Florida Claims Brabham Cup as ECHL Regular-Season Champions
June 5, 2021 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Florida Everblades clinched the 2020-21 Brabham Cup championship on Saturday by virtue of their 4-3 win at Orlando.
The Brabham Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the ECHL team that finishes with the best record in the regular season. The recipient is guaranteed home-ice advantage throughout its participation in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.
With the win, Florida improved its record to 42-19-8 for a .667 points percentage and captures the ECHL regular-season title for the fourth time in team history. The Everblades previously earned the Brabham Cup in 1999-2000, 2008-09 and 2017-18. The four Brabham Cup titles are the second most in ECHL history, behind the Alaska Aces, who won the regular-season title five times.
Florida captured the Eastern Conference regular-season title, and has qualified for the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the 21st time since joining the ECHL in 1998-99. The Everblades won the Kelly Cup title in 2012, and have advanced to the Finals in 2004, 2005 and 2018.
The award is named 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 the original five teams. The dedication of the Virginia businessman was crucial to the league surviving to span from coast-to-coast while advancing nearly 700 players and countless coaches, on-ice officials and front office personnel to the National Hockey League.
Brabham Cup Champions
2020-21 Florida Everblades, .667 points percentage
2019-20 Trophy not awarded due to COVID-19
2018-19 Cincinnati Cyclones, 110 points
2017-18 Florida Everblades, 112 points
2016-17 Toledo Walleye, 106 points
2015-16 Missouri Mavericks, 109 points
2014-15 Toledo Walleye, 107 points
2013-14 Alaska Aces, 97 points
2012-13 Alaska Aces, 106 points
2011-12 Alaska Aces, 97 points
2010-11 Alaska Aces, 97 points
2009-10 Idaho Steelheads, 103 points
2008-09 Florida Everblades, 103 points
2007-08 Cincinnati Cyclones, 115 points
2006-07 Las Vegas Wranglers, 106 points
2005-06 Alaska Aces, 113 points
2004-05 Pensacola Ice Pilots, 107 points
2003-04 San Diego Gulls, 108 points
2002-03 Toledo Storm, 104 points
2001-02 Louisiana Ice Gators, 116 points
2000-01 Trenton Titans, 104 points
1999-00 Florida Everblades, 108 points
1998-99 Pee Dee Pride, 106 points
1997-98 Louisiana Ice Gators, 96 points
1996-97 South Carolina Stingrays, 100 points
1995-96 Richmond Renegades, 105 points
1994-95 Wheeling Thunderbirds, 97 points
1993-94 Knoxville Cherokees, 94 points
1992-93 Wheeling Thunderbirds, 88 points
1991-92 Toledo Storm, 95 points
1990-91 Knoxville Cherokees, 97 points
1989-90 Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, 82 points
1998-89 Erie Panthers, 77 points
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