2011 Kelly Cup playoffs

In the Eastern Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winners will be seeded first, second and third and will play the eighth-place finisher, the seventh-place finisher and the sixth-place finisher, respectively, while the fourth-place finisher and the fifth-place finisher will meet. The conference semifinals will have the winner of the first-place and eighth-place matchup will meet the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place game while the winner of the second-place and seventh-place game will face the winner of the third-place and sixth-place matchup.

In the Western Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winner with the best record in the conference will receive a bye in the first round. The other division winner will be seeded second and meet the team that finishes seventh in the conference in the first round. The other first round matchups will be the third-place finisher in the conference against the sixth-place finisher in the conference and the fourth-place finisher in the conference against the fifth-place finisher in the conference. The conference semifinals will have the first-place finisher meeting the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place matchup and the winner of the second-place finisher and seventh-place finisher against the winner of the third-place finisher against the sixth-place finisher.

The first round in each Conference will be a best of five series with each subsequent round being a best of seven series.

After the regular season, 15 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Alaska Aces were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record at 97 points.{{cite web | last = Press release | title = Alaska wins Brabham Cup | publisher = ECHL | date = April 3, 2011 | url = http://echl.com/alaska-wins-brabham-cup-p170469 | accessdate = April 5, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723201540/http://echl.com/alaska-wins-brabham-cup-p170469 | archive-date = July 23, 2011 | url-status = dead }} The Greenville Road Warriors earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference and finished the season with 96 points.

1. Greenville Road Warriors - South Division and Eastern Conference champions, 96 points.
2. Reading Royals - Atlantic Division champions, 93 points.
3. Kalamazoo Wings - North Division champions, 88 points.
4. Wheeling Nailers - 81 points.
5. South Carolina Stingrays - 80 points.
6. Florida Everblades - 79 points.
7. Cincinnati Cyclones - 76 points.
8. Elmira Jackals - 74 points.

1. Alaska Aces - Western Conference and Mountain Division champions, Brabham Cup winner, 97 points.
2. Bakersfield Condors - Pacific Division champions, 86 points.
3. Stockton Thunder - 86 points.
4. Las Vegas Wranglers - 81 points.
5. Idaho Steelheads - 77 points.
6. Utah Grizzlies - 73 points.
7. Victoria Salmon Kings - 68 points.

{{2011 Kelly Cup Playoffs}}

:Note: Home team is listed first.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Greenville Road Warriors

|team2=Elmira Jackals

|stadium1=BI-LO Center

|stadium2=First Arena

|date1=April 5

|home1=2

|score1=2–5

|won1=1

|date2=April 6

|home2=2

|score2=6–3

|won2=2

|date3=April 8

|home3=1

|score3=2–0

|won3=1

|date4=April 9

|home4=1

|score4=2–1

|ot4=OT2

|won4=1

|series=Greenville wins series 3–1

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Reading Royals

|team2=Cincinnati Cyclones

|stadium1=Sovereign Center

|stadium2=U.S. Bank Arena

|date1=April 5

|home1=1

|score1=2–5

|won1=2

|date2=April 6

|home2=1

|score2=5–4

|ot2=OT2

|won2=1

|date3=April 8

|home3=2

|score3=0–3

|won3=1

|date4=April 9

|home4=2

|score4=1–2

|ot4=OT2

|won4=1

|series=Reading wins series 3–1

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Kalamazoo Wings

|team2=Florida Everblades

|stadium1=Wings Stadium

|stadium2=Germain Arena

|date1=April 5

|home1=2

|score1=2–1

|won1=2

|date2=April 6

|home2=2

|score2=1–4

|won2=1

|date3=April 8

|home3=1

|score3=4–3

|won3=1

|date4=April 9

|home4=1

|score4=5–3

|won4=1

|series=Kalamazoo wins series 3–1

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Wheeling Nailers

|team2=South Carolina Stingrays

|stadium1=WesBanco Arena

|stadium2=North Charleston Coliseum

|date1=April 5

|home1=2

|score1=3–4

|ot1=OT

|won1=1

|date2=April 6

|home2=2

|score2=1–2

|ot2=OT

|won2=1

|date3=April 8

|home3=1

|score3=2–4

|won3= 2

|date4=April 9

|home4=1

|score4=3–2

|won4=1

|series=Wheeling wins series 3–1

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Bakersfield Condors

|team2=Victoria Salmon Kings

|stadium1=Rabobank Arena

|stadium2=Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre

|date1=April 4

|home1=2

|score1=3–1

|won1=2

|date2=April 5

|home2=2

|score2=3–6

|won2=1

|date3=April 8

|home3=1

|score3=0–2

|won3=2

|date4=April 9

|home4=1

|score4=2–3

|ot4=OT

|won4=2

|series=Victoria wins series 3–1

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Stockton Thunder

|team2=Utah Grizzlies

|stadium1=Stockton Arena

|stadium2=Maverik Center

|date1=April 5

|home1=2

|score1=5–2

|won1=2

|date2=April 6

|home2=2

|score2=2–3

|ot2=OT

|won2=1

|date3=April 9

|home3=1

|score3=2–4

|won3=2

|date4=April 10

|home4=1

|score4=0–5

|won4=2

|series=Utah wins series 3–1

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Las Vegas Wranglers

|team2=Idaho Steelheads

|stadium1=Orleans Arena

|stadium2=Qwest Arena

|date1=April 5

|home1=1

|score1=1–0

|ot1=OT2

|won1=1

|date2=April 6

|home2=1

|score2=2–3

|ot2=OT3

|won2=2

|date3=April 8

|home3=2

|score3=3–1

|won3=2

|date4=April 9

|home4=2

|score4=1–5

|won4=1

|date5=April 12

|home5=2

|score5=3–1

|won5=2

|series=Idaho wins series 3–2

}}

:Note: Home team is listed first.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Greenville Road Warriors

|team2=Wheeling Nailers

|stadium1=BI-LO Center

|stadium2=WesBanco Arena

|date1=April 14

|home1=1

|score1=3–4

|won1=2

|date2=April 15

|home2=1

|score2=2–1

|ot2=OT

|won2=1

|date3=April 20

|home3=2

|score3=3–2

|won3=2

|date4=April 22

|home4=2

|score4=2–1

|won4=2

|date5=April 23

|home5=2

|score5=1–5

|won5=1

|date6=April 26

|home6=1

|score6=6–3

|won6=1

|date7=April 27

|home7=1

|score7=3–4

|ot7=OT

|won7=2

|series=Wheeling wins series 4–3

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Reading Royals

|team2=Kalamazoo Wings

|stadium1=Sovereign Center

|stadium2=Wings Stadium

|date1=April 15

|home1=1

|score1=3–8

|won1=2

|date2=April 16

|home2=1

|score2=4–5

|won2=2

|date3=April 20

|home3=2

|score3=5–4

|won3=2

|date4=April 22

|home4=2

|score4=5–4

|won4=2

|series=Kalamazoo wins series 4–0

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Alaska Aces

|team2=Idaho Steelheads

|stadium1=Sullivan Arena

|stadium2=Qwest Arena

|date1=April 15

|home1=1

|score1=2–1

|won1=1

|date2=April 16

|home2=1

|score2=2–0

|won2=1

|date3=April 20

|home3=2

|score3=1–3

|won3=1

|date4=April 22

|home4=2

|score4=0–4

|won4=1

|series=Alaska wins series 4–0

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Utah Grizzlies

|team2=Victoria Salmon Kings

|stadium1=Maverik Center

|stadium2=Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre

|date1=April 15

|home1=1

|score1=2–4

|won1=2

|date2=April 16

|home2=1

|score2=2–4

|won2=2

|date3=April 20

|home3=2

|score3=3–2

|ot3=OT

|won3=2

|date4=April 22

|home4=2

|score4=2–1

|ot4=OT2

|won4=2

|series=Victoria wins series 4–0

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Kalamazoo Wings

|team2=Wheeling Nailers

|stadium1=Wings Stadium

|stadium2=WesBanco Arena

|date1=April 29

|home1=1

|score1=2–3

|ot1=OT

|won1=2

|date2=April 30

|home2=1

|score2=4–1

|won2=1

|date3=May 5

|home3=2

|score3=5–3

|won3=2

|date4=May 7

|home4=2

|score4=2–3

|won4=1

|date5=May 8

|home5=2

|score5=0–4

|won5=1

|date6=May 10

|home6=1

|score6=6–1

|won6=1

|date7=May 11

|home7=1

|score7=

|won7=

|series=Kalamazoo wins series 4–2

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Alaska Aces

|team2=Victoria Salmon Kings

|stadium1=Sullivan Arena

|stadium2=Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre

|date1=April 27

|home1=1

|score1=2–1

|won1=1

|date2=April 28

|home2=1

|score2=4–3

|ot2=OT

|won2=1

|date3=April 30

|home3=2

|score3=2–6

|won3=1

|date4=May 2

|home4=2

|score4=2–3

|won4=1

|series=Alaska wins series 4–0

}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Alaska Aces

|team2=Kalamazoo Wings

|stadium1=Sullivan Arena

|stadium2=Wings Stadium

|date1=May 14

|home1=1

|score1=5–0

|won1=1

|date2=May 15

|home2=1

|score2=3–2

|won2=1

|date3=May 18

|home3=2

|score3=4–1

|won3=2

|date4=May 20

|home4=2

|score4=5–7

|won4=1

|date5=May 21

|home5=2

|score5=3–5

|won5=1

|series=Alaska wins Kelly Cup 4-1

}}

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; Yellow shade = team still in playoffs

:All statistics as of: 18:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

These are the top five goaltenders based on both goals against average and save percentage with at least one game played (Note: list is sorted by goals against average).

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); Yellow shade = team still in playoffs

:All statistics as of: 18:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

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