List of Las Vegas Wranglers seasons

The Las Vegas Wranglers are a professional ice hockey team based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Wranglers were founded in 2002 as an expansion team in the West Coast Hockey League to begin for the 2003–04 season. The WCHL was absorbed by the East Coast Hockey League to form the ECHL and the Wranglers along with the former members of the WCHL were awarded expansion franchises in the ECHL. They are a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL. The Wranglers have played all eight of their seasons at the Orleans Arena, which is attached to The Orleans Hotel and Casino.

The Wranglers have qualified for the Kelly Cup playoffs seven times in eight completed seasons and were the runner-up in the 2008 Kelly Cup finals, losing to the Cincinnati Cyclones in six games.

Las Vegas made their first playoffs in their inaugural season of 2003–04. The Wranglers worst season was the 2004–05 season in which they finished in seventh place in the National Conference's West Division with a record of 31 wins, 33 losses and 8 losses in overtime or shootouts. The Wranglers won their first division title in 2006–07 when they won the National Conference's Pacific Division with a record of 46 wins, 12 losses and 14 losses in overtime or shootouts, a record that earned the Wranglers the Brabham Cup as the team in the ECHL with the best record during the season. The following year, the Wranglers won their second consecutive Pacific Division title with a record of 47 wins, 13 losses and 12 losses in overtime or shootouts and would win their first Bruce Taylor Trophy as the winner of the National Conference playoffs.

Table key

Finish
Final position in division or league standings
GA
Goals against (goals scored by the Wranglers' opponents)
GF
Goals for (goals scored by the Wranglers)
GP
Number of games played
L
Number of losses
OT
Number of losses in overtime
Pts
Number of points
W
Number of wins

Year by year

Kelly Cup Champions † Conference Champions * Division Champions ^ League Leader in points ¤
ECHL season Wranglers season Conference Division Regular Season[1] Post Season[2]
Finish GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L GF GA Result
2003–04 2003–04 Western Pacific 2nd 72 43 22 7 108 240 177 5 2 3 10 13 Lost in Division semifinals, 2-3 (Idaho)
2004–05 2004–05 National West 7th 72 31 33 8 70 201 199 — — — — — Did not qualify
2005–06 2005–06 National West 2nd 72 53 12 7 112 267 176 13 6 7 44 34 Won in Division Semifinals, 4–3 (Idaho)
Lost in Division Finals, 2–4 (Alaska)
2006–07 2006–07 National Pacific ^ 1st 72 46 12 14 106 ¤ 231 187 10 6 4 26 22 Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–0 (Phoenix)
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Idaho)
2007–08 2007–08 National * Pacific ^ 1st 72 47 13 12 106 244 179 21 14 7 73 66 Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Stockton)
Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-1 (Alaska)
Won in Conference Finals, 4-0 (Utah)
Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Cincinnati)
2008–09 2008–09 National Pacific 2nd[3] 73 34 31 8 76 208 195 18 8 10 49 49 Won in Division Semifinals, 4-3 (Bakersfield)
Won in Division Finals, 4-3 (Stockton)
Lost in Conference Finals, 0-4 (Alaska)
2009–10 2009–10 National Pacific 2nd 72 34 30 8 76 234 257 5 2 3 16 20 Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-3 (Utah)
2010–11 2010–11 National Pacific 3rd 72 38 29 5 81 216 203 5 2 3 10 10 Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-3 (Idaho)
Totals 577 326 182 69 .625% 1841 1573 77 40 37 228 214 —

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Overtime/Shootout losses (worth one point), GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points
  2. ↑ The result of the playoff series with Wranglers' result first no matter of the outcome, followed by opposite team in parenthesis.
  3. ↑ Due to the Fresno Falcons folding during the 2008-09 season, the Wranglers and the Ontario Reign played an unbalanced schedule of 73 games compared to the 72 that the Bakersfield Condors and Stockton Thunder played which is the league's standard. Due to the unbalanced schedule, the Pacific Division standings would be based on Winning percentage instead of points earned. The final standings were: 1-Ontario (.562), 2-Las Vegas (.521), 3-Bakersfield (.514), 4-Stockton (.493).

References

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