10 CHL Grads Help Florida Everblades Capture ECHL Title
The Florida Everblades captured their first ever Kelly Cup as champions of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) on Wednesday night.
Former Sault Ste. Marie Greyhound Brandon MacLean scored the game-winning goal 4:54 into overtime to give the Everblades a 3-2 win and a 4 games to 1 series win over the Las Vegas Wranglers.
The Ever blades boast a roster of ten CHL Alumni including:
Mathieu Roy (Acadie-Bathurst Titan 03/04-05/06, Val d’Or Foreurs 06/07)
Leigh Salters (Guelph Storm 05/06-08/09, London Knights 08/09-09/10)
Matt Marquardt (Moncton Wildcats 05/06-07/08, Baie-Comeau Drakkar 07/08)
Justin Shugg (Oshawa Generals 07/08, Windsor Spitfires 07/08-09/10, Mississuaga St. Michael’s Majors 10/11)
Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll (Shawinigan Cataractes 04/05-08/09)
Brandon MacLean (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 04/05-07/08)
David Rutherford (Vancouver Giants 04/05-05-06, Spokane Chiefs 06/07-07/08)
Ryan McGinnis (Plymouth Whalers 03/04-06/07, Oshawa Generals 07/08)
Sebastien Piche (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 04/05,07/08, Lewiston MAINEiacs 04/05-06/07, Shawinigan Cataractes 07/08, Rimouski Oceanic 08/09)
Charles Landry (Drummondville Voltigeurs 07/08-09/10, Montreal Juniors 10/11)
Shawinigan Cataractes alumni Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll tied for the ECHL Playoff scoring lead, notching 21 points in 18 games.
Matt Marquardt, former Moncton Wildcat and Baie-Comeau Drakkar, followed closely behind with 18 points in 18 games to sit third in league playoff scoring.