2000–01 ECHL season

The 13th season of the ECHL was played in 2000–01. Before the season, the league lost three members as the Huntington Blizzard and the Jacksonville Lizard Kings ceased operations and the powerhouse Hampton Roads Admirals were replaced by the Norfolk Admirals in the American Hockey League. The league also decided to expand the regular season to 72 games. The Trenton Titans finished first overall in the regular season, and the South Carolina Stingrays won their second Kelly Cup defeating the Trenton Titans four games to one.

Regular season

Final standings

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot; Blue shade = Clinched division; = Clinched home-ice advantage''

Northern Conference

Northwest Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Peoria Rivermen	72	45	17	10	100	238	182
Dayton Bombers	72	45	21	6	96	247	194
Toledo Storm	72	37	27	8	82	262	259
Johnstown Chiefs	72	28	36	8	64	207	238
Wheeling Nailers	72	24	40	8	56	192	277

Southern Conference

Southwest Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Louisiana IceGators	72	42	24	6	90	237	209
Jackson Bandits	72	39	24	9	87	206	209
Mobile Mysticks	72	38	28	6	82	242	231
New Orleans Brass	72	35	25	12	82	247	239
Arkansas RiverBlades	72	34	24	14	82	237	232
Baton Rouge Kingfish	72	35	26	11	81	216	225
Mississippi Sea Wolves	72	34	33	5	73	221	218
Birmingham Bulls	72	28	40	4	60	224	296
Pensacola Ice Pilots	72	27	40	5	59	201	250

†-'Tallahassee was penalized 15 points for salary cap violations, knocking them out of a playoff spot'''''

Kelly Cup playoffs

Southern Conference

Wild Card

NOTE: These series are two-game series; if the series is tied at one game each, the two teams immediately played a 10-minute period to determine the team that advances to the quarterfinals. If the ten-minute period ends in a tie, sudden death overtime would be played as if it was a standard playoff game.
* The New Orleans-Augusta series ended as a 1–1 tie; a ten-minute period was played to determine the winner of the series.