ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs
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The ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs are the league’s annual postseason tournament that determines the champion of the ECHL, a premier North American minor professional ice hockey league.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ECHL playoffs | 3 |
| ECHL Kelly Cup Finals | 1 |
| ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs canonical | 1 |
| ECHL awards | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8505467 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs Context triple: [Tulsa Oilers (hockey), playsIn, ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs]
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A.
ECHL
The ECHL is a professional mid-level ice hockey league in North America that serves as a primary developmental system for NHL and AHL teams.
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B.
ECHL Eastern Conference
The ECHL Eastern Conference is one of the two primary conferences in the ECHL, comprising professional minor league ice hockey teams primarily based in the eastern regions of North America.
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C.
ECHL Central Division
The ECHL Central Division is a regional grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams within the ECHL, featuring Midwestern clubs that compete against each other during the regular season and playoffs.
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D.
ECHL North Division
The ECHL North Division is a grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams in the ECHL, primarily based in the northeastern region of North America.
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E.
ECHL Mountain Division
The ECHL Mountain Division is a regional grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams that compete in the ECHL’s Western Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs Target entity description: The ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs are the league’s annual postseason tournament that determines the champion of the ECHL, a premier North American minor professional ice hockey league.
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A.
ECHL
The ECHL is a professional mid-level ice hockey league in North America that serves as a primary developmental system for NHL and AHL teams.
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B.
ECHL Eastern Conference
The ECHL Eastern Conference is one of the two primary conferences in the ECHL, comprising professional minor league ice hockey teams primarily based in the eastern regions of North America.
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C.
ECHL Central Division
The ECHL Central Division is a regional grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams within the ECHL, featuring Midwestern clubs that compete against each other during the regular season and playoffs.
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D.
ECHL North Division
The ECHL North Division is a grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams in the ECHL, primarily based in the northeastern region of North America.
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E.
ECHL Mountain Division
The ECHL Mountain Division is a regional grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams that compete in the ECHL’s Western Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ice hockey playoff tournament
ⓘ
postseason tournament ⓘ sports competition ⓘ |
| alsoInvolvesCountry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGoverningSportBody |
Hockey Canada (for Canadian-based teams)
GENERATED
ⓘ
USA Hockey (for U.S.-based teams) GENERATED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | minor professional ⓘ |
| conferencesInvolved |
Eastern Conference
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decides | Kelly Cup champion ⓘ |
| determinesChampionOf | ECHL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eligibility | ECHL member clubs ⓘ |
| finalSeriesName | Kelly Cup Finals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstSeasonWithKellyCupAwarded | 1996–97 ECHL season ⓘ |
| formatType |
best-of-series
ⓘ
elimination tournament ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men's professional ⓘ |
| governingBody | ECHL Board of Governors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverageType |
online streaming
ⓘ
regional sports networks ⓘ |
| league | ECHL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Patrick J. Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfOperations | English ⓘ |
| organizer | ECHL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ECHL season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorTrophy | Riley Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| professionalStatus | minor league professional ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| relatedCompetition |
American Hockey League Calder Cup Playoffs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ECHL regular season NERFINISHED ⓘ NHL Stanley Cup playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | ECHL Riley Cup Playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | after conclusion of ECHL regular season ⓘ |
| shortName | Kelly Cup Playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| startYearUnderKellyCupName | 1997 ⓘ |
| teamSport | true ⓘ |
| tierInNorthAmericanSystem | AA ⓘ |
| trophyAwarded | Kelly Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesConferenceStructure | true ⓘ |
| usesOvertimeRules | sudden-death overtime ⓘ |
| usesTiebreaker | multiple overtime periods if necessary ⓘ |
| website | https://www.echl.com ⓘ |
| winnerReceives |
Kelly Cup trophy
NERFINISHED
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championship banner ⓘ player championship rings ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs Description of subject: The ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs are the league’s annual postseason tournament that determines the champion of the ECHL, a premier North American minor professional ice hockey league.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ECHL awards
this entity surface form:
ECHL Kelly Cup Finals
this entity surface form:
ECHL playoffs
subject surface form:
Kelly Cup
this entity surface form:
ECHL playoffs
this entity surface form:
ECHL playoffs