The final spot in the Division Finals round of the 2022 Kelly Cup Playoffs will be determined tonight when the Utah Grizzlies host the Tulsa Oilers in the 50th Game 7 in ECHL postseason history. The winner of tonight's game advances to meet the Rapid City Rush in the Mountain Division Finals.
Tonight marks Utah's first-ever Game 7 in an ECHL postseason series. Tulsa is playing in a Game 7 for the third time, having gone 1-1 in Game 7 situations during the 2019 Kelly Cup Playoffs. The Oilers defeated Kansas City 6-2 in the Mountain Division Semifinals before falling to Toledo 6-2 in the Western Conference Finals. Tulsa is looking to join Wheeling, who defeated South Carolina in the 2016 Eastern Conference Finals, as the only teams in ECHL postseason history to win Games 6 and 7 of a best-of-seven series on the road.
The home team is 34-15 all-time in ECHL Game 7s and has won 21 of the last 29. Eleven Game 7s have gone beyond regulation, with four being decided in two overtimes and one in three overtimes. The home team has won eight of the 11 games decided in overtime.
Game 7s in ECHL History
DATE | TEAMS | ROUND |
May 3, 2022 | WHEELING 3 at Fort Wayne 2 | DSF |
May 3, 2022 | Cincinnati 2 at TOLEDO 4 | DSF |
May 3, 2022 | Trois-Rivières 2 at NEWFOUNDLAND 5 | DSF |
May 22, 2019 | TOLEDO 6 at Tulsa 2 | CF |
April 24, 2019 | Kansas City 2 at TULSA 6 | DSF |
June 9, 2018 | COLORADO 3 at Florida 2 | KCF |
May 23, 2018 | Fort Wayne 3 at COLORADO 4 (OT) | CF |
April 25, 2018 | Allen 1 at IDAHO 4 | DSF |
May 24, 2017 | SOUTH CAROLINA 4 at Manchester 3 | CF |
April 26, 2017 | Orlando 4 at FLORIDA 7 | DSF |
April 25, 2017 | Kalamazoo 1 at TOLEDO 3 | DSF |
May 24, 2016 | WHEELING 5 at South Carolina 2 | CF |
May 11, 2016 | Adirondack 2 at SOUTH CAROLINA 3 (2 OT) | CSF |
May 11, 2016 | Reading 3 at WHEELING 4 (OT) | CSF |
April 27, 2016 | Idaho 2 at ALLEN 3 (OT) | CQF |
April 27, 2016 | Cincinnati 0 at FORT WAYNE 2 | CQF |
April 26, 2016 | READING 4 at Toledo 1 | CQF |
June 14, 2015 | South Carolina 1 at ALLEN 6 | KCF |
May 27, 2015 | SOUTH CAROLINA 1 at Toledo 0 (3 OT) | CF |
May 27, 2015 | Ontario 1 at ALLEN 3 | CF |
May 13, 2015 | Fort Wayne 2 at TOLEDO 5 | DF |
April 29, 2015 | Quad City 1 at RAPID CITY 2 | DSF |
April 29, 2015 | Wheeling 1 at TOLEDO 2 (OT) | DSF |
April 29, 2015 | Reading 2 at SOUTH CAROLINA 3 | DSF |
April 28, 2015 | Colorado 2 at ONTARIO 4 | DSF |
May 1, 2013 | Florida 1 at READING 4 | CSF |
April 14, 2013 | Las Vegas 4 at STOCKTON 6 | CQF |
April 27, 2011 | WHEELING 4 at Greenville 3 (OT) | CSF |
May 12, 2010 | Reading 0 at CINCINNATI 1 | CF |
April 28, 2010 | CINCINNATI 2 at Charlotte 1 | CSF |
June 5, 2009 | SOUTH CAROLINA 4 at Alaska 2 | KCF |
May 6, 2009 | Stockton 1 at LAS VEGAS 5 | DF |
April 22, 2009 | STOCKTON 5 at Ontario 4 | DSF |
April 22, 2009 | Bakersfield 1 at LAS VEGAS 5 | DSF |
April 21, 2009 | ELMIRA 5 at Trenton 3 | DSF |
April 20, 2009 | Wheeling 1 at CINCINNATI 2 (2 OT) | DSF |
May 5, 2008 | Reading 1 at CINCINNATI 6 | DF |
May 18, 2007 | DAYTON 3 at Florida 1 | CF |
May 3, 2007 | Cincinnati 3 at DAYTON 5 | DF |
May 22, 2006 | Fresno 2 at ALASKA 3 (2 OT) | CF |
May 6, 2006 | Bakersfield 2 at FRESNO 4 | DF |
April 22, 2006 | Long Beach 3 at BAKERSFIELD 4 | DSF |
April 19, 2006 | Idaho 2 at LAS VEGAS 6 | DSF |
May 16, 2005 | TRENTON 2 at Alaska 0 | CF |
May 3, 2003 | Cincinnati 2 at ATLANTIC CITY 3 | CF |
May 13, 2001 | Peoria 3 at TRENTON 4 | CF |
May 30, 1999 | Richmond 3 at MISSISSIPPI 4 (2 OT) | KCF |
March 31, 1992 | Roanoke Valley 2 at GREENSBORO 6 | 1st |
April 12, 1989 | CAROLINA 7 at Johnstown 4 | RCF |