Mariners, Thunder square off in Game 7

The final spot in the Division Finals round of the 2026 Kelly Cup Playoffs will be on the line on Wednesday when the Maine Mariners host the Adirondack Thunder in the 57th Game 7 in ECHL postseason history. The winner advances to meet Wheeling in the North Division Finals.

Maine's only previous Game 7 was also against Adirondack in the 2024 North Division Semifinals, with the Thunder prevailing 2-0 in Glens Falls.

In addition to its win over Maine in 2024, Adirondack suffered a 3-2 loss in double overtime to South Carolina in Game 7 of the 2016 Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Thunder are seeking to become the 10th team in ECHL history to win a best-of-seven series after trailing 3 games to 1 and the fourth to win Games 6 and 7 of a series on the road. This is the 19th series that has has advanced to a Game 7 after a team had a 3-1 lead (out of 134).

The home team is 38-18 all-time in ECHL Game 7s and has won 25 of the last 36. 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
April 29, 2025	Iowa 1 at FORT WAYNE 3	DSF
April 29, 2025	ORLANDO 2 at South Carolina 0	DSF
May 1, 2024	FLORIDA 4 at Jacksonville 0	DSF
May 1, 2024	Maine 0 at ADIRONDACK 2	DSF
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