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Royals Acquire Rights To Forward Danny Stewart From Utah

August 2, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Reading, PA - The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League and the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, today announced that the team has acquired the rights to center Danny Stewart from the Utah Grizzlies in exchange for the rights to forward, Justin Bourne. In his rookie season last year, Stewart (5'11/188 lbs), who will turn twenty-two on August 23, led all first year pros on the Grizzlies with seventeen goals in fifty-two games. Stewart, who hails from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, also picked up sixteen assists (thirty-three points) and fifty-one penalty minutes for Utah last year.

A fourth round pick (#123 overall) of the Montreal Canadiens in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Stewart scored 105 goals and assisted on 136 others (241 points) in 325 games over five seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Four of those years were played with Rimouski Oceanic, including the 2004-05 season when Stewart and his teammates, which included Sidney Crosby and Dany Roussin, won the QMJHL championship and went all the way to the Memorial Cup Finals prior to being knocked off by the London Knights. Last year, Stewart started the season with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL and played two games for the Condors prior to being traded to Utah. While with the Grizzlies, Stewart racked up six multi-point performances, including a two-point game in a 3-0 win over the Fresno Falcons on January 12, 2007, when he scored the first goal of the game, which proved to be one of his three game winners over the course of the season.

The Royals' home opener is on Saturday, November 3, 2007, against the Cincinnati Cyclones. Royals' full Season Tickets and Total Choice Flex Plans are now on sale. To obtain more information on becoming a part of Royals' hockey, call 610-898-PUCK to speak with Royals' ticket representative or visit the Royals website, www.royalshockey.com.

Danny Stewart

Charlottetown, PEI

CENTER

HT: 5'11"

WT: 188

DOB: 08-23-85

SHOOTS: L

Career Notes:

v Selected By Montreal Canadiens, 4th Round (#123 Overall), NHL Entry Draft (2003)

v Member, Championship Team, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Rimouski Oceanic (2005)

v Member, Championship Finalist, Memorial Cup, Rimouski Oceanic (2005)

v Led Team, Goals By A Rookie (17), Utah Grizzlies, ECHL (2006-07)

2007-08 Transactions:

v ECHL Rights Traded From the Utah Grizzlies To Reading Royals In Exchange For Rights To Justin Bourne, 08/02/07

-----Regular Season----- -----Playoffs-----

SEASON TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIMS GP G A PTS PIMS

2001-02 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 63 9 6 15 71 4 0 0 0 0

2002-03 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 65 19 21 40 144 -- -- -- -- --

2003-04 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 69 25 42 67 80 9 3 1 4 6

2004-05 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 70 23 29 52 70 11 6 8 14 8

2005-06 Prince Edward Island QMJHL 58 29 38 67 74 6 4 7 11 12

2006-07 Bakersfield Condors ECHL 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --

Utah Grizzlies ECHL 52 17 16 33 51 -- -- -- -- --

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