They are affiliated with the Springfield Falcons of the AHL and the Evansville IceMen of the ECHL.

On August 22, 2008, the Johnstown Chiefs were announced as the new ECHL affiliate for the Blue Jackets, as well as their AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch.

Langway also spent time with teams in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) and East Coast Hockey League ( ECHL ) as a player-coach after his NHL career ended.

When the ECHL Checkers gave way to an AHL team with the same name, the AHL team remained at the arena.

The AHL rules were slightly modified and adopted in the NHL and ECHL for 2005-06, when the NHL returned after the lockout.

They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL and the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL.

He spent time with the Hampton Roads Admirals of the ECHL and in the AHL with the Syracuse Crunch and the Hershey Bears.

In the three major North American professional hockey leagues ( NHL, AHL, and ECHL ), regular season overtime periods are played four on four for one five minute period.

In early 1995, along with Charlotte, Greensboro, and Hamptons Roads, the team was offered an expansion spot by the American Hockey League ( AHL ), the intermediate level between the ECHL and the NHL.

Stewart spent six years in the AHL and ECHL playing for the Kings ' farm teams in Phoenix, Toledo, Muskegon, Flint and Muskegon.

The Hampton Roads Admirals ( now in the AHL as Norfolk ) and the ( Charleston ) South Carolina Stingrays have each won three ECHL championships.

The death of Brittanie Cecil from injuries sustained from a hockey puck flying into the stands at a Blue Jackets game on March 16, 2002 led to the installation of nylon netting to catch pucks that fly over the acrylic glass at all professional ice hockey arenas in the NHL, AHL, and ECHL.

* The Philadelphia Flyers top two minor league affiliates, the ECHL Trenton Titans and the AHL Philadelphia Phantoms, both win their respective championship series.

Gomez saw a gem that led to the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game, and a top ECHL player that season ; the pairing led to Gomez giving Minard a shot after the lockout ended, and he played his way into the AHL, and eventually signing a two-way contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, receiving in 2007 – 08 his first call-up to the NHL.

Like the NFL, the NHL sometimes schedules exhibition games for cities without their own NHL teams, often at a club's minor league affiliate ( e. g. Carolina Hurricanes games at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, home of their AHL affiliate ; Los Angeles Kings games at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, home of their ECHL affiliate ; Montreal Canadiens games in Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, which has no pro hockey but used to have an NHL team until 1995 ).

The Gladiators served as the ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers and their AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves from their inception in 2003 until 2011, when the Thrashers franchise moved to Winnipeg and the Gladiators left the organization.

The Columbus Chill were then renamed to the Reading Royals and became the ECHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL and the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL.

Much of his time was spent overseeing the play of prospects within the Canucks ' farm system – for example those playing with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL and Victoria Salmon Kings of the ECHL.

Curtiss ( Craig's nephew ) – minor league hockey player in the AHL and ECHL.

The Idaho Steelheads are the Stars ' ECHL affiliate.

Additionally, the league's players are represented by the Professional Hockey Players ' Association in negotiations with the ECHL itself.

The Wheeling Nailers are an ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Along with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL, the B-Sens are minor league affiliates of the Ottawa Senators.

Players who are banned in the American Hockey League for violence are not permitted in the ECHL, and vice versa, because of their agreements with the Professional Hockey Players ' Association.

The Florida Everblades are a minor-league ice hockey team in the ECHL.

They are the ECHL affiliate of the AHL's Syracuse Crunch and Charlotte Checkers, and the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes.

The Florida Everblades are the current ECHL Champions.

The Reading Royals are a professional ice hockey team that currently plays in the ECHL.

The Royals colors are purple, black, silver, and white. Since 2001, the Royals have ranked among ECHL leaders in regular season attendance.

The Sovereign Center and the city of Reading, Pennsylvania are also the hosts of the 2009 All-Star Game and Skills Challenge for the ECHL.

The Trenton Titans are a professional minor league ice hockey team that currently plays in the ECHL.

They are the ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms.

When the Checkers were revived in 1993, they played there until 2005, and the arena would be available should Kelly Cup Playoff games be needed because of the unavailability of Time Warner Cable Arena as ECHL rules regarding playoff games and timeframes are compact and may force a game to be moved.

The Thunder are a member of the ECHL.

The Chesapeake Icebreakers are a defunct minor league ice hockey team that played in the East Coast Hockey League ( ECHL ) from 1997-1999.

Having proven himself in the ECHL, Vokoun spent the 1996 – 97 season in Fredericton and played in his first game for Montreal ; it was not a stellar debut as he allowed four goals in only twenty minutes of play against the Philadelphia Flyers.

After failing to qualify for the ECHL playoffs for the only time in franchise history during the 2006 – 07 season, Fitzsimmons resigned, and was assigned by the Washington Capitals as a scout.

With the December 2008 demise of the Fresno Falcons only two of the original 1995 WCHL teams-the Alaska Aces and Bakersfield Condors-remain active in the ECHL.

Idaho is one of only three active ECHL teams to win multiple league championships, alongside the Toledo Walleye ( which was then known as the Storm prior to suspending operations in 2007 to build their new arena ) and the Alaska Aces, each with two.

Brown played only 12 games for San Jose, however, and spent the 2004 NHL lockout season in the ECHL with the San Diego Gulls.

Coach Paul Thompson stayed true to the team which had won the double in the BNL the year before, replacing only three players ; defencemen Steve O ’ Brien and Steve Gallace coming from the ECHL to replace Andreas Moborg and Ron Shudra and college-graduate Graham Schlender replacing folk-hero Kurt Irvine.

On July 6, 2011, the New Jersey Devils announced that the Trenton Devils would be suspending operations immediately, citing a desire to restructure their player development system to more closely mirror those of other NHL franchises ( New Jersey was the only NHL team to wholly own its ECHL affiliate ).

In 2006, the Aces became only the second team in ECHL history ( joining the South Carolina Stingrays of Charleston, SC ) in winning both the Brabham Cup and Kelly Cup championships in the same season.

Mid-way through their second season in the ECHL, Garber, the only coach in team history, resigned.

He was an assistant coach with the Miami Matadors of the ECHL during their only season in 1998-99.