Reading Royals Capture 2013 Kelly Cup Title

Published on May 26, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - The Reading Royals won the first Kelly Cup championship in team history on Saturday with a 6-0 win over the Stockton Thunder in front of a 4,662 fans at Stockton Arena. Reading wins the series 4 games to 1.

The Royals led 1-0 after 20 minutes of play, and took control of the game with four goals during the second period. Goaltender Riley Gill, who was named Most Valuable Player of the 2013 Kelly Cup Playoffs, stopped all 29 shots he faced to record his second shutout of the Kelly Cup Finals. Overall, it was Gill's fourth shutout of the 2013 postseason, tying him for the second most in a single postseason in ECHL history.

Reading becomes the 17th different team to capture the ECHL title, and are 12th different winner of the Kelly Cup.

2013 Kelly Cup Finals

Reading wins series 4-1 Game 1 - Stockton 5 at READING 6 (OT)

Game 2 - Stockton 0 at READING 4

Game 3 - READING 3 at Stockton 1

Game 4 - Reading 2 at STOCKTON 4

Game 5 - READING 6 at Stockton 0

Kelly Cup Champions

2013 - Reading defeated Stockton, 4 games to 1

2012 - Florida defeated Las Vegas, 4 games to 1

2011 - Alaska defeated Kalamazoo, 4 games to 1

2010 - Cincinnati defeated Idaho, 4 games to 1

2009 - South Carolina defeated Alaska, 4 games to 3

2008 - Cincinnati defeated Las Vegas, 4 games to 2

2007 - Idaho defeated Dayton, 4 games to 1

2006 - Alaska defeated Gwinnett, 4 games to 1

2005 - Trenton defeated Florida, 4 games to 2

2004 - Idaho defeated Florida, 4 games to 1

2003 - Atlantic City defeated Columbia, 4 games to 1

2002 - Greenville defeated Dayton, 4 games to 0

2001 - South Carolina defeated Trenton, 4 games to 1

2000 - Peoria defeated Louisiana, 4 games to 2

1999 - Mississippi defeated Richmond, 4 games to 3

1998 - Hampton Roads defeated Pensacola, 4 games to 2

1997 - South Carolina defeated Louisiana, 4 games to 1

Riley Cup Champions

1996 - Charlotte defeated Jacksonville, 4 games to 0

1995 - Richmond defeated Greensboro, 4 games to 1

1994 - Toledo defeated Raleigh, 4 games to 1

1993 - Toledo defeated Wheeling, 4 games to 2

1992 - Hampton Roads defeated Louisville, 4 games to 0

1991 - Hampton Roads defeated Greensboro, 4 games to 1

1990 - Greensboro defeated Winston-Salem, 4 games to 1

1989 - Carolina defeated Johnstown, 4 games to 3

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