Steelheads Win Brabham Cup
March 27, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Idaho Steelheads clinched their first-ever Brabham Cup championship on Friday with Kalamazoo's overtime loss against Wheeling.
The Steelheads are 46-16-5 and lead the ECHL with 97 points. Idaho has secured a first-round bye in the Kelly Cup Playoffs, and will meet the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place matchup in the National Conference Semifinals.
The Brabham Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the ECHL team that finishes with the most points in the regular season. The recipient is guaranteed home-ice advantage throughout its participation in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.
The award is named in recognition of Henry Brabham, who 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 436 players and countless coaches, on-ice officials and front office personnel to the National Hockey League.
Idaho was the first team to qualify for the post-season on March 12. The Steelheads have advanced to the Kelly Cup Playoffs in each of their seven seasons in the ECHL, and won the Kelly Cup in 2004 and 2007.
Brabham Cup Trophy Winners
2009-10 Idaho Steelheads
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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