Florida wins Brabham Cup title

The Florida Everblades clinched the 2020-21 Brabham Cup championship on Saturday by virtue of their 4-3 win at Orlando.

The Brabham Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the ECHL team that finishes with the best record in the regular season. The recipient is guaranteed home-ice advantage throughout its participation in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.  

With the win, Florida improved its record to 42-19-8 for a .667 points percentage and captures the ECHL regular-season title for the fourth time in team history. The Everblades previously earned the Brabham Cup in 1999-2000, 2008-09 and 2017-18. The four Brabham Cup titles are the second most in ECHL history, behind the Alaska Aces, who won the regular-season title five times.

Florida captured the Eastern Conference regular-season title, and has qualified for the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the 21st time since joining the ECHL in 1998-99. The Everblades won the Kelly Cup title in 2012, and have advanced to the Finals in 2004, 2005 and 2018.

The award is named in recognition of Henry Brabham, who co-founded the ECHL in 1988-89 with five teams in four states. Brabham, who was the first inductee into the ECHL Hall of Fame in 2008, owned three of the original five teams. The dedication of the Virginia businessman was crucial to the league surviving to span from coast-to-coast while advancing nearly 700 players and countless coaches, on-ice officials and front office personnel to the National Hockey League.  

Brabham Cup Champions2020-21    Florida Everblades, .667 points percentage2019-20    Trophy not awarded due to COVID-192018-19    Cincinnati Cyclones, 110 points2017-18    Florida Everblades, 112 points2016-17    Toledo Walleye, 106 points2015-16    Missouri Mavericks, 109 points2014-15    Toledo Walleye, 107 points2013-14    Alaska Aces, 97 points2012-13    Alaska Aces, 106 points2011-12    Alaska Aces, 97 points    2010-11    Alaska Aces, 97 points2009-10    Idaho Steelheads, 103 points2008-09    Florida Everblades, 103 points2007-08    Cincinnati Cyclones, 115 points2006-07    Las Vegas Wranglers, 106 points2005-06    Alaska Aces, 113 points2004-05    Pensacola Ice Pilots, 107 points2003-04    San Diego Gulls, 108 points2002-03    Toledo Storm, 104 points2001-02    Louisiana Ice Gators, 116 points2000-01    Trenton Titans, 104 points1999-00    Florida Everblades, 108 points1998-99    Pee Dee Pride, 106 points1997-98    Louisiana Ice Gators, 96 points1996-97    South Carolina Stingrays, 100 points1995-96    Richmond Renegades, 105 points1994-95    Wheeling Thunderbirds, 97 points1993-94    Knoxville Cherokees, 94 points1992-93    Wheeling Thunderbirds, 88 points1991-92    Toledo Storm, 95 points1990-91    Knoxville Cherokees, 97 points1989-90    Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, 82 points1998-89    Erie Panthers, 77 points