All Along the Coast - Kelly Cup Playoffs
Published on April 2, 2002 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
Southeast Division Wild Card Round (One-Game)
Winner Meets No. 1 Seed Greenville In Southeast Division Semifinals
No. 5 Florida Everblades (37-27-8) at No. 4 South Carolina Stingrays (39-26-7) 7:00 p.m. ET
Stingrays begin their defense of the Kelly Cup . . . Game being played at the Carolina Ice Palace . . . First-ever postseason meeting . . . South Carolina won the last meeting 3-2 at home . . . Everblades are 2-1 at South Carolina and 5-2 overall against the Stingrays . . . South Carolina¹s Dave Seitz led the ECHL with 44 goals, ranked second with 98 points, and ranked fifth with 54 assists . . . Everblades have not won a playoff series since 1999 when they swept Birmingham, three games to none, before losing to Mississippi, three games to none.
Southwest Division Wild Card Round (One-Game)
Winner Meets No. 1 Seed Louisiana In Southwest Division Semifinals
No. 5 New Orleans Brass (36-32-4) at No. 4 Jackson Bandits (34-29-9) 9:00 p.m. CT
First-ever postseason meeting . . . New Orleans is 2-0 at Jackson and 5-0 overall against the Bandits in 2001-02 . . . Jackson has qualified for the postseason for the second consecutive season . . . Brass have made the playoffs in each of their five seasons . . . Bandits lost, three games to two, to Mobile in 2001 postseason . . . New Orleans making third consecutive Wild Card appearance . . . Brass defeated Augusta, two games to one, in 2001 Wild Card Round before being eliminated, three games to two, by Louisiana . . . New Orleans won a team record-tying 36 games.
Northeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)
No. 4 Roanoke Express (35-26-11) at No. 1 Trenton Titans (46-16-10) 7:05 p.m. ET
Titans advanced to the 2001 Kelly Cup Finals before losing, four games to one, to South Carolina . . . Roanoke has qualified for the playoffs in each of its nine seasons . . . Trenton has won back-to-back Northern Conference regular season titles . . . Roanoke has not won a playoff series since advancing to the 1999 Northern Conference Finals . . . Trenton has qualified for the playoffs in each of its first three seasons . . . Express lost to Toledo, three games to two, in 2001 and to Johnstown, three games to one, in 2000.
Northeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)
No. 3 Atlantic City (42-22-8) at No. 2 Charlotte Checkers (41-20-11) 7:00 p.m. ET
Checkers qualify for the postseason for the second consecutive season and the seventh time in their nine-year history . . . Boardwalk Bullies qualify for postseason in their first season in Atlantic City . . . Boardwalk Bullies¹ Scott Stirling was 10-8 with a 2.34 goals against average while helping Trenton advance to the 2001 Kelly Cup Finals . . . Charlotte won the final Riley Cup, awarded to ECHL Champions prior to the Kelly Cup, in 1996 . . . Charlotte¹s Jason LaBarbera was 1-1 with a 2.09 goals against average in 2001 postseason.
Northwest Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)
No. 3 Johnstown Chiefs (39-31-2) at No. 2 Peoria Rivermen (41-23-8) 7:00 p.m. CT
Peoria swept the Chiefs, three games to none, in the semifinals of the Northern Conference on its way to the 2000 Kelly Cup Championship . . . Rivermen have qualified for the postseason in each of their six seasons . . . Chiefs making third consecutive postseason appearance and ninth appearance in 14 seasons . . . Rivermen advanced to the 2001 Northern Conference Finals before losing, four games to three, to Trenton . . . Chiefs advanced to inaugural Riley Cup Finals in 1989, losing four games to three to Carolina.
2002 Kelly Cup Playoffs Schedule
Wednesday, April 3
Atlantic City at Charlotte 7:00 p.m. ET
Roanoke at Trenton 7:05 p.m. ET
Cincinnati at Dayton 7:00 p.m. ET
Johnstown at Peoria 7:00 p.m. ET
Columbia at Pee Dee 7:00 p.m. ET
Pensacola at Mississippi 7:05 p.m. ET
New Orleans/Jackson Winner at Louisiana 7:05 p.m. CT Thursday, April 4
Florida/South Carolina Winner at Greenville 7:05 p.m. ET Friday, April 5
Charlotte at Atlantic City 7:00 p.m. ET
Florida/South Carolina Winner at Greenville 7:05 p.m. ET
Trenton at Roanoke 7:30 p.m. ET
Dayton at Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. ET
Peoria at Johnstown 7:30 p.m. ET
Pee Dee at Columbia 7:30 p.m. ET
Pensacola at Mississippi 7:35 p.m. CT
New Orleans/Jackson Winner at Louisiana 7:35 p.m. CT Saturday, April 6
Cincinnati at Dayton 7:30 p.m. ET
Columbia at Pee Dee 7:30 p.m. ET
Mississippi at Pensacola 7:05 p.m. CT
*Charlotte at Atlantic City 7:00 p.m. ET
*Peoria at Johnstown 7:30 p.m. ET
* - If Necessary
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