2012 Kelly Cup playoffs
 Logo for 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 2–May 23, 2012 |
| Teams | 15 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Florida Everblades |
| Runner-up | Las Vegas Wranglers |
The 2012 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL started on April 2, 2012 following the end of the 2011–12 ECHL regular season.[1] The playoff format remains unchanged from that of the 2011 postseason. 15 teams qualified for the playoffs, being the top seven teams from the Western Conference and the top eight teams from the Eastern Conference.[2]
Playoff format
In the Eastern Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winners will be seeded first, second and third and will play the eighth-place finisher, the seventh-place finisher and the sixth-place finisher, respectively, while the fourth-place finisher and the fifth-place finisher will meet. The conference semifinals will have the winner of the first-place and eighth-place matchup will meet the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place game while the winner of the second-place and seventh-place game will face the winner of the third-place and sixth-place matchup.
In the Western Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winner with the best record in the conference will receive a bye in the first round. The other division winner will be seeded second and meet the team that finishes seventh in the conference in the first round. The other first round matchups will be the third-place finisher in the conference against the sixth-place finisher in the conference and the fourth-place finisher in the conference against the fifth-place finisher in the conference. The conference semifinals will have the first-place finisher meeting the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place matchup and the winner of the second-place finisher and seventh-place finisher against the winner of the third-place finisher against the sixth-place finisher.
The first round in each Conference will be a best of five series with each subsequent round being a best of seven series.[2]
Playoff seeds
After the regular season, 15 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Alaska Aces were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record at 97 points, making them the first team in league history to win the Brabham Cup in consecutive seasons.[3] The Elmira Jackals earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference and finished the season with 95 points.
Eastern Conference
- Elmira Jackals - Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference champions, 95 points.
- Gwinnett Gladiators - South Division champions, 93 points.
- Kalamazoo Wings - North Division champions, 84 points.
- Greenville Road Warriors - 88 points.
- Florida Everblades - 85 points.
- Wheeling Nailers - 83 points.
- South Carolina Stingrays - 81 points.
- Reading Royals - 80 points.
Western Conference
- Alaska Aces - Western Conference and Mountain Division champions, Brabham Cup winner, 97 points.
- Ontario Reign - Pacific Division champions, 94 points.
- Las Vegas Wranglers - 92 points.
- Colorado Eagles - 82 points.
- Stockton Thunder - 73 points.
- Utah Grizzlies - 72 points.
- Idaho Steelheads - 71 points.
Playoff bracket
| Conference quarterfinals[4] | Conference semifinals[5] | Conference finals | Kelly Cup finals[6] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Elmira | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Reading | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Elmira | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Greenville | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Florida | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kalamazoo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gwinnett | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | South Carolina | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | South Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kalamazoo | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kalamazoo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Wheeling | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Las Vegas | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alaska | – | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | BYE | – | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alaska | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Stockton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Colorado | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Stockton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alaska | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Las Vegas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ontario | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Idaho | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Idaho | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Las Vegas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Las Vegas | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Utah | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Conference Quarterfinals
- Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
(1) Elmira Jackals vs. (8) Reading Royals
| April 3 | Reading Royals | 4–1 | Elmira Jackals | Sovereign Center | Recap | |||
| Yannick Riendeau (1) 16:48 | First period | Jimmy Martin (1) 17:04 | ||||||
| Kenny Ryan (1) 2:10 Kenny Ryan (2) 7:39 Yannick Tifu (1) 18:46 EN |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Owuya 36 shots / 35 saves | Goalie stats | Brian Stewart 26 shots / 23 saves | ||||||
| April 4 | Reading Royals | 4–1 | Elmira Jackals | Sovereign Center | Recap | |||
| Dale Mitchell (1) 2:58 PP Mikael Bedard (1) 12:33 PP |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ian O'Connor (1) 18:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kenny Ryan (3) 19:27 EN | Third period | Dustin Gazley (1) 9:48 Arlem Demkov (1) 19:05 | ||||||
| Mark Owuya 40 shots / 38 saves | Goalie stats | Timo Pielmeier 24 shots / 21 saves | ||||||
| April 6 | Elmira Jackals | 5–2 | Reading Royals | First Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Radja (1) 16:54 | First period | Ian O'Connor (2) 9:10 Olivier Labelle (1) 19:56 | ||||||
| Craig Rivet (1) 3:36 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Dineen (1) 16:17 Mike Radja (2) 17:17 Rob Bellamy (1) 19:00 EN |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Stewart 20 shots / 18 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Owuya 32 shots / 28 saves | ||||||
| April 7 | Elmira Jackals | 3–0 | Reading Royals | First Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Campanale (1) 7:34 Rob Bellamy (2) 19:19 EN Mario Larocque (1) 19:47 EN |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Stewart 28 shots / 28 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Owuya 26 shots / 25 saves | ||||||
| April 9 | Elmira Jackals | 4–2 | Reading Royals | First Arena | Recap | |||
| Jean Bourbeau (1) 11:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Artem Demkov (2) 7:20 Corey Cowick (1) 16:39 Corey Cowick (2) 19:08 EN |
Third period | Denny Urban (1) 1:54 Yannick Tifu (2) 13:20 | ||||||
| Brian Stewart 29 shots / 27 saves | Goalie stats | Mark Owuya 32 shots / 29 saves | ||||||
| Elmira wins series 3–2. | |
(2) Gwinnett Gladiators vs. (7) South Carolina Stingrays
| April 3 | South Carolina Stingrays | 3–0 | Gwinnett Gladiators | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Johann Kroll (1) 10:40 PP | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Stewart (1) 12:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Stewart (2) 1:26 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daren Machesney 20 shots / 20 saves | Goalie stats | Marc Cheverie 26 shots / 23 saves | ||||||
| April 4 | South Carolina Stingrays | 2–3 | Gwinnett Gladiators | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Maxime Lacroix (1) 4:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Justin Milo (1) 5:37 PP | ||||||
| Greg Stewart (3) 2:24 | Third period | Joey Haddad (1) 11:18 PP Joey Haddad (2) 18:09 | ||||||
| Daren Machesney 26 shots / 23 saves | Goalie stats | Marc Cheverie 23 shots / 21 saves | ||||||
| April 6 | Gwinnett Gladiators | 3–4 | 4OT | South Carolina Stingrays | Arena at Gwinnett Center | Recap | ||
| Dallas Jackson (1) 6:39 | First period | Johann Kroll (2) 9:18 PP | ||||||
| Andy Brandt (1) 8:12 Jacob Drewiske (1) 15:18 |
Second period | Matt Scherer (1) 10:51 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Dustin Stevenson (1) 2:15 | ||||||
| No scoring | Fourth overtime period | Zach Tarkir (1) 4:19 | ||||||
| Marc Cheverie 48 shots / 44 saves | Goalie stats | Rob Madore 57 shots / 54 saves | ||||||
| April 8 | Gwinnett Gladiators | 3–4 | 2OT | South Carolina Stingrays | Arena at Gwinnett Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nikita Kashirsky (1) 13:36 PP Nikita Kashirsky (2) 16:54 PP |
Second period | Brett Flemming (1) 4:35 PP Maxime Lacroix (2) 14:05 | ||||||
| Will Colbert (1) 18:20 | Third period | Maxime Lacroix (3) 1:30 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | Maxime Lacroix (4) 16:52 | ||||||
| Marc Cheverie 51 shots / 47 saves | Goalie stats | Rob Madore 42 shots / 39 saves | ||||||
| South Carolina wins series 3–1. | |
(3) Kalamazoo Wings vs. (6) Wheeling Nailers
| April 3 | Wheeling Nailers | 4–2 | Kalamazoo Wings | WesBanco Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Crowder (1) 18:30 PP | Second period | Darryl Bootland (1) 1:39 PP | ||||||
| Chris Barton (1) 8:10 Ben Farrer (1) 18:53 Andrew Hotham (1) 19:53 EN/SH |
Third period | Nick Sirota (1) 1:16 | ||||||
| Patrick Killeen 27 shots / 25 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 38 shots / 35 saves | ||||||
| April 4 | Wheeling Nailers | 2–4 | Kalamazoo Wings | WesBanco Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Kory Karlander (1) 13:33 | ||||||
| Phillip Samuelsson (1) 1:05 Andrew Hotham (2) 15:14 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Mike Matczak (1) 3:27 PP Dwight Helminen (1) 8:59 Sam Ftorek (1) 14:02 PP | ||||||
| Patrick Killeen 25 shots / 21 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 31 shots / 29 saves | ||||||
| April 6 | Kalamazoo Wings | 5–1 | Wheeling Nailers | Wings Stadium | Recap | |||
| Elgin Reid (1) 14:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dustin Cloutier (1) 1:12 Nick Sirota (2) 15:07 PP |
Second period | Chris Barton (2) 3:40 | ||||||
| Darryl Bootland (2) 4:32 Dustin Cloutier 6:26 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Riley Gill 38 shots / 37 saves | Goalie stats | Patrick Killeen 25 shots / 20 saves | ||||||
| April 7 | Kalamazoo Wings | 3–2 | Wheeling Nailers | Wings Stadium | Recap | |||
| Justin Taylor (1) 5:46 Kory Karlander (2) 13:01 |
First period | Chris Barton (3) 18:29 | ||||||
| Dwight Helminen (2) 11:51 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Chris Barton (4) 2:57 | ||||||
| Riley Gill 28 shots / 26 saves | Goalie stats | Patrick Killeen 26 shots / 23 saves | ||||||
| Kalamazoo wins series 3–1. | |
(4) Greenville Road Warriors vs. (5) Florida Everblades
| April 2 | Florida Everblades | 5–2 | Greenville Road Warriors | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| David Fischer (1) 8:02 PP | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Trevor Bruess (1) 0:58 David Rutherford (1) 11:21 Matt Beca (1) 13:41 PP |
Second period | Chris McKelvie (1) 3:56 | ||||||
| Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll (1) 5:28 | Third period | Sean Berkstresser (1) 1:39 PP | ||||||
| John Muse 32 shots / 30 saves | Goalie stats | Nic Riopel 46 shots / 41 saves | ||||||
| April 4 | Florida Everblades | 4–2 | Greenville Road Warriors | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| Mathieu Roy (ice hockey) (1) 6:10 PP Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll (2) 8:19 |
First period | Marc-Olivier Vallerand (1) 13:57 PP | ||||||
| Leigh Salters (1) 7:42 PP David Rutherford (2) 13:06 |
Second period | Marc-Olivier Vallerand (2) 15:43 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Muse 34 shots / 32 saves | Goalie stats | Jason Missiaen 33 shots / 29 saves | ||||||
| April 6 | Greenville Road Warriors | 2–3 | Florida Everblades | BI-LO Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Sebastien Piche (1) 1:06 Matt Beca (2) 3:32 | ||||||
| Jeff Prough (1) 0:43 | Second period | Matt Beca (3) 0:33 | ||||||
| Brendan Connolly (1) 6:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nic Riopel 34 shots / 31 saves | Goalie stats | John Muse 34 shots / 32 saves | ||||||
| Florida wins series 3–0. | |
Western Conference
(2) Ontario Reign vs. (7) Idaho Steelheads
| April 3 | Idaho Steelheads | 3–2 | Ontario Reign | CenturyLink Arena Boise | Recap | |||
| Ron Meyers (1) 1:42 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Kyle Kraemer (1) 16:47 | ||||||
| Aaron Lewicki (1) 14:38 PP Marty Flichel (1) 18:26 |
Third period | C.J. Stretch (1) 3:04 | ||||||
| Jerry Kuhn 26 shots / 24 saves | Goalie stats | Jean-Francois Berube 29 shots / 26 saves | ||||||
| April 4 | Idaho Steelheads | 3–4 | OT | Ontario Reign | CenturyLink Arena Boise | Recap | ||
| Chad Nehring (1) 10:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marty Flichel (2) 4:14 PP | Second period | Everett Sheen (1) 1:54 | ||||||
| Michael Neal (1) 12:57 | Third period | Alan Mazur (1) 11:45 J.D. Watt (1) 17:37 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Geoff Irwin (1) 9:02 | ||||||
| Jerry Kuhn 16 shots / 15 saves Brian Hince 24 shots / 21 saves |
Goalie stats | Jean-Francois Berube 29 shots / 26 saves | ||||||
| April 6 | Ontario Reign | 3–5 | Idaho Steelheads | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Michael Gergen (1) 7:16 | ||||||
| Kevin Estrada (1) 14:42 PP Geoff Irwin (2) 15:15 PP |
Second period | Jacob Cepis (1) 8:35 | ||||||
| Derek Couture (1) 11:50 | Third period | Aaron Lewicki (2) 3:00 PP Jacob Cepis (2) 5:16 PP Cody Purves (1) 18:56 EN | ||||||
| Jean-Francois Berube 25 shots / 21 saves | Goalie stats | Jerry Kuhn 42 shots / 39 saves | ||||||
| April 7 | Ontario Reign | 3–2 | Idaho Steelheads | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| Bill Bagron (1) 14:10 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Geoff Irwin (3) 1:00 Kevin Estrada (2) 10:31 PP |
Second period | Chad Nehring (2) 9:19 Aaron Lewicki (3) 16:31 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Carozzi 28 shots / 26 saves | Goalie stats | Jerry Kuhn 26 shots / 23 saves | ||||||
| April 9 | Ontario Reign | 0–5 | Idaho Steelheads | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Jacob Cepis (3) 7:50 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Joe Pereira (1) 8:10 PP Jacob Cepis (4) 14:18 Michael Neal (2) 18:00 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Cody Purves (2) 0:37 PP | ||||||
| Chris Carozzi 23 shots / 19 saves Jean-Francois Berube 7 shots / 6 saves |
Goalie stats | Jerry Kuhn 46 shots / 46 saves | ||||||
| Idaho wins series 3–2. | |
(3) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies
| April 2 | Utah Grizzlies | 0–2 | Las Vegas Wranglers | Maverik Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Eric Lampe (1) 1:14 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Eric Lampe (2) 3:32 | ||||||
| Andrew Engelage 28 shots / 26 saves | Goalie stats | Mitch O'Keefe 21 shots / 21 saves | ||||||
| April 3 | Utah Grizzlies | 2–3 | Las Vegas Wranglers | Maverik Center | Recap | |||
| Kory Falite (1) 9:04 PP | First period | Judd Blackwater (1) 3:41 Chris Francis (1) 19:18 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Michael Busto (1) 3:44 | ||||||
| Josh Burrows (1) 12:48) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Engelage 32 shots / 29 saves | Goalie stats | Mitch O'Keefe 48 shots / 46 saves | ||||||
| April 5 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 4–2 | Utah Grizzlies | Orleans Arena | Recap | |||
| Adam Miller (1) 11:24 | First period | Derick Martin (1) 16:19 | ||||||
| Scott Campbell (1) 7:52 PP Ash Goldie (1) 12:54 |
Second period | Kory Falite (2) 6:04 | ||||||
| Geoff Paukovich (1) 12:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mitch O'Keefe 26 shots / 24 saves | Goalie stats | Andrew Engelage 29 shots / 25 saves | ||||||
| Las Vegas wins series 3–0 | |
(4) Colorado Eagles vs. (5) Stockton Thunder
| April 3 | Stockton Thunder | 3–1 | Colorado Eagles | Stockton Arena | Recap | |||
| Garet Hunt (1) 3:10 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jesse Fratkin (1) 10:42 SH | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris D'Alvise (1) 4:29 PP | Third period | Aaron Slattengren (1) 6:08 | ||||||
| Olivier Roy 36 shots / 35 saves | Goalie stats | Kyle Jones 45 shots / 42 saves | ||||||
| April 4 | Stockton Thunder | 3–2 | OT | Colorado Eagles | Stockton Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | Joey Sides (1) 0:48 Tegan Moore (1) 1:50 | ||||||
| Max Campbell (1) 8:06 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Max Campbell (2) 16:36 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris D'Alvise (2) 0:17 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Olivier Roy 22 shots / 20 saves | Goalie stats | Kyle Jones 35 shots / 32 saves | ||||||
| April 6 | Colorado Eagles | 2–4 | Stockton Thunder | Budweiser Events Center | Recap | |||
| Steve Haddon (1) 15:39 PP | First period | Matt Foy (1) 13:59 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Max Campbell (3) 2:06 PP Max Campbell (4) 15:24 | ||||||
| Riley Nelson (1) 3:31 PP | Third period | Jordan Fulton (1) 19:34 EN/SH | ||||||
| Kyle Jones 17 shots / 14 saves | Goalie stats | Olivier Roy 30 shots / 28 saves | ||||||
| Stockton wins series 3–0. | |
Conference Semifinals
- Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
(1) Elmira Jackals vs. (5) Florida Everblades
This was the second playoff meeting between the two franchises; Elmira defeated Florida 4-2 in the 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals. During the regular season, Elmira defeated Florida 4-2, going 2-1 both in Elmira and in Florida.[7] Florida's John Muse was injured in the second period of Game 2, resulting in Pat Nagle coming in for the third period to secure the shutout.[8] Nagle would be Florida's goalie throughout the rest of the series.
| April 13 | Elmira Jackals | 3-1 | Florida Everblades | First Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Radja (3) 5:19 PP Jean Bourbeau (2) 6:54 |
First period | Brandon MacLean (1) 14:45 | ||||||
| Artem Demkov (3) 5:38 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Stewart 46 shots / 45 saves | Goalie stats | John Muse 19 shots / 16 saves | ||||||
| April 14 | Elmira Jackals | 0-4 | Florida Everblades | First Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Brayden Irwin (1) 2:16 PP Matt Marquardt (1) 9:12 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Trevor Bruess (2) 3:18 Trevor Bruess (3) 5:54 Leigh Salters (2) 19:54 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Stewart 15 shots / 11 saves Timo Pielmeier 17 shots / 16 saves |
Goalie stats | John Muse 11 shots / 11 saves Pat Nagle 8 shots / 8 saves | ||||||
| April 16 | Florida Everblades | 5-4 | OT | Elmira Jackals | Germain Arena | Recap | ||
| Matt Marquardt (2) 4:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Quick (1) 13:57 PP Leigh Salters (3) 14:36 PP Matt Beca (4) 16:00 |
Second period | Artem Demkov (4) 1:41 Jordan Pietrus (1) 3:01 Rob Bellamy (3) 5:04 Jean Bourbeau (3) 10:52 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| David Fischer (2) 19:57 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Nagle 32 shots / 28 saves | Goalie stats | Timo Pielmeier 55 shots / 50 saves | ||||||
| April 18 | Florida Everblades | 2-0 | Elmira Jackals | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Pitt (1) 2:32 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bobby Raymond (1) 1:14 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Nagle 24 shots / 24 saves | Goalie stats | Brian Stewart 26 shots / 24 saves | ||||||
| April 20 | Florida Everblades | 2-1 | Elmira Jackals | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Craig Rivet (2) 6:52 | ||||||
| Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll (3) 9:54 Mathieu Roy (2) 18:01 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Nagle 19 shots / 18 saves | Goalie stats | Brian Stewart 43 shots / 41 saves | ||||||
| Florida wins series 4-1 | |
(3) Kalamazoo Wings vs. (7) South Carolina Stingrays
| April 13 | Kalamazoo Wings | 6-4 | South Carolina Stingrays | Wings Stadium | Recap | |||
| Nick Sirota (3) 3:49 Nick Sirota (4) 11:54 Trent Daavettila (1) 18:45 |
First period | Maxime Lacroix (5) 10:32 Andrew Cherniwchan (1) 17:26 | ||||||
| Dustin Cloutier (3) 17:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Elgin Reid (2) 11:26 Elgin Reid (3) 11:40 |
Third period | Billy Ryan (1) 11:50 Michael Dorr (1) 17:52 | ||||||
| Riley Gill 35 shots / 31 saves | Goalie stats | Rob Madore 28 shots / 22 saves Billy Sauer 2 shots / 2 saves | ||||||
| April 14 | Kalamazoo Wings | 4-1 | South Carolina Stingrays | Wings Stadium | Recap | |||
| Darryl Bootland (3) 13:22 PP | First period | Chris Higgins (1) 3:34 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dwight Helminen (3) 13:35 Eric Kattelus (1) 17:01 Nick Sirota (5) 19:20 EN |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Riley Gill 20 shots / 19 saves | Goalie stats | Rob Madore 31 shots / 28 saves | ||||||
| April 18 | South Carolina Stingrays | 0-3 | Kalamazoo Wings | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Nick Sirota (6) 2:44 Justin Taylor (2) 3:35 Trent Daavettila (2) 14:53 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rob Madore 23 shots / 20 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 30 shots / 30 saves | ||||||
| April 20 | South Carolina Stingrays | 4-1 | Kalamazoo Wings | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Micheal Dorr (2) 2:52 Andrew Cherniwchan (2) 9:24 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Higgins (2) 7:47 Billy Ryan (2) 19:35 EN |
Third period | Nick Sirota (7) 13:49 PP | ||||||
| Daren Machesney 33 shots / 32 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 20 shots / 17 saves | ||||||
| April 21 | South Carolina Stingrays | 1-5 | Kalamazoo Wings | North Charleston Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Brett Flemming (2) 10:13 PP | First period | Trent Daavettila (3) 19:18 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Sam Ftorek (2) 1:07 PP Sam Ftorek (3) 18:05 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Justin Taylor (3) 6:52 PP Darryl Bootland (4) 15:57 | ||||||
| Daren Macheaney 32 shots / 27 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 32 shots / 31 saves | ||||||
| Kalamazoo wins series 4-1 | |
Western Conference
(1) Alaska Aces vs. (5) Stockton Thunder
| April 13 | Alaska Aces | 2-1 | Stockton Thunder | Sullivan Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Kissel (1) 12:10 Garry Nunn (1) 16:52 |
Third period | Greg Squires (1) 8:57 | ||||||
| Gerald Coleman 26 shots / 25 saves | Goalie stats | Olivier Roy 25 shots / 23 saves | ||||||
| April 14 | Alaska Aces | 2-3 | OT | Stockton Thunder | Sullivan Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brandon Gentile (1) 9:14 Nick Mazzolini (1) 10:05 |
Second period | Max Campbell (5) 13:07 Kevin Baker (1) 15:20 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Chris D'Alvise (3) 9:19 PP | ||||||
| Gerald Coleman 29 shots / 26 saves | Goalie stats | Olivier Roy 40 shots / 38 saves | ||||||
| April 18 | Stockton Thunder | 0-4 | Alaska Aces | Stockton Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Ryan Cruthers (1) 11:37 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Wes Goldie (1) 1:06 Nick Mazzolini (2) 1:25 Jordan Kremyr (1) 14:42 | ||||||
| Olivier Roy 40 shots / 36 saves | Goalie stats | Gerald Coleman 22 shots / 22 saves | ||||||
| April 20 | Stockton Thunder | 2-4 | Alaska Aces | Stockton Arena | Recap | |||
| Greg Squires (2) 7:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gabriel Levesque (1) 7:13 PP | Second period | Tyson Marsh (1) 1:18 Ryan Cruthers (2) 18:16 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Steve Ward (1) 14:08 PP Nick Mazzolini (3) 19:57 EN | ||||||
| Olivier Roy 29 shots / 26 saves | Goalie stats | Gerald Coleman 21 shots / 19 saves | ||||||
| April 21 | Stockton Thunder | 1-4 | Alaska Aces | Stockton Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Dan Kissel (2) 11:13 Steve Ward (2) 13:04 PP | ||||||
| Jesse Fratkin (2) 3:14 | Second period | Garry Nunn (2) 7:30 Dan Kissel (3) 18:32 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Olivier Roy 26 shots / 22 saves | Goalie stats | Gerald Coleman 31 shots / 30 saves | ||||||
| Alaska wins series 4-1 | |
(3) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (7) Idaho Steelheads
This was the fifth postseason meeting between the two franchises. Idaho had won three of the prior series (semifinals in 2004 and 2007, and quarterfinals in 2011); Las Vegas' sole historical victory was in the 2006 semifinals. During the regular season, Las Vegas was 7-1-4 against Idaho (1 overtime loss and 3 shootout losses, with 1 win in shootout).[9]
| April 16 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 3-1 | Idaho Steelheads | Orleans Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Michael Neal (3) 5:38 | ||||||
| Scott Campbell (2) 11:09 SH Mike Madill (1) 12:41 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Campbell (3) 19:22 EN | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mitch O'Keefe 18 shots / 17 saves | Goalie stats | Jerry Kuhn 45 shots / 43 saves | ||||||
| April 17 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 3-2 | OT | Idaho Steelheads | Orleans Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josh Lunden (1) 4:09 Peter MacArthur (1) 14:18 |
Second period | Cody Purves (3) 11:53 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Joe Pereira (2) 18:08 | ||||||
| Scott Campbell (4) 1:31 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mitch O'Keefe 30 shots / 28 saves | Goalie stats | Jerry Kuhn 45 shots / 42 saves | ||||||
| April 19 | Idaho Steelheads | 4-3 | Las Vegas Wranglers | CenturyLink Arena Boise | Recap | |||
| Aaron Lewicki (4) 10:18 PP | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Pereira (3) 10:01 PP | Second period | Peter MacArthur (2) 11:48 PP Josh Lunden (2) 19:11 | ||||||
| Cody Purves (4) 5:57 Chad Nehring (3) 8:09 |
Third period | Jeff May (1) 5:16 | ||||||
| Jerry Kuhn 37 shots / 34 saves | Goalie stats | Mitch O'Keefe 45 shots / 41 saves | ||||||
| April 21 | Idaho Steelheads | 1-4 | Las Vegas Wranglers | CenturyLink Arena Boise | Recap | |||
| Joe Pereira (4) 10:52 | First period | Adam Miller (2) 5:49 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Geoff Paukovich (2) 7:08 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Ash Goldie (2) 1:56 Chris Francis (2) 13:45 | ||||||
| Jerry Kuhn 49 shots / 45 saves | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon 26 shots / 25 saves | ||||||
| April 22 | Idaho Steelheads | 1-2 | OT | Las Vegas Wranglers | CenturyLink Arena Boise | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ron Meyers (2) 10:11 | Second period | Adam Miller (3) 17:25 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Eric Lampe (3) 10:46 | ||||||
| Jerry Kuhn 53 shots / 51 saves | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon 35 shots / 34 saves | ||||||
| Las Vegas wins series 4-1 | |
Conference Finals
Note: Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
(3) Kalamazoo Wings vs. (5) Florida Everblades
This was Kalamazoo's second consecutive Conference Final, and Florida's fourth in the past nine seasons. Their previous meeting was in 2011, where Kalamazoo beat Florida 3-1 in the first round. During the regular season, Florida beat Kalamazoo 3-2, with one loss in overtime and one win and one loss in shootout.[10] The series marked the return of John Muse from his lower-body injury (suffered in Game 3 against Elmira in the Conference Semifinals[8]) in a 7-0 shutout at home for Game 3.[11]
| April 27 | Kalamazoo Wings | 0–2 | Florida Everblades | Wings Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Bobby Raymond (2) 15:54 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Trevor Bruess (4) 13:55 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Riley Gill 38 shots / 36 saves | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle 34 shots / 34 saves | ||||||
| April 28 | Kalamazoo Wings | 3–2 | Florida Everblades | Wings Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Brayden Irwin (2) 14:28 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kory Karlander (3) 6:18 PP Darren Archibald (1) 8:11 Dustin Cloutier (4) 17:32 |
Third period | Matt Beca (5) 15:01 | ||||||
| Riley Gill 38 shots / 36 saves | Goalie stats | Pat Nagle 19 shots / 16 saves | ||||||
| May 2 | Florida Everblades | 7–0 | Kalamazoo Wings | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| Mathieu Roy (3) 9:27 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brayden Irwin (3) 0:20 Sebastien Piche (2) 1:02 PP Brayden Irwin (4) 4:36 Justin Shugg (1) 7:16 Brayden Irwin (5) 8:38 PP |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Justin Shugg (2) 16:58 PP | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Muse 28 shots / 28 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 14 shots / 10 saves Maxime Clermont 18 shots / 15 saves | ||||||
| May 3 | Florida Everblades | 7–3 | Kalamazoo Wings | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| David Rutherford (3) 17:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Charles Landry (1) 2:33 David Fischer (3) 10:26 PP |
Second period | Dwight Helminen (4) 15:27 | ||||||
| Mathieu Roy (4) 18:27 PP David Rutherford (4) 18:51 |
Third period | Darren Archibald (2) 8:17 Dwight Helminen (5) 10:33 PP | ||||||
| John Muse 31 shots / 28 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 25 shots / 18 saves | ||||||
| May 5 | Florida Everblades | 3–1 | Kalamazoo Wings | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Ratchuk (1) 9:02 Justin Shugg (3) 18:11 PP |
Second period | Kory Karlander (4) 12:13 PP | ||||||
| Trevor Bruess (5) 5:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Muse 28 shots / 27 saves | Goalie stats | Riley Gill 24 shots / 21 saves | ||||||
| Florida wins series 4–1 | |
Western Conference
(1) Alaska Aces vs. (3) Las Vegas Wranglers
This was the third playoff meeting between the two franchises; Alaska won in the 2006 West Division Finals, 4-2, and 2009 National Conference finals 4-0, while Las Vegas won the 2008 National Conference Semifinals 4-1, giving Alaska a historical 9-6 lead. It was the second consecutive Conference Final for Alaska, and their sixth in eight seasons, and the third Final for Las Vegas in five seasons. During the regular season, Las Vegas beat Alaska 5-4, with Alaska winning a game in shootout, and Las Vegas winning two shootout games.[12]
| April 26 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 1–2 | Alaska Aces | Orleans Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Campbell (5) 17:29 | Second period | Ryan Cruthers (3) 9:07 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Ryan Cruthers (4) 15:54 | ||||||
| Joe Fallon 32 shots / 30 saves | Goalie stats | Gerald Coleman 26 shots / 25 saves | ||||||
| April 27 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 3–0 | Alaska Aces | Orleans Arena | Recap | |||
| Josh Lunden (3) 1:28 Scott Campbell (6) 4:06 Scott Campbell (7) 19:18 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Fallon 23 shots / 23 saves | Goalie stats | Gerald Coleman 15 shots / 12 saves James Reid 13 shots / 13 saves | ||||||
| April 29 | Alaska Aces | 2–3 | OT | Las Vegas Wranglers | Sullivan Arena | Recap | ||
| Kane Lafranchise (1) 9:01 PP | First period | Jeff May (2) 5:01 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Judd Blackwater (2) 9:25 | ||||||
| Scott Howes (1) 9:04 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Eric Lampe (4) 3:11 | ||||||
| Gerald Coleman 34 shots / 31 saves | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon 31 shots / 29 saves | ||||||
| May 1 | Alaska Aces | 2–3 | Las Vegas Wranglers | Sullivan Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Judd Blackwater (3) 1:49 Eric Lampe (5) 11:25 | ||||||
| Dan Kissel (4) 19:05 | Second period | Peter MacArthur (3) 7:01 | ||||||
| Chad Anderson (1) 19:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gerald Coleman 24 shots / 21 saves | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon 26 shots / 24 saves | ||||||
| May 2 | Alaska Aces | 1–3 | Las Vegas Wranglers | Sullivan Arena | Recap | |||
| Dan Kissel (5) 5:22 PP | First period | Eric Lampe (6) 14:28 PP Judd Blackwater (4) 18:22 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Josh Lunden (4) 19:57 EN/SH | ||||||
| Gerald Coleman 26 shots / 24 saves | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon 18 shots / 17 saves | ||||||
| Las Vegas wins series 4–1 | |
Kelly Cup Finals
(3) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (5) Florida Everblades
This is the first playoff meeting between the two franchises, and the first time either has played the other since 2005. They have met 5 times during the regular season (once in 2003, twice in 2004, and twice in 2005), with Florida leading the series 4-1; Las Vegas's sole victory prior to Game 1 was a shutout at Florida in 2005. Game 1 was only the second time Florida played at the Orleans Arena.[13] Florida's 7-2 victory in Game 2 marks the largest margin of defeat for Las Vegas during the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, and ties for the most points scored by a team in any game during the postseason (Florida also scored 7 points on Kalamazoo twice). The 3-game stand for Games 3, 4, and 5 were billed as pitting the Everblades 8-0 postseason home record against Las Vegas' 7-1 postseason away record.[14] Game 3 marked the first home victory in a Kelly Cup final for Florida,[15] and Game 5 saw the Everblades win the cup in front of a standing-room-only crowd.[16]
| May 14 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 2–1 | Florida Everblades | Orleans Arena | Recap | |||
| Peter MacArthur (4) 13:43 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eric Lampe (7) 14:04 PP | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Mike Ratchuk (2) 18:00 | ||||||
| Joe Fallon 33 shots / 32 saves | Goalie stats | John Muse 23 shots / 21 saves | ||||||
| May 15 | Las Vegas Wranglers | 2–7 | Florida Everblades | Orleans Arena | Recap | |||
| Chris Francis (3) 10:20 Judd Blackwater (5) 15:36 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Mathieu Roy (5) 2:22 PP Justin Shugg (4) 14:10 Matt Marquardt (4)16:42 PP | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | David Rutherford (5) 3:15 Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll (4) 5:10 Brandon MacLean (2) 7:03 Leigh Salters (4) 18:15 | ||||||
| Joe Fallon 28 shots / 21 saves | Goalie stats | John Muse 29 shots / 27 saves | ||||||
| May 18 | Florida Everblades | 4–3 | OT | Las Vegas Wranglers | Germain Arena | Recap | ||
| Mike Ratchuk (3) 8:23 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex McGinnis (1) 3:18 | Second period | Adam Huxley (1) 0:27 Scott Campbell (8) 2:08 Judd Blackwater (6) 9:14 PP | ||||||
| Justin Shugg (5) 16:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Marquardt (5) 13:49 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Muse 35 shots / 32 saves | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon 34 shots / 30 saves | ||||||
| May 22 | Florida Everblades | 3–1 | Las Vegas Wranglers | Germain Arena | Recap | |||
| Brandon MacLean (3) 17:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Marquardt (6) 5:15 | Second period | Peter MacArthur (5) 6:32 | ||||||
| Justin Shugg (6) 15:37 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Muse 30 shots / 29 saves | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon 30 shots / 27 saves | ||||||
| May 23 | Florida Everblades | 3–2 | OT | Las Vegas Wranglers | Germain Arena | Recap | ||
| Justin Shugg (7) 12:07 Mike Ratchuk (4) 18:46 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Ash Goldie (3) 9:26 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Peter MacArthur (6) 0:47 | ||||||
| Brandon MacLean (4) 4:54 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Muse 43 shots / 41 saves | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon 29 shots / 26 saves | ||||||
| Florida wins Kelly Cup 4–1 | |
Statistical leaders
Skaters
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Lampe | Las Vegas Wranglers | 17 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 30 |
| Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll | Florida Everblades | 18 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 8 |
| Matt Marquardt | Florida Everblades | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 6 |
| Adam Miller | Las Vegas Wranglers | 18 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 26 |
| Judd Blackwater | Las Vegas Wranglers | 18 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 20 |
| Matt Beca | Florida Everblades | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Sirota | Kalamazoo Wings | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| Brayden Irwin | Florida Everblades | 17 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
| Brandon MacLean | Florida Everblades | 18 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| Trent Daavettila | Kalamazoo Wings | 14 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 2 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Goaltending
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Nagle | Florida Everblades | 6 | 4 | 1 | 136 | 8 | 1.42 | 0.941 | 2 | 338 |
| John Muse | Florida Everblades | 13 | 11 | 2 | 377 | 23 | 1.78 | 0.939 | 1 | 776 |
| Mitch O'Keefe | Las Vegas Wranglers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 188 | 11 | 1.83 | 0.941 | 1 | 360 |
| Gerald Coleman | Alaska Aces | 10 | 5 | 3 | 254 | 19 | 2.00 | 0.925 | 1 | 569 |
| Joe Fallon | Las Vegas Wranglers | 12 | 7 | 3 | 345 | 27 | 2.15 | 0.922 | 1 | 752 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)
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