ECHL Hall of Fame

The ECHL Hall of Fame is an ice hockey museum dedicated to honoring members that have played in the ECHL (formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League). It was created by the league in 2008. The ECHL Board of Governors created the ECHL Hall of Fame to recognize the achievements of players, coaches, and personnel who dedicated their careers to the league. Hall of Fame members are selected in four categories: Player, Developmental Player, Builder, and Referee/Linesman. Players must have concluded their career as an active player for a minimum of three playing seasons, though not continuous or full seasons. Developmental Players must have begun their career in the ECHL and went on to a distinguished career in the NHL, playing a minimum of 260 regular season games in the NHL, AHL and ECHL. Builders may be active or inactive whereas Referee/Linesman must have concluded their active officiating career for a minimum of three playing seasons.
No more than five candidates are elected to the Hall of Fame each year with no more than three Players, one Developmental Player, two Builders and one Referee/Linesman. The Builder and the Referee/Linesman categories are dependent upon the number of candidates in the Player category.
The nomination and subsequent selection of candidates is determined by the ECHL Hall of Fame Selection Committee which is appointed by the ECHL.
The ECHL Hall of Fame inaugural class was inducted during the 2008 ECHL All-Star Game festivities at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California, and included ECHL founder Henry Brabham, the ECHL's first commissioner Patrick J. Kelly, and former players Nick Vitucci and Chris Valicevic.
==List of Hall of Famers==
Year	Name 	Position/role 	ECHL Team(s)
2008	Henry Brabham 	ECHL founder 	League executive
2008	Patrick J. Kelly 	Commissioner (1988–1996) 	League executive
2008	Chris Valicevic 	Defenseman 	Greensboro Monarchs, Louisiana IceGators
2008	Nick Vitucci 	Goaltender 	Carolina / Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, Greensboro Monarchs, Hampton Roads Admirals, Toledo Storm, Charlotte Checkers, Greenville Grrrowl
2009	John Brophy 	Head coach 	Hampton Roads Admirals, Wheeling Nailers
2009	Blake Cullen 	Owner 	Hampton Roads Admirals
2009	Tom Nemeth 	Defenseman 	Dayton Bombers, South Carolina Stingrays, Toledo Storm
2009	Rod Taylor 	Left winger 	Hampton Roads Admirals, Richmond Renegades, Roanoke Express, South Carolina Stingrays, Peoria Rivermen, Toledo Storm
2010	Cam Brown 	Left winger 	Columbus Chill, Erie Panthers, Baton Rouge Kingfish, Gwinnett Gladiators
2010	E.A. "Bud" Gingher	Owner; chairman 	Board of Governors Chairman (1992–95); Dayton Bombers owner
2010	Olaf Kolzig 	Goaltender 	Hampton Roads Admirals
2010	Darryl Noren 	Center 	Greensboro Monarchs, Charlotte Checkers
2011	Phil Berger 	Right winger 	Greensboro Monarchs, Charlotte Checkers, Raleigh IceCaps, Hampton Roads Admirals
2011	Richard Adams 	President/CEO (1995–02) 	League executive
2011	Luke Curtin 	Left winger 	Baton Rouge Kingfish, Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies, Fresno Falcons
2011	Joe Ernst 	Referee 	League official
2012	Bob Woods 	Defenseman 	Johnstown Chiefs, Hampton Roads Admirals, Mobile Mysticks, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Mississippi Sea Wolves
2012	Bill Coffey 	Founder 	League executive
2012	Sheldon Gorski 	Right winger 	Louisville Icehawks, Louisville RiverFrogs, Miami Matadors, Pensacola Ice Pilots
2012	John Marks 	Coach 	Charlotte Checkers, Greenville Grrrowl, Pensacola Ice Pilots, Augusta Lynx
2012	Dave Seitz 	Center 	South Carolina Stingrays
2013	Dave Craievich 	Defenseman 	Cincinnati Cyclones, Birmingham Bulls, Mobile Mysticks
2013	Marc Magliarditi 	Goaltender 	Columbus Chill, Florida Everblades, Louisiana IceGators, Richmond Renegades, Las Vegas Wranglers
2013	Steve Poapst 	Defenseman 	Hampton Roads Admirals
2013	Darren Schwartz 	Left winger 	Johnstown Chiefs, Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Wheeling Thunderbirds/Nailers
2014	James Edwards 	President; chairman 	Johnstown Chiefs president, Chairman of the ECHL Board of Governors (1999–2003)
2014	Wes Goldie 	Right winger 	Pee Dee Pride, Victoria Salmon Kings, and Alaska Aces
2014	Al MacIsaac 	Defense; GM/coach 	Hampton Roads Admirals
2014	John Spoltore 	Center 	Louisiana IceGators
2015	Darren Colbourne 	Right winger 	Dayton Bombers, Richmond Renegades, Raleigh IceCaps, Augusta Lynx
2015	Louis Dumont 	Center 	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Wheeling Thunderbirds, Louisiana IceGators, Augusta Lynx, Pensacola Ice Pilots, Mississippi Sea Wolves, and Utah Grizzlies
2015	Scott Sabatino 	Executive vice president; COO 	League executive
2015	Carl Scheer 	Owner; chairman 	Charlotte Checkers owner, Chairman of the ECHL Board of Governors, Greenville Grrrowl owner
2016	Daniel Berthiaume 	Goaltender 	Wheeling Thunderbirds, Roanoke Express and Greensboro Generals
2016	Craig Brush 	General manager 	Florida Everblades
2016	Allan Sirois 	Left winger 	Baton Rouge Kingfish, Jacksonville Lizard Kings, Pee Dee Pride, Pee Dee Pride, Greenville Grrrowl, Texas Wildcatters
2017	T. Paul Hendrick 	ECHL general counsel 	League executive
2017	Rick Kowalsky 	Right winger; head coach 	as player: Hampton Roads Admirals, Trenton Titans, Roanoke Express; as head coach: Trenton Titans/Devils
2017	Brad Phillips 	Linesman 	League official
2018	Steve Chapman 	General manager; chairman 	League executive; Chairman of the ECHL Board of Governors (2006–2015); president and general manager of Mobile Mysticks (1995–2001) and Gwinnett Gladiators (2002–2015); assistant general manager of Birmingham Bulls (1992–1995)
2018	Sam Ftorek 	Defenseman 	Augusta Lynx, Mobile Mysticks, Greensboro Generals, Gwinnett Gladiators, Fresno Falcons, Cincinnati Cyclones, Kalamazoo Wings
2018	Jason Saal 	Goaltender 	South Carolina Stingrays, Peoria Rivermen, Hampton Roads Admirals, Dayton Bombers, Louisiana IceGators, Arkansas RiverBlades, Augusta Lynx
2019	Jim Bermingham 	Center 	Toledo Storm, Wheeling Thunderbirds, Huntington Blizzard, Jackson Bandits, Pensacola Ice Pilots
2019	Alex Hicks 	Left winger 	Toledo Storm
2019	Rick Judson 	Left winger 	Toledo Storm, Greenville Grrrowl
2019	Brian McKenna 	Commissioner (2002–2018); general manager	League executive; general manager of the Trenton Titans
2020	Jared Bednar 	Defenseman; coach 	as player: Huntington Blizzard, South Carolina Stingrays; as coach: South Carolina Stingrays (assistant from 2002 to 2007, head coach from 2007 to 2009)
2020	Dany Bousquet 	Left winger 	Hampton Roads Admirals, Birmingham Bulls, Pee Dee Pride
2020	Derek Clancey 	Center; coach 	as player: Erie Panthers, Toledo Storm, Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, Columbus Chill, Chesapeake Icebreakers; as coach: Chesapeake Icebreakers, Jackson Bandits, Reading Royals, Dayton Bombers
2020	Glen Metropolit 	Center 	Nashville Knights, Pensacola Ice Pilots
==Inductees by team==
*12: Hampton Roads Admirals (includes one owner and two coaches)
*9: League executives
*7: Toledo Storm
*5: Augusta Lynx, Charlotte Checkers (includes one owner and one coach), Dayton Bombers (includes one owner and one coach), Louisiana IceGators, Pensacola Ice Pilots (includes one coach), South Carolina Stingrays (includes on coach)
*4: Greensboro Monarchs, Greenville Grrrowl (includes owner and one coach), Mobile Mysticks (includes one manager), Wheeling Nailers/Thunderbirds (includes one coach)
*3: Birmingham Bulls (including one manager), Columbus Chill, Gwinnett Gladiators (including one manager), Johnstown Chiefs (including one president), Richmond Renegades, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Winston-Salem Thunderbirds
*2: Baton Rouge Kingfish, Cincinnati Cyclones, Erie Panthers, Fresno Falcons, Huntington Blizzard, Jackson Bandits (includes one coach), Mississippi Sea Wolves, Pee Dee Pride, Peoria Rivermen, Raleigh Icecaps, Roanoke Express, Trenton Titans/Devils (includes one player/coach and manager)
*1: Alaska Aces, Arkansas RiverBlades, Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies, Chesapeake Icebreakers, Greensboro Generals, Jacksonville Lizard Kings, Kalamazoo Wings, Las Vegas Wranglers, Louisville Icehawks, Louisville RiverFrogs, Miami Matadors, Reading Royals (coach), Utah Grizzlies, Victoria Salmon Kings
==See also==
*Hockey Hall of Fame
*AHL Hall of Fame
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Ice hockey museums and halls of fame
Category:Established in 2008