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Pair of Game 7s to decide final Division Finals matchups

Pair of Game 7s to decide final Division Finals matchups

Wednesday, May 1st

The final two spots in the Division Finals round of the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs will be determined tonight when the Adirondack Thunder host the Maine Mariners and the Jacksonville Icemen entertain the Florida Everblades in the 53rd and 54th Game 7s in ECHL postseason history. The winner of the Adirondack/Maine game will meet Norfolk in the North Division Finals while the winner of the Jacksonville/Florida matchup will advance to the South Division Finals to take on Orlando.

Adirondack is playing in a Game 7 for the second time in its ECHL history. The Thunder fell to South Carolina 3-2 in double overtime in the 2016 Eastern Conference Semifinals in its only previous seventh game. Maine is playing in a Game 7 for the first time as the Mariners look to move on to the second round for the first time in its ECHL history. The Mariners are looking to become just the third team in ECHL postseason history (Newfoundland vs. Reading in 2022 North Division Finals and Wheeling vs. South Carolina in 2016 Eastern Conference Finals) to win Games 6 and 7 of a series on the road.

Jacksonville is playing in a Game 7 for the first time, while Florida is 1-3 all-time in ECHL Game 7s. The Everblades defeated Orlando in the 2017 South Division Semifinals while falling to Dayton in the 2007 American Conference Finals, Reading in the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals and Colorado in the 2018 Kelly Cup Finals.

The Everblades are the 18th team in ECHL postseason history to force a Game 7 after trailing a series 3 games to 1. Eight of the previous 17 teams to have forced a Game 7 in that situation won the series. Like Maine, Florida is also looking to become the third team in ECHL history to win Games 6 and 7 of a series on the road

The home team is 36-16 all-time in ECHL Game 7s and has won 23 of the last 32. 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, 2023	Fort Wayne 0 at CINCINNATI 1	DSF
May 16, 2022	NEWFOUNDLAND 4 at Reading 2	DF
May 4, 2022	Tulsa 2 at UTAH 5	DSF
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