The 2013–14 ECHL season was the 26th season of the

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The E ...

. The regular season schedule ran from October 18, 2013, to April 13, 2014, followed by the

Kelly Cup The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the playoff champion of the ECHL. The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997. Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup, named after former American Hockey League president Jack Riley. Th ...

playoffs. The league began the season with 22 teams scheduled to play 72 regular season games each, but one team folded during the season, which required the league to reschedule games in order to provide the remaining teams with full schedules.

League business

Team changes

* The

Trenton Titans The Trenton Titans were a professional minor league ice hockey team that played in the ECHL. The team last played in the Atlantic Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. The Titans played their home games at the Sun National Bank Center in Tren ...

ceased operations at the end of the 2012–13 season. * The

San Francisco Bulls The San Francisco Bulls were a professional minor ice hockey team of the ECHL located in Daly City, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area market. They were an affiliate to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League and the Worcest ...

ceased operations on January 27, 2014 after playing only 40 games of the season.

New affiliations and changes

Annual Board of Governors meeting

The ECHL Board of Governors was held the first week of July 2013 in

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where the Board of Governors re-elected

Gwinnett Gladiators The Atlanta Gladiators are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Duluth, Georgia. The Gladiators play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at Gas South Arena, approximately northeast o ...

president Steve Chapman as chairman for an eighth term and awarded the 2015 All-star game to the

Orlando Solar Bears The Orlando Solar Bears are a professional ice hockey team that plays their home games at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. They play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference and are affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning of t ...

Regular season

Conference standings

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, z - clinched best conference record, e - eliminated from playoff contention x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, b - clinched

Brabham Cup The Henry Brabham Cup is the trophy awarded annually by the ECHL to the team that finishes with the most points in the league during the regular season. The Brabham Cup has been awarded 33 times to 16 different franchises since its debut in 1989. ...

, best record in the conference and first round bye, e - eliminated from playoff contention, w - ceased operations

Divisional standings

;Eastern Conference x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention ;Western Conference x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, b - clinched