Playoff Races Push ECHL Web Site To Record Highs
April 6, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Interest in the tight races for berths in the Kelly Cup Playoffs resulted in the ECHL web site (ECHL.com) receiving more than 2.5 million page views in March, the third consecutive month that the site surpassed two million page views. Page views in March were up over 69 percent from March 2004 and are up more than 196 percent from March 2003.
March marked the third month in a row that echl.com set all-time highs for average page views per day (82,138) and user sessions (422,216) while the 138,335 unique visitors in March is the second-highest month in the past three years.
From 2003 to 2004, echl.com increased its page views by more than 87 percent while raising its user sessions by over 78 percent and its unique visitors by over 72 percent.
In its second season, the ECHL.com Network has links to teams and league partners and provides fans with information on league programs and contests.
ECHL.com is a member of the NHL.com Network for the fourth year in a row. NHL.com is a 46-site network that includes the official National Hockey League web site as well as NHL team sites and NHL partners, including the top two developmental leagues with the ECHL and the American Hockey League.
The ECHL web site has been hosted the past three years by GKG Sports Network located in College Station, Texas.
ECHL Stories from April 6, 2005
- ECHL Transactions - ECHL
- Brabham Cup T-Shirt Sale Locations Announced - Pensacola Ice Pilots
- Scott Bertoli Named CCM TACKS ECHL Player of the Month - Trenton Devils
- Flyers Coates to Join Royals Telecast - Reading Royals
- Reading Can Clinch North Division Thursday - Reading Royals
- Falcons Fans Raise More than $18,000 - Fresno Falcons
- Checker shines as playoffs approach - Charlotte Checkers
- Grrrowl acquire three from Canadian Hockey League - Greenville Grrrowl
- Stingrays' Tenute Named CCM Vector ECHL Rookie Of The Month - ECHL
- Bullies Sign Rookie Geoff Platt - Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
- Royals Sign OHL's Hisey - Reading Royals
- Blades' MacKay named Goalie of the Month - Florida Everblades
- Florida's MacKay Named Sun National Bank ECHL Saver Of The Month - ECHL
- Titans' Bertoli Named CCM TACKS ECHL Player Of The Month - ECHL
- Berkhoel Recalled to AHL - Atlanta Gladiators
- Karpa Assigned to Syracuse; Two Defensemen Signed - San Diego Gulls
- Promotions Highlight Final Regular Season Home Game On Friday - Mississippi Sea Wolves
- Collins earns runner-up honors for Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week - Augusta Lynx
- Playoff Races Push ECHL Web Site To Record Highs - ECHL
- San Diego Tries To Slow Down Red-Hot Idaho - San Diego Gulls
- Peters Retires, Joins Bullies Coaching Staff - Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
- Annual Booster Club Awards Banquet - Toledo Walleye
- ECHL Today - ECHL
- Nailers to Auction of Away/Black Jerseys - Wheeling Nailers
- Bullies Clinch Playoff Spot - Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
- Aces new West Division champions - Alaska Aces
- Wranglers Trumped By Aces 3-2 - Las Vegas Wranglers
- Checkers fall 3-2 to Gwinnett in Georgia - Charlotte Checkers
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