas Guay (3) – en – 18:12 Logan Nijhoff (2) – en – 19:40
Third period
No scoring
Luke Cavallin 24 saves / 26 shots
Goalie stats
Keith Petruzzeli 30 saves / 33 shots
Trois-Rivières won series 4–0
(2) Wheeling Nailers vs. (3) Norfolk Admirals
April 25
Norfolk Admirals
1–4
Wheeling Nailers
WesBanco Arena
Recap
2:47 – Ryan Chyzowski (2)
First period
No scoring
No scoring
Second period
Mathieu De St. Phalle (1) – 2:05 Cole Tymkin (1) – 18:38
No scoring
Third period
Mathieu De St. Phalle (2) – pp – 8:24 Eli Lieffers (1) – 10:07
Thomas Milic 25 saves / 29 shots
Goalie stats
Jaxon Castor 29 saves / 30 shots
April 26
Norfolk Admirals
5–2
Wheeling Nailers
WesBanco Arena
Recap
Denis Smirnov (3) – pp – 3:07 Brandon Osmundson (1) – 4:00
First period
9:03 – David Jankowski (1)
No scoring
Second period
No scoring
Colton Young (2) – 2:41 Colton Young (3) – 12:43 Darick Louis-Jean (3) – pp – 17:20
Third period
10:42 – Jack Beck (1)
Domenic DiVincentiis 29 saves / 31 shots
Goalie stats
Taylor Gauthier 21 saves / 26 shots
South Division
(1) South Carolina Stingrays vs. (4) Orlando Solar Bears
(2) Florida Everblades vs. (3) Jacksonville Icemen
April 18
Jacksonville Icemen
2–3
OT
Florida Everblades
Hertz Arena
Recap
No scoring
First period
2:15 – pp – Jordan Sambrook (1)
Olivier Nadeau (1) – pp – 10:32 Logan Cockerill (1)
Second period
No scoring
No scoring
Third period
16:31 – sh – Kyle Betts (1)
No scoring
First overtime period
13:05 – Alex Kile (1)
Matt Vernon 49 saves / 52 shots
Goalie stats
Cam Johnson 31 saves / 33 shots
April 19
Jacksonville Icemen
1–2
OT
Florida Everblades
Hertz Arena
Recap
No scoring
First period
No scoring
No scoring
Second period
6:39 – pp – Carson Gicewicz (1)
Derek Lodermeier (1) – sh – 5:03
Third period
No scoring
No scoring
First overtime period
3:36 – Andrew Fyten (1)
Justen Close 32 saves / 34 shots
Goalie stats
Cam Johnson 23 saves / 24 shots
April 24
Florida Everblades
4–3
OT
Jacksonville Icemen
VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Recap
Kyle Betts (2) – 19:41
First period
3:47 – Logan Cockerill (2)
Cole Moberg (1) – 5:23 Colton Hargrove (2) – 18:08
Second period
No scoring
No scoring
Third period
12:20 – Christopher Brown (1) 18:13 – Logan Cockerill (3)
Logan Lambdin (1) – pp – 12:02
First overtime period
No scoring
Cam Johnson 25 saves / 28 shots
Goalie stats
Justen Close 43 saves / 47 shots
Central Division
(1) Toledo Walleye vs. (4) Indy Fuel
April 17
Indy Fuel
3–6
Toledo Walleye
Huntington Center
Recap
No scoring
First period
4:32 – Trenton Bliss (1) 6:22 – pp – Brandon Hawkins (1)
Owen Robinson (1) – 2:52 Bryan Lemos (1) – 9:30
Second period
4:34 – Jalen Smereck (1) 6:51 – Sam Craggs (1) 13:22 – Sam Craggs (2)
Jarrett Lee (1) – 12:25
Third period
1:39 – Colin Swoyer (1)
Ben Gaudreau 24 saves / 30 shots
Goalie stats
Jan Bednář 24 saves / 27 shots
April 18
Indy Fuel
2–5
Toledo Walleye
Huntington Center
Recap
No scoring
First period
3:10 – Mitchell Lewandowski (1) 11:35 – Jalen Smereck (1)
Matus Spodniak (1) – 1:51 Ethan Manderville (1) – 17:04
Second period
9:34 – Trenton Bliss (2)
No scoring
Third period
15:40 – pp – Mitchell Lewandowski (2) 17:24 – pp – Brandon Hawkins (2)
Ben Gaudreau 19 saves / 24 shots
Goalie stats
Carter Gylander 16 saves / 18 shots
April 21
Toledo Walleye
5–3
Indy Fuel
Fishers Event Center
Recap
Billy Moskal (1) – 18:48
First period
11:40 – Bryan Lemos (2)
Brandon Hawkins (3) – 1:09 Mitchell Lewandowski (3) – 13:01 Brandon Hawkins (4) – pp – 15:46 Carson Bantle (1) – pp – 17:35
Second period
14:49 – pp – Kevin Lombardi (1)
No scoring
Third period
7:52 – pp – Kevin Lombardi (2)
Jan Bednář 21 saves / 24 shots
Goalie stats
Ben Gaudreau 18 saves / 23 shots Ryan Ouellette 7 saves / 7 shots
April 22
Toledo Walleye
4–2
Indy Fuel
Fishers Event Center
Recap
Matt Anderson (1) – 11:29
First period
No scoring
Mitchell Lewandowski (4) – pp – 7:08
Second period
No scoring
Carson Bantle (2) – sh – 4:48 Sam Craggs (3) – en – 19:50
Third period
Ethan Manderville (2) – 5:18 Kevin Lombardi (3) – 17:03
Carter Gylander 23 saves / 25 shots
Goalie stats
Ben Gaudreau 16 saves / 19 shots
(2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. (3) Iowa Heartlanders
April 22
Fort Wayne Komets
2–3
2OT
Iowa Heartlanders
Xtream Arena
Recap
0
First period
2
1
Second period
0
1
Third period
0
0
Second overtime period
1
Nathaniel Day ( 35 saves / 38 shots )
Goalie stats
William Rousseau ( 32 saves / 34 shots )
Fort Wayne won series 4–3
Mountain Division
(1) Kansas City Mavericks vs. (4) Tulsa Oilers
Kansas City won series 4–2
(2) Wichita Thunder vs. (3) Tahoe Knight Monsters
Division finals
Note: All times listed are in EDT (UTC−4 ).
North Division
(1) Trois-Rivières Lions vs. (3) Norfolk Admirals
Trois-Rivières won series 4–2
South Division
(2) Florida Everblades vs. (4) Orlando Solar Bears
Central Division
(1) Toledo Walleye vs. (2) Fort Wayne Komets
Mountain Division
(1) Kansas City Mavericks vs. (3) Tahoe Knight Monsters
Kansas City won series 4–0
Conference finals
Note: All times listed are in EDT (UTC−4 ).
Eastern Conference
(N1) Trois-Rivières Lions vs. (S2) Florida Everblades
Trois-Rivières won series 4–2
Western Conference
(C1) Toledo Walleye vs. (M1) Kansas City Mavericks
Kelly Cup finals
(N1) Trois-Rivières Lions vs. (C1) Toledo Walleye
Trois-Rivières won series 4–1
Statistical leaders
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.[4]
Player
Team
GP
G
A
Pts
+/–
PIM
Brandon Hawkins
Toledo Walleye
19
6
18
24
+9
18
Trenton Bliss
Toledo Walleye
19
9
13
22
+10
4
Xavier Cormier
Trois-Rivières Lions
21
2
17
19
+16
18
Alex Beaucage
Trois-Rivières Lions
21
10
8
18
+17
16
Anthony Beauregard
Trois-Rivières Lions
21
10
8
18
+10
16
Jack Dugan
Fort Wayne Komets
13
5
10
15
−5
18
Jalen Smereck
Toledo Walleye
19
3
11
14
+6
30
Mitchell Lewandowski
Toledo Walleye
16
5
8
13
+4
20
Nicolas Guay
Trois-Rivières Lions
21
5
8
13
+6
6
Chris Jandric
Trois-Rivières Lions
21
4
9
13
+8
18
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus ; PIM = Penalty minutes
Goaltending
This is a combined of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage , with at least 240 minutes played as of May 13, 2025. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Players in bold are still active in the playoffs.[5]
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)
References
^ "Trois-Rivieres claims 2025 Kelly Cup title". echl.com . ECHL. Retrieved June 7, 2025 .
^ "2024–25 ECHL Standings". ECHL . Retrieved April 19, 2025 .
^ "2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs Bracket". ECHL. Retrieved April 20, 2025 .
^ "Skater Statistics". ECHL. Retrieved June 7, 2025 .
^ "Goalie Statistics". ECHL. Retrieved May 14, 2025 .