Brabham Cup

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The Henry Brabham Cup is an award presented by the ECHL to the team which finishes with the most points in the league during the regular season. The Brabham Cup has been awarded 20 times to 16 different teams since first being awarded in 1989. The most recent recipients of the trophy were the Cincinnati Cyclones who finished the 2007-08 season with 55 wins and 115 points.
==History==
The trophy was introduced during the league's inaugural season in 1988 by the league's Board of Governors and was named after ECHL founding father and first Erie Panthers owner, Henry Brabham. While only two of all the Brabham Cup winners have gone on to win the Kelly Cup in their respective years, it remains the most likely position to produce the cup winner, because the Brabham Cup winner is guaranteed home-ice advantage in all rounds of the Kelly Cup playoffs, provided the team advances to each round.
Only four teams, the Knoxville Cherokees, Louisiana IceGators, Toledo Storm, and Wheeling Thunderbirds have won the Brabham Cup on multiple occasions, each with two. However, only the Thunderbirds remain in the ECHL, having changed their name to the Wheeling Nailers before the start of the 1995-96 season.
== Winners ==
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Year 	Winner 	Points	Playoff Result 	Win #
1988-89	Erie Panthers 	77 	Lost Semifinal (CAR) 	1
1989-90	Winston-Salem Thunderbirds	82 	Lost Riley Cup Final (GRE) 	1
1990-91	Knoxville Cherokees 	97 	Lost Division Semifinal (LOU) 	1
1991-92	Toledo Storm 	95 	Lost Division 1st Round (LOU) 	1
1992-93	Wheeling Thunderbirds 	88 	Lost Riley Cup Final (TOL) 	1
1993-94	Knoxville Cherokees 	94 	Lost 1st Round (LOU) 	2
1994-95	Wheeling Thunderbirds 	97 	Lost 1st Round (BIR) 	2
1995-96	Richmond Renegades 	105 	Lost Riley Cup Quarterfinal (JAX) 	1
1996-97	South Carolina Stingrays 	100 	Won Kelly Cup 	1
1997-98	Louisiana IceGators 	96 	Lost Kelly Cup Semifinal (PEN) 	1
1998-99	Pee Dee Pride 	106 	Lost Conference Final (MIS 	1
1999-00	Florida Everblades 	108 	Lost Conference Quarterfinal (AUG)	1
2000-01	Trenton Titans 	104 	Lost Kelly Cup Final (SC) 	1
2001-02	Louisiana IceGators 	116 	Lost Division Semifinal (JAC) 	2
2002-03	Toledo Storm 	104 	Lost Division Final (CIN) 	2
2003-04	San Diego Gulls 	108 	Lost Division Semifinal (AK) 	1
2004-05	Pensacola Ice Pilots 	107 	Lost Conference Quarterfinal (GVL)	1
2005-06	Alaska Aces 	113 	Won Kelly Cup 	1
2006-07	Las Vegas Wranglers 	106 	Lost Conference Semifinal (IDH) 	1
2007-08	Cincinnati Cyclones 	115 	Won Kelly Cup 	1
2008-09	Florida Everblades 	103 	Lost Division Final (SC) 	2
2009-10	Idaho Steelheads 	103 	Playoffs in progress 	1
== References ==
== See also ==
* Kelly Cup
* ECHL
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