By George Bullock Jr, MS, ATC, LAT, PES, Athletic Trainer, Indy Fuel 

14 of the ECHL’s 27 teams are participating in the 2020-21 Season. 13 teams began a 72-game season schedule on December 11, while the Fort Wayne Komets opened play on February 12, and will play a 50-game schedule. The top 4 teams in both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference, based on points percentage in the regular season, will advance to the 2021 Kelly Cup Playoffs, which will consist of three rounds of best-of-five series.

In September of 2020, the ECHL entered into a partnership with FloSports that sees all ECHL regular season and playoff games streamed exclusively through FloHockey, beginning with the 2020-21 Season.

The ECHL Board of Governors has approved three expansion Memberships to begin play over the next two seasons. Coralville, Iowa and Trois-Rivières, Quebec will begin play in the 2021-22 Season while Savannah, Georgia will open play in the 2022-23 Season

Trainers on the move. With some teams opting out of the 2020-2021 season, athletic trainers & equipment managers being a resilient and resourceful bunch, moved on to remain in hockey.

Aisha Visram formerly with Adirondack is now the Assistant AT with the Ontario Reign.

Shawn Fliszar moved from Atlanta to the Assistant AT position with Hershey.