List of ECSL seasons
The East Coast Super League is a senior ice hockey league in New South Wales, Australia. The league played its first season in 2002 with four teams and has recently finished its fifteenth season with five teams. The most recent champion is the Reach Rebels who won the 2016 regular season and playoffs.
Seasons[edit]
| Season | Number of teams | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | Raptors win the 2002 playoffs[1] |
| 2003 | 4 | Sydney Heat win the 2003 playoffs[1] |
| 2004 | 4 | Raptors win the 2004 playoffs, claiming their second title[1] |
| 2005 | 6 | Newcastle North Stars enters a farm team and another team joins as the league expands to six[2] Newcastle North Stars win the 2005 playoffs[1] |
| 2006 | 6 | Ice Breakers win the 2006 playoffs[1] |
| 2007 | 4 | Raptors and the 2005 expansion team cease operations[3] Newcastle North Stars win the 2007 playoffs, claiming their second title[1] The Sting's Scott Townsend is the league's top scorer with 39 points, which includes 23 goals[3] |
| 2008 | 4 | Ice Breakers win the 2008 playoffs, claiming their second title[1] The North Stars Nicholas Quirk-Orford is the league's top scorer with 48 points, which includes 24 goals[3] |
| 2009 | 5 | The Penrith Raptors join as an expansion team[4] The Sting win the 2009 playoffs[1] The Sting's Scott Townsend is the league's top scorer for the second time in three years with 41 points, which includes 24 goals[3] |
| 2010 | 6 | The Central Coast Rhinos join as an expansion team[5] Penrith Raptors win the 2010 playoffs[1] The Rhinos' Shane Southwood is the league's top scorer with 40 points, which includes 20 goals[3] |
| 2011 | 6 | The Central Coast Rhinos leave the league and are replaced by the Vipers[5] The Ice Breakers cease operations[6] The Reach Rebels join the league as an expansion team and win the 2011 playoffs in their debut season[2][1] The Raptors' Jason Gibson is the league's top scorer with 40 points, which includes 21 goals[3] |
| 2012 | 6 | The Reach Rebels win the regular season and the Newcastle North Stars win the 2012 playoffs, claiming their third title[7] The Vipers Jayson Chalker is the league's top scorer with 32 points and Tim Kane of the Sting is the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.926[8][9] |
| 2013 | 6 | The Sting win the regular season and the 2013 playoffs, claiming their second title[10] The Sting's Martin Snajdr is the league's top scorer with 58 points and Francisco Sevilla is the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.874[11][12] |
| 2014 | 6 | The Vipers cease operations The Blueline Bombers join as an expansion team The Reach Rebels win the regular season and the 2014 playoffs, claiming their second title[13][14] The Sting's Jaroslav Murgaš is the league's top scorer with 46 points[15] Francisco Sevilla of the Sting and the Sydney Heats Alan Becken are the leading goaltenders with a save percentage of 0.872[16] |
| 2015 | 6 | The Reach Rebels win the regular season, their second in a row[17] The Sting defeat the Rebels in the grand final series, claiming their third title[18] Lukas Vaic of the Sting and the Rebels Alex Witts finish the regular season as the league's top scorers with 43 points each[19] Tyrone Mendoza-Kehlet of the Rebels is the leading goaltender of the regular season with a save percentage of 0.913[19] |
| 2016 | 5 | The Sydney Heat cease operations after Ice Hockey NSW instructs the league to drop one team from the competition[20][21] The Reach Rebels win the regular season and the 2016 playoffs, claiming their third playoff title[22][23] Hayden Sheard of the Newcastle North Stars finishes the regular season as the leading scorer with 37 points[24] Rhett Kelly of the Rebels is the leading goaltender of the regular season with a save percentage of 0.903[25] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "2015 ECSL Playoffs: Grand Final Series". Ice Hockey News Australia. 3 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ a b "2015 League Leading Players". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "ECSL news: 24 February 2016". Ice Hockey News Australia. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Season 2016 Members Handbook and Rulebook" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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- ^ "Reach Rebels win the 2016 ECSL playoffs". Ice Hockey News Australia. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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- ^ "2016 League Leading Goalies". East Coast Super League. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.