1995-96 ECHL season

The 1995-96 ECHL season was the eighth season of the ECHL. Before the season started, the Greensboro Monarchs franchise moved up to the American Hockey League and became the Carolina Monarchs. The league saw the addition of four new teams for the 1995-96 season, which included the relocation of the Louisville IceHawks to Jacksonville, FL and expansion franchises in Laffayette, LA and Mobile, AL, as well as a return to Louisville, KY, bringing the number of teams in the league to twenty-one. With the increase in the number of teams the league decided to increase the number of games played in the regular season from 68 to 70. The Richmond Renegades finished first overall in the regular season, winning the Brabham Cup and the Charlotte Checkers won their first Riley Cup sweeping the Jacksonville Lizard Kings in four games.
==Regular season==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Green shade = Clinched playoff spot, Blue shade = Clinched division
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA
Richmond Renegades 	70	46	11	13 	105	314	225
Charlotte Checkers 	70	45	21	4 	94 	294	250
South Carolina Stingrays	70	40	22	8 	88 	284	251
Roanoke Express 	70	36	28	6 	78 	231	260
Hampton Roads Admirals 	70	32	15	13 	77 	278	265
Raleigh Icecaps 	70	23	34	13 	59 	215	266
North Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA
Toledo Storm 	70	48	14	8 	104	301	240
Wheeling Thunderbirds 	70	42	23	5 	89 	289	261
Louisville River Frogs	70	39	24	7 	85 	266	237
Columbus Chill 	70	37	28	5 	79 	285	268
Dayton Bombers 	70	35	28	7 	77 	247	237
Erie Panthers 	70	25	40	5 	55 	227	293
Johnstown Chiefs 	70	21	38	11 	53 	249	322
Huntington Blizzard 	70	21	39	10 	52 	232	309
South Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Louisiana IceGators 	70	43	21	6 	92 	312	261
Nashville Knights 	70	42	22	6 	90 	368	307
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks 	70	42	22	6 	90 	283	260
Knoxville Cherokees 	70	37	29	4 	78 	323	303
Jacksonville Lizard Kings	70	33	29	8 	74 	267	288
Birmingham Bulls 	70	26	39	5 	57 	258	360
Mobile Mysticks 	70	22	37	11 	55 	265	325
== Riley Cup playoffs ==
=== Bracket ===
==ECHL awards==
Jack Riley Cup: 	Charlotte Checkers
Henry Brabham Cup: 	Richmond Renegades
John Brophy Award: 	Roy Sommer (Richmond)
ECHL Most Valuable Player: 	Hugo Belanger (Nashville)
Riley Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player:	Nick Vitucci (Charlotte)
ECHL Goaltender of the Year: 	Alain Morissette (Louisville)
ECHL Rookie of the Year: 	Keli Corpse (Wheeling)
Defenseman of the Year: 	Chris Valicevic (Louisiana)
Leading Scorer: 	Hugo Belanger (Nashville)
==Game Ads==
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==References==
All stats come from Internet Hockey Database
==See also==
* ECHL
* ECHL All-Star Game
* Kelly Cup
* List of ECHL seasons
Category:ECHL seasons
ECHL season, 1995–96
ECHL season, 1995–96