Florida wins 2022 Kelly Cup title

Everblades win ECHL championship for second time in team history

ESTERO, Fla. – The Florida Everblades captured the 2022 Kelly Cup championship on Saturday with a 4-2 win over the Toledo Walleye in Game 5 of the Kelly Cup Finals in front of a standing-room only crowd of 7,674 fans at Hertz Arena. Florida, which was appearing in the Kelly Cup Finals for the fifth time, won the Kelly Cup title for the second time in team history after previously winning in 2012. Everblades’ goaltender Cam Johnson earned the June M. Kelly Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award as the Most Valuable Player of the 2022 Kelly Cup Playoffs. Johnson went 15-3 in 18 appearances during the postseason with four shutouts, which is tied for the second most in a single postseason in ECHL history. 2022 Kelly Cup FinalsGame 1 – FLORIDA 3 at Toledo 2 Game 2 – FLORIDA 3 at Toledo 1Game 3 – TOLEDO 4 at Florida 1Game 4 – Toledo 2 at FLORIDA 3 (OT)Game 5 – Toledo 2 at FLORIDA 4 Kelly Cup Champions2022 – Florida defeated Toledo, 4 games to 12021 – Fort Wayne defeated South Carolina, 3 games to 12020 – Playoffs were canceled due to COVID-192019 – Newfoundland defeated Toledo, 4 games to 22018 – Colorado defeated Florida, 4 games to 32017 – Colorado defeated South Carolina, 4 games to 02016 – Allen defeated Wheeling, 4 games to 22015 – Allen defeated South Carolina, 4 games to 32014 – Alaska defeated Cincinnati, 4 games to 22013 – Reading defeated Stockton, 4 games to 12012 – Florida defeated Las Vegas, 4 games to 12011 – Alaska defeated Kalamazoo, 4 games to 12010 – Cincinnati defeated Idaho, 4 games to 12009 – South Carolina defeated Alaska, 4 games to 32008 – Cincinnati defeated Las Vegas, 4 games to 22007 – Idaho defeated Dayton, 4 games to 12006 – Alaska defeated Gwinnett, 4 games to 12005 – Trenton defeated Florida, 4 games to 22004 – Idaho defeated Florida, 4 games to 12003 – Atlantic City defeated Columbia, 4 games to 12002 – Greenville defeated Dayton, 4 games to 02001 – South Carolina defeated Trenton, 4 games to 12000 – Peoria defeated Louisiana, 4 games to 21999 – Mississippi defeated Richmond, 4 games to 31998 – Hampton Roads defeated Pensacola, 4 games to 21997 – South Carolina defeated Louisiana, 4 games to 1 Riley Cup Champions1996 – Charlotte defeated Jacksonville, 4 games to 01995 – Richmond defeated Greensboro, 4 games to 11994 – Toledo defeated Raleigh, 4 games to 11993 – Toledo defeated Wheeling, 4 games to 21992 – Hampton Roads defeated Louisville, 4 games to 01991 – Hampton Roads defeated Greensboro, 4 games to 11990 – Greensboro defeated Winston-Salem, 4 games to 11989 – Carolina defeated Johnstown, 4 games to 3 About the ECHL Began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states, the ECHL has grown into a coast-to-coast league with 27 teams in 20 states and two Canadian provinces for its 34th season in 2021-22. There have been 727 players who have gone on to play in the National Hockey League after starting their careers in the ECHL, including 29 who have made their NHL debuts in the 2021-22 season. The ECHL has affiliations with 27 of the 32 NHL teams in 2021-22, marking the 25th consecutive season that the league has affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL. Further information on the ECHL is available on its website at ECHL.com as well as on Twitter and Facebook.