The Tahoe Knight Monsters have qualified for the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs. The Tahoe Knight Monsters finished the regular season with 88 points in 72 games and a record of 41-25-6. They finished 10th overall in the ECHL. They finished in 5th place in the ECHL Western Conference. They finished 3rd in the ECHL Western Conference Mountain Division. They scored 255 goals during the regular season. They allowed 228 goals during the regular season. They had 644 total penalty minutes during the regular season. It is still the Tahoe Knight Monsters inaugural season. This is the first time the Tahoe Knight Monsters have made the playoffs. Their first round match up is against the Wichita Thunder. This is the first time the Wichita Thunder have qualified for the Kelly Cup Playoffs since the 2020-2021 season. The Thunder finished the regular season with 89 points in 72 games and a record of 41-24-7. They finished 9th overall in the ECHL. They finished in 4th place in the ECHL Western Conference. They finished 2nd in the ECHL Western Conference Mountain Division. They scored 248 goals during the regular season. They allowed 214 goals during the regular season. They had 685 total penalty minutes during the regular season. The all time record between the Tahoe Knight Monsters and Wichita Thunder is 1-4-1. They have played each other six times. The Knight Monsters have scored 22 goals. The Knight Monsters have allowed 30 goals. They last played each other on Saturday, April 12th, 2025. The Tahoe Knight Monsters lost that game 1-3. They have not played each other in the playoffs before.
The first two games of the first round will be in Wichita. The second two games will be in Tahoe. Game three will also be in Tahoe if necessary. The last two games of this first round series will be in Wichita if necessary. Tickets are available. More details on the schedule are here.
The Wichita Thunder finished the regular season with one more win. The Thunder finished the regular season with the better points percentage. The Tahoe Knight Monsters scored seven more goals during the regular season. The Knight Monsters allowed fourteen more goals during the regular season. The Knight Monsters had the better goal differential during the regular season. The Thunder finished the regular season with one more point.
Below is the Tahoe Knight Monsters roster for the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs. It looks like the regulars for the most part. Linden Alger, Kaelan Taylor, Adrien Bisson, Joe Flrmming, and Evan Junker are the newer guys who are on the playoff roster. It does not look like the Knight Monsters left any of the key players out of the playoff roster.
The Tahoe Knight Monsters will have to defeat the Wichita Thunder in seven games to advance to the second round. If the Knight Monsters advance to the second round they would have to play the Tulsa Oilers or Kansas City Mavericks. If the Knight Monsters advance to the third round they will have to face one of the remaining four ECHL Western Conference Central Division teams. If the Knight Monsters advance to the Kelly Cup Finals they will have to face one of the ECHL Eastern Conference teams.
Zac Electrifly 
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