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40-643: Unlike the playoff championship, which was originally awarded with the Riley Cup and now the Kelly Cup , the trophy was introduced during the league's inaugural season in 1988 by the league's board of governors and was named after in recognition of Henry Brabham , who co-founded the ECHL in 1988–89 with five teams in four states. Brabham, who was the first inductee into the ECHL Hall of Fame in 2008, owned three of

80-539: A later date, after which viewers must subscribe to the Bleacher Report Sports add-on. This season's Heritage Classic instead aired on TBS due to TNT's soccer coverage of U.S. women's national soccer team . TruTV also began airing simulcasted/alternative broadcasts of selected TNT games, TruTV also televised a youth-oriented alternate broadcast, using the NHL's player and puck tracking system to render

120-667: A live animated version of the Colorado Avalanche–Vegas Golden Knights game on April 14, 2024, portrayed by WBD characters featured in the MultiVersus video game. NHL Network continued to also nationally televise selected regular season games, including Saturday and Sunday afternoon games as part of the NHL Network Showcase series. The Washington Capitals ' broadcaster NBC Sports Washington rebranded as Monumental Sports Network before

160-517: A new arena, upon which they would have been reactivated as an expansion team with all previous team history, records, and uniforms being maintained. However, in June, the auction was cancelled, and Alex Meruelo left the ownership, leading the team to cease operations. The Coyotes became the first team to suspend operations since the Brooklyn Americans in 1942 . The 2023 NHL Entry Draft

200-635: A new television agreement with the E. W. Scripps Company 's sports division Scripps Sports , under which it carried games on a subchannel of its Phoenix broadcast station and ABC affiliate KNXV-TV , and syndicate them to sister stations in the team's broadcast territory, including KGUN-TV in Tucson, Arizona , and KUPX-TV and KSTU-DT2 in Salt Lake City . The Coyotes aired non-game programs on KNXV and sister The CW affiliate KASW . With Bally Sports Arizona already previously losing airing rights to

240-578: A primary analyst on the Flyers' television broadcasts. The Chicago Blackhawks hired Darren Pang to be their lead TV color commentator. Pang, who spent 14 years in the same role with the St. Louis Blues and is also a color commentator on TNT, replaces both Colby Cohen , whose contract with the team was not renewed and Patrick Sharp , who left to also join the Flyers front office, along with Keith Jones. The Blues replaced Pang with Jamie Rivers , who had been

280-481: A restructuring agreement after receiving a $ 115 million investment from Amazon . The restructuring agreement would supersede the prior agreement with the NHL, so rights for the NHL would no longer expire following the 2023–24 season. In February 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it was winding down its AT&T SportsNet regional sports network business, affecting the Pittsburgh Penguins and

320-688: A special advisor in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She continues to work on select ESPN broadcasts in the U.S. on a smaller role. This was the third season of the league's seven-year U.S. national broadcast rights deals with the ESPN family of networks and TNT Sports . Regular season games were aired exclusively on ESPN on selected Tuesdays, Thursdays, and weekends; and ABC on selected Saturdays between mid-January and mid-April. ESPN+ and Hulu exclusively streamed games primarily on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and weekends throughout

360-890: A youth-oriented alternate broadcast, using the NHL's player and puck tracking system to render a live animated version of the March 9, 2024, Pittsburgh Penguins–Boston Bruins game, portrayed by characters from the animated series Big City Greens . WBD's regular season coverage was primarily on TNT , with games on Wednesday nights throughout the season, the Thanksgiving Showdown on November 24, Winter Classic, and selected Sunday games between late February and April. Not all of TNT's regular season games were exclusive broadcasts and were thus subject to blackout in local markets. WBD invoked its over-the-top streaming rights for Max , adding live sports telecasts from WBD channels; these broadcasts were available at no additional charge until

400-553: Is loaned to the winning team for one year and is returned at the start of the following year's playoffs, although the trophy itself has been replaced three times with the first two iterations preserved in the Hockey Hall of Fame . The Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player award is also given out as part of the Kelly Cup Championship ceremonies. Nick Vitucci , Dave Gagnon and Cam Johnson (ice hockey) are

440-620: Is operated by NESN —the regional broadcaster of the Boston Bruins—which is majority-owned by the Penguins' parent company Fenway Sports Group . ESPN/ABC studio analyst Chris Chelios , who served in the role for two seasons, left the network as part of its June 2023 cost-cutting measures. Chelios later made appearances on TNT during the season. In October, studio analyst Barry Melrose resigned after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease . TNT ice-level analyst Keith Jones left

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480-588: The American Hockey League in 2018–19. In 2019, the Eagles' ownership did not return the Kelly Cup to the ECHL before the playoffs, leading to the league creating a replacement trophy for the 2019 Kelly Cup playoffs . The Eagles' ownership eventually returned the cup before the 2019–20 season, and the league returned its status to be the primary trophy. The 2019 Kelly Cup was the fourth copy of

520-625: The Florida Panthers defeating the Edmonton Oilers in seven games, winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. This was the final season for the Arizona Coyotes before they suspended operations. It followed the sale of the team's hockey assets to Utah businessman Ryan Smith , who was awarded an expansion team in Salt Lake City to begin play in the 2024–25 season . The Coyotes had until 2029 to construct

560-572: The Hershey Bears and their ECHL affiliate, the South Carolina Stingrays both won. The Kelly Cup playoffs is an elimination tournament, consisting of four rounds of a best-of-seven series. The format has changed often throughout the years. Since 2016–17, the top four point earners from each division qualify. The first two playoff rounds are played within each division, followed by the conference finals (contested between

600-664: The Hockey Day in Canada games on January 20, and All-Star Weekend. Games were be streamed on Sportsnet+ , with national games available on the Standard level, out-of-market games on the Premium tier, and via authenticated streaming on participating teams. Regular season games on CBC were also simulcast on CBC Gem , which replaced CBCSports.ca. Longtime commentator John Garrett retired from Vancouver Canucks broadcasts before

640-774: The Ottawa Senators faced each other on November 16. The Red Wings then played the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 17. The Minnesota Wild took on the Senators on November 18. Finally, the Wild played the Maple Leafs on November 19. The following outdoor games took place: The 2024 All-Star Game took place on February 3, 2024, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto , the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs . For

680-900: The Pee Dee Pride ), Louisiana IceGators , Toledo Storm franchise (including Toledo Walleye ), and the Thunderbirds/Nailers franchise (the Winston-Salem Thunderbirds and the Wheeling Thunderbirds/Nailers ) have won the Brabham Cup on multiple occasions, with the Aces and Storm/Walleye winning five times, the Everblades winning four, the former Cherokees/Pride and Thunderbirds/Nailers franchises having won three each, while

720-616: The Phoenix Suns to Gray Television and the Arizona Diamondbacks to the MLB itself earlier in the year, they decided to wind down services for the rest of the month before concluding on October 21, 2023. On December 20, 2023, Diamond Sports and the NHL reached an agreement that resulted in the contracts for teams airing on Diamond expiring after the 2023–24 NHL season. However, on January 17, 2024, Diamond Sports announced

760-704: The Presidents' Trophy are announced at the end of the regular season. The Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy are presented at the end of the Stanley Cup Finals . The Calder Memorial Trophy , Hart Memorial Trophy , Ted Lindsay Award , James Norris Memorial Trophy , and Vezina Trophy were presented during the annual NHL awards show on June 27 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas . The other awards were announced during

800-585: The Vegas Golden Knights ' broadcasters, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain , respectively. The Seattle Kraken 's deal with Root Sports Northwest was not affected because Warner Bros. Discovery only held minority control of that network. On May 4, 2023, the Golden Knights signed a multi-year agreement with Scripps Sports to start airing games on Scripps' Las Vegas broadcast station KMCC , and syndicate

840-494: The arena was not designed for ice hockey, the league built a temporary rink akin to other NHL outdoor games , though the arena's retractable roof was closed for the games. (*) Indicates interim (*) Indicates interim The regular season began on October 10, 2023, and ended on April 18, 2024. The league held four regular season games on four consecutive days at Avicii Arena in Stockholm , Sweden. The Detroit Red Wings and

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880-526: The backup color commentator whenever Pang worked for TNT before the announcement. The Los Angeles Kings started using TV/radio simulcasts, keeping radio announcers Nick Nickson and Daryl Evans , and TV analyst Jim Fox . However, they did not renew the TV play-by-play announcer Alex Faust 's contract. The Pittsburgh Penguins ' play-by-play announcers swapped roles, with Josh Getzoff moving from radio to TV, and Steve Mears moving from TV to radio. However,

920-434: The first time, the four-team, three-on-three format used since 2016 was combined with the "fantasy draft" format used from 2011 to 2015 . In each round, teams compete in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage plays at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and

960-543: The four division winners), and ending with the Kelly Cup finals (featuring the two conference champions). 2023%E2%80%9324 NHL season The 2023–24 NHL season was the 107th season of operation (106th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season began on October 10, 2023, and ended on April 18, 2024. The 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs began on April 20. The Stanley Cup Finals began on June 8, and ended on June 24, 2024, with

1000-521: The league in regular season points at the completion of games played on April 18, 2024. The following goaltenders led the league in regular season goals against average at the completion of games played on April 18, 2024, while playing at least 1,920 minutes. Voting concluded immediately after the end of the regular season. Statistics-based awards such as the Art Ross Trophy , Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy , William M. Jennings Trophy and

1040-498: The network to become president of hockey operations with the Philadelphia Flyers . Before joining the Flyers' front office, Jones also worked as the team's TV color analyst for 23 seasons, while also working as a studio and game analyst with NBC and later TNT. To replace Jones, TNT hired Brian Boucher away from ESPN/ABC, serving the same role as he previously had with the latter network. Boucher also replaced Jones as

1080-571: The only players to win the award on multiple occasions, with Johnson the only player to win the award in consecutive years. Eighteen different teams have won the ECHL Championship, with nine ( Alaska , Allen , Cincinnati , Colorado , Florida , Hampton Roads , Idaho , South Carolina , and Toledo ) winning multiple times. The Florida Everblades hold the record for most championships won with four. The Colorado Eagles , who won it in 2018 for their second consecutive title, moved to

1120-591: The original five teams. The Virginia businessman was crucial to the league surviving its earliest seasons. Only five Brabham Cup winners have gone on to win the ECHL Kelly Cup playoff championship, with the Alaska Aces doing so three times, despite the guaranteed home-ice advantage in all rounds of the playoffs. Eight franchises — the Alaska Aces , Cincinnati Cyclones , Florida Everblades , Idaho Steelheads , Knoxville Cherokees franchise (including

1160-399: The other division winner, and both wild cards were de facto #4 seeds. The other series matched the second and third-place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home ice advantage was awarded to the team with the better seed. In the conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals, home ice advantage was awarded to the team with the better regular season record. The following players led

1200-408: The other team is at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division make the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference. In the first round, the lower seeded wild card in each conference was played against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card was played against

1240-542: The others have two. Defunct franchises are listed in italics . Kelly Cup The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the playoff champion of the ECHL . The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997 . Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup , named after former American Hockey League president Jack Riley . The current cup is named after Patrick J. Kelly , the league's first commissioner. The cup

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1280-668: The playoffs. The following is a list of notable players who played their first NHL game during the 2023–24 season, listed with their first team. The following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2023–24, listed with their team: This was the tenth season of the league's 12-year Canadian national broadcast rights deal with Sportsnet . This included Sportsnet's sub-licensing agreements to air Saturday Hockey Night in Canada games on CBC Television and French-language broadcasts on TVA Sports . Sportsnet's national schedule also included Monday Night Hockey , Wednesday Night Hockey , this season's four outdoor games,

1320-459: The reorganization. The Los Angeles Kings renewed their contract with Bally Sports West despite Diamond's bankruptcy. The Kings also reached an agreement with KCAL-TV for the rights to six games and select half-hour specials. On October 4, 2023, Diamond announced that it intended to reject its Bally Sports Arizona contract with the Arizona Coyotes . The next day, the Coyotes announced

1360-589: The season. During All-Star Weekend, ESPN had the All-Star skills competition while ABC aired the All-Star Game. Both Stadium Series games were broadcast by ABC. A Presidents' Day doubleheader on February 19 was also scheduled on ESPN this season. Under the "NHL Power Play on ESPN+" branding, the streaming service also streamed ABC games, selected ESPN games, as well out-of-market games. For the second consecutive season, ESPN collaborated with Disney Channel on

1400-495: The season. He continued to provide analysis on select national broadcasts throughout the season. Sportsnet later announced that Dave Tomlinson , formerly a radio analyst for the Seattle Kraken , would take over as the primary TV analyst for Canucks regional broadcasts, with ESPN lead analyst Ray Ferraro working as a substitute for select games. On December 18, analyst Cassie Campbell-Pascall left Sportsnet to become

1440-548: The start of the season. In September 2022, Monumental Sports & Entertainment bought out NBCUniversal 's ownership stake in the channel. The 12 NHL teams who had dealt with the Bally Sports regional sports networks may be affected by its operator Diamond Sports Group 's March 14, 2023, decision to file for bankruptcy. Diamond had initially sought to continue broadcasting regional games while it plans to separate from majority parent Sinclair Broadcast Group as part of

1480-501: The team let go Bob Errey , their TV color commentator. To replace him, a rotation of Colby Armstrong , Mike Rupp , and Phil Bourque , who also provides color commentary on radio, is used. The Seattle Kraken hired Al Kinisky as their radio analyst, replacing Dave Tomlinson, who moved to the Vancouver Canucks television booth. Columbus Blue Jackets TV play-by-play announcer Jeff Rimer announced his retirement at

1520-496: The telecasts to other stations across the team's broadcast territory; both KMCC and Salt Lake City 's KUPX-TV were converted from Ion Television stations to independents to accommodate the team's broadcasts, along with Scripps's Montana Television Network , whose second digital subchannels previously carried The CW . On August 30, 2023, the Penguins announced that they would acquire AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, which rebranded on October 2 as SportsNet Pittsburgh . The channel

1560-666: The trophy, but was allowed to be kept by the Newfoundland Growlers when the previous cup returned to circulation. On one occasions an ECHL club has won the Kelly Cup coincidentally with its NHL affiliate winning the Stanley Cup: 2023 when the Florida Panthers and their ECHL affiliate, the Florida Everblades both won this also occurred with its AHL affiliate winning the Calder Cup: 2009 when

1600-703: Was held on June 28–29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville , Tennessee . Connor Bedard was selected first overall by the Chicago Blackhawks . The NHL held games in Australia for the first time in league history. The Arizona Coyotes and Los Angeles Kings played on September 23 and 24 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne , best known as the main venue for the Australian Open . Since

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