The ECHL Hall of Fame is an ice hockey museum dedicated to honoring members that have played in the ECHL (formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League). It was created by the league in 2008. The ECHL Board of Governors created the ECHL Hall of Fame to recognize the achievements of players, coaches, and personnel who dedicated their careers to the league. Hall of Fame members are selected in four categories: Player, Developmental Player, Builder, and Referee/Linesman. Players must have concluded their career as an active player for a minimum of three playing seasons, though not continuous or full seasons. Developmental Players must have begun their career in the ECHL and went on to a distinguished career in the NHL, playing a minimum of 260 regular season games in the NHL, AHL and ECHL. Builders may be active or inactive whereas Referee/Linesman must have concluded their active officiating career for a minimum of three playing seasons.
No more than five candidates are elected to the Hall of Fame each year with no more than three Players, one Developmental Player, two Builders and one Referee/Linesman. The Builder and the Referee/Linesman categories are dependent upon the number of candidates in the Player category.
The nomination and subsequent selection of candidates is determined by the ECHL Hall of Fame Selection Committee which is appointed by the ECHL.
The ECHL Hall of Fame inaugural class was inducted during the 2008 ECHL All-Star Game festivities at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California, and included ECHL founder Henry Brabham, the ECHL's first commissioner Patrick J. Kelly, and former players Nick Vitucci and Chris Valicevic.
List of Hall of Famers
| Year |
Name |
Position/role |
ECHL Team(s) |
| 2008 |
Henry Brabham[1] |
ECHL founder |
League executive |
| Patrick J. Kelly[1] |
Commissioner (1988–1996) |
League executive |
| Chris Valicevic[1] |
Defenseman |
Greensboro Monarchs, Louisiana IceGators |
| Nick Vitucci[1] |
Goaltender |
Carolina / Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, Greensboro Monarchs, Hampton Roads Admirals, Toledo Storm, Charlotte Checkers, Greenville Grrrowl |
| 2009 |
John Brophy[2] |
Head coach |
Hampton Roads Admirals, Wheeling Nailers |
| Blake Cullen[2] |
Owner |
Hampton Roads Admirals |
| Tom Nemeth[2] |
Defenseman |
Dayton Bombers, South Carolina Stingrays, Toledo Storm |
| Rod Taylor[2] |
Left winger |
Hampton Roads Admirals, Richmond Renegades, Roanoke Express, South Carolina Stingrays, Peoria Rivermen, Toledo Storm |
| 2010 |
Cam Brown[3] |
Left winger |
Columbus Chill, Erie Panthers, Baton Rouge Kingfish, Gwinnett Gladiators |
| E.A. "Bud" Gingher[3] |
Owner; chairman |
Board of Governors Chairman (1992–95); Dayton Bombers owner |
| Olaf Kolzig[3] |
Goaltender |
Hampton Roads Admirals |
| Darryl Noren[3] |
Center |
Greensboro Monarchs, Charlotte Checkers |
| 2011 |
Phil Berger[4] |
Right winger |
Greensboro Monarchs, Charlotte Checkers, Raleigh IceCaps, Hampton Roads Admirals |
| Richard Adams[4] |
President/CEO (1995–02) |
League executive |
| Luke Curtin[4] |
Left winger |
Baton Rouge Kingfish, Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies, Fresno Falcons |
| Joe Ernst[4] |
Referee |
League official |
| 2012 |
Bob Woods[5] |
Defenseman |
Johnstown Chiefs, Hampton Roads Admirals, Mobile Mysticks, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Mississippi Sea Wolves |
| Bill Coffey[6] |
Founder |
League executive |
| Sheldon Gorski[7] |
Right winger |
Louisville Icehawks, Louisville RiverFrogs, Miami Matadors, Pensacola Ice Pilots |
| John Marks[8] |
Coach |
Charlotte Checkers, Greenville Grrrowl, Pensacola Ice Pilots, Augusta Lynx |
| Dave Seitz[9] |
Center |
South Carolina Stingrays |
| 2013 |
Dave Craievich[10] |
Defenseman |
Cincinnati Cyclones, Birmingham Bulls, Mobile Mysticks |
| Marc Magliarditi[11] |
Goaltender |
Columbus Chill, Florida Everblades, Louisiana IceGators, Richmond Renegades, Las Vegas Wranglers |
| Steve Poapst[12] |
Defenseman |
Hampton Roads Admirals |
| Darren Schwartz[13] |
Left winger |
Johnstown Chiefs, Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Wheeling Thunderbirds/Nailers |
| 2014 |
James Edwards |
President; chairman |
Johnstown Chiefs president, Chairman of the ECHL Board of Governors (1999–2003) |
| Wes Goldie |
Right winger |
Pee Dee Pride, Victoria Salmon Kings, and Alaska Aces |
| Al MacIsaac |
Defense; GM/coach |
Hampton Roads Admirals |
| John Spoltore |
Center |
Louisiana IceGators |
| 2015 |
Darren Colbourne |
Right winger |
Dayton Bombers, Richmond Renegades, Raleigh IceCaps, Augusta Lynx |
| Louis Dumont |
Center |
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Wheeling Thunderbirds, Louisiana IceGators, Augusta Lynx, Pensacola Ice Pilots, Mississippi Sea Wolves, and Utah Grizzlies |
| Scott Sabatino |
Executive vice president; COO |
League executive |
| Carl Scheer |
Owner; chairman |
Charlotte Checkers owner, Chairman of the ECHL Board of Governors, Greenville Grrrowl owner |
| 2016 |
Daniel Berthiaume |
Goaltender |
Wheeling Thunderbirds, Roanoke Express and Greensboro Generals |
| Craig Brush |
General manager |
Florida Everblades |
| Allan Sirois |
Left winger |
Baton Rouge Kingfish, Jacksonville Lizard Kings, Pee Dee Pride, Pee Dee Pride, Greenville Grrrowl, Texas Wildcatters |
| 2017 |
T. Paul Hendrick |
ECHL general counsel |
League executive |
| Rick Kowalsky |
Right winger; head coach |
as player: Hampton Roads Admirals, Trenton Titans, Roanoke Express; as head coach: Trenton Titans/Devils |
| Brad Phillips |
Linesman |
League official |
| 2018[14] |
Steve Chapman |
General manager; chairman |
League executive; Chairman of the ECHL Board of Governors (2006–2015); president and general manager of Mobile Mysticks (1995–2001) and Gwinnett Gladiators (2002–2015); assistant general manager of Birmingham Bulls (1992–1995) |
| Sam Ftorek |
Defenseman |
Augusta Lynx, Mobile Mysticks, Greensboro Generals, Gwinnett Gladiators, Fresno Falcons, Cincinnati Cyclones, Kalamazoo Wings |
| Jason Saal |
Goaltender |
South Carolina Stingrays, Peoria Rivermen, Hampton Roads Admirals, Dayton Bombers, Louisiana IceGators, Arkansas RiverBlades, Augusta Lynx |
| 2019[15] |
Jim Bermingham |
Center |
Toledo Storm, Wheeling Thunderbirds, Huntington Blizzard, Jackson Bandits, Pensacola Ice Pilots |
| Alex Hicks |
Left winger |
Toledo Storm |
| Rick Judson |
Left winger |
Toledo Storm, Greenville Grrrowl |
| Brian McKenna |
Commissioner (2002–2018); general manager |
League executive; general manager of the Trenton Titans |
| 2020[16] |
Jared Bednar |
Defenseman; coach |
as player: Huntington Blizzard, South Carolina Stingrays; as coach: South Carolina Stingrays (assistant from 2002 to 2007, head coach from 2007 to 2009) |
| Dany Bousquet |
Left winger |
Hampton Roads Admirals, Birmingham Bulls, Pee Dee Pride |
| Derek Clancey |
Center; coach |
as player: Erie Panthers, Toledo Storm, Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, Columbus Chill, Chesapeake Icebreakers; as coach: Chesapeake Icebreakers, Jackson Bandits, Reading Royals, Dayton Bombers |
| Glen Metropolit |
Center |
Nashville Knights, Pensacola Ice Pilots |
| 2022 |
Ray Harris |
Owner |
Cincinnati Cyclones |
| Brett Marietti |
Player |
South Carolina Stingrays |
| Joel Martin |
Goaltender |
Columbus Cottonmouths, Trenton Titans, Elmira Jackals, Augusta Lynx |
| Tim Novak |
Official |
ECHL |
| 2023 |
Mark Bernard |
Goaltender |
Hampton Roads Admirals |
| Scott Bertoli |
Player |
Trenton Titans |
| Victor Gervais |
Player |
Hampton Roads Admirals, Florence Pride |
| Dana Heinze |
Equipment manager |
Johnstown Chiefs |
Inductees by team
- 12: Hampton Roads Admirals (includes one owner and two coaches)
- 9: League executives
- 7: Toledo Storm
- 5: Augusta Lynx, Charlotte Checkers (includes one owner and one coach), Dayton Bombers (includes one owner and one coach), Louisiana IceGators, Pensacola Ice Pilots (includes one coach), South Carolina Stingrays (includes on coach)
- 4: Greensboro Monarchs, Greenville Grrrowl (includes owner and one coach), Mobile Mysticks (includes one manager), Wheeling Nailers/Thunderbirds (includes one coach)
- 3: Birmingham Bulls (including one manager), Columbus Chill, Gwinnett Gladiators (including one manager), Johnstown Chiefs (including one president), Richmond Renegades, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Winston-Salem Thunderbirds
- 2: Baton Rouge Kingfish, Cincinnati Cyclones, Erie Panthers, Fresno Falcons, Huntington Blizzard, Jackson Bandits (includes one coach), Mississippi Sea Wolves, Pee Dee Pride, Peoria Rivermen, Raleigh Icecaps, Roanoke Express, Trenton Titans/Devils (includes one player/coach and manager)
- 1: Alaska Aces, Arkansas RiverBlades, Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies, Chesapeake Icebreakers, Greensboro Generals, Jacksonville Lizard Kings, Kalamazoo Wings, Las Vegas Wranglers, Louisville Icehawks, Louisville RiverFrogs, Miami Matadors, Reading Royals (coach), Utah Grizzlies, Victoria Salmon Kings
See also
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