Ice Pilots to Play in South Division of American Conference
Published on June 23, 2005 under ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release
June 23, 2005
Contact: Paul Chestnutt
(850)
432-7825
ECHL Announces Alignments, Playoff Formats
Ice Pilots to Play in South
Division of American Conference
Pensacola, FL - The 2004-2005 Brabham Cup Champions Pensacola Ice Pilots are proud to announce that they will be competing in the South Division of the American Conference for the 2005-2006 season.
The ECHL on Thursday announced the division and conference alignments and the format for the 2006 Kelly Cup Playoffs which were both unanimously approved by the ECHL Board of Governors at it Annual Meeting on June 21-22.
The Ice Pilots will begin their tenth anniversary season wearing their new logo and colors on Saturday, October 22 at home vs. Mississippi at 7:05 p.m.
The conference and division alignments are:
American Conference (16 teams) In the North Division,
the fourth-place and fifth-place finishers will meet in a best-of-three Division
Quarterfinal, the winner advancing to the Division Semifinals against the division
winner. The other Division Semifinal match-up will be between the second-place and
third-place finishers. The Division Finals will be a best-of-seven with the North
Division winner advancing to meet the winner of the South Division in the
best-of-seven American Conference Finals for the right to advance to the Kelly Cup
Finals. In the South Division, the top eight teams based on regular-season point
totals will advance to the postseason. In the best-of-five Division Quarterfinals,
the first-place team will!
meet the eighth-place team, the second-place team will meet the seven
th-place team, the third-place team will meet the sixth-place team, and the
fourth-place team will meet the fifth-place team. In the best-of-five Division
Semifinals and in the best-of-five South Division Finals, the winners will be
reseeded according to regular-season points. The winner of the South Division Finals
will advance to face the winner of the North Division in the best-of-seven American
Conference Finals for the right to advance to the best-of-seven Kelly Cup
Finals. The playoff qualifiers in the National Conference will be the top four
teams with the highest regular-season point total from the Pacific Division and the
top four teams with the highest regular-season point total from the West Division.
The Division Semifinals will be best-of-seven series with the first-place finishers
meeting the fourth-place finishers and the second-place finishers meeting the
third-place finishers. The winners of the Division Semifinals advance to the
division finals which are !
also best-of-seven series. The Division Finals winners will meet in the
best-of-seven National Conference Finals to advance to the Kelly Cup Finals. 2006
Kelly Cup Playoffs Format American Conference South Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five Series) Finals (Best-of-Five Series) American
Conference North Division Quarterfinals (Best-of-Three Series) American Conference Semifinals (Best-of-Five Series) Finals (Best-of-Seven Series)
National Conference Pacific Division Semifinals (Best-of-Seven Series) Finals
(Best-of-Seven Series) West Division Semifinals (Best-of-Seven Series) Finals
(Best-of-Seven Series) National Conference Finals (Best-of-Seven Series) Pacific
Division Champion vs. West Division Champion 2006 Kelly Cup Finals (Best-of-Seven
Series) National Conference Champion vs. American Conference Champion Season
tickets for the Ice Pilots 2005-2006 season are on sale. Prices for all 36 home
games for floor and glass seats are $678.96, side seats are $489.60, goal seats and
lower upper seats are $443.52 and upper seats cost $356.40. Partial season ticket
plans are also available for as!
low as $85.84. Fans can call the Ice Pilots office at 432-7825 for season ticket
and corporate sponsorship information.
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South Division (10 teams) Pensacola,
Augusta, Charlotte, Columbia, Florida, Greenville, Gwinnett, Mississippi, South
Carolina and Texas
National Conference (11 teams)
West Division (6 teams)-Alaska,
Idaho, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Victoria and Utah
Pacific Division (5 teams)
Bakersfield, Fresno, Long Beach, San Diego and Stockton
Quarterfinals
(Best-of-Five Series)
No. 1 Seed (Division Winner) vs. No. 8 Seed
No. 2 Seed
vs. No. 7 Seed
No. 3 Seed vs. No. 6 Seed
No. 4 Seed vs. No. 5
Seed
No. 1 Seed vs. No. 4 Seed
No. 2 Seed
vs. No. 3 Seed
Winner of No. 1 Seed/No. 4 Seed
vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed/No. 3 Seed
American Conference Finals (Best-of-Seven
Series)
North Division Winner vs. South Division Winner
No. 5 Seed
vs. No. 4 Seed
No. 1
Seed (Division Winner) vs. Quarterfinals Winner
No. 2 Seed vs. No. 3
Seed
Winner of !
No. 1 Seed/Quarterfinals Winner vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed/No. 3 Seed
No. 1
Seed (Division Winner) vs. No. 4 Seed
No. 2 Seed vs. No. 3 Seed
Winner of No. 1 Seed/No. 4 Seed vs. Winner of No. 2
Seed/No. 3 Seed
No. 1 Seed
(Division Winner) vs. No. 4 Seed
No. 2 Seed vs. No. 3 Seed
Winner of No. 1 Seed/No. 4 Seed vs. Winner of No. 2
Seed/No. 3 Seed
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