Kelly Cup Tour Heads West To Golden State
March 23, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Second-Annual Kelly Cup Tour visits California this
weekend stopping in Bakersfield on Friday and Saturday before traveling to
Long Beach on Sunday.
It is the first time that the Kelly Cup has visited the Golden State, but
it won't be the last as the Tour will return on April 8 and 9 to Fresno.
The trip from last Saturday's stop in North Charleston, S.C. to Bakersfield
is 2,511 miles, making it the longest distance traveled between the 11
cities on the 51-day Tour that covers 7,034 miles and eight states.
Each of the 28 ECHL cities were given the opportunity to host the Kelly Cup
which on its inaugural tour in 2004 traveled 7,543 miles in 44 days while
visiting 10 ECHL cities in eight states. The Tour opened February 18 in
Reading and has already made stops in Charlotte, Columbia, North
Charleston, Toledo, Mississippi and Florida.
The Kelly Cup will return home in a manner of speaking when it heads to the
Bank of America Centre in Boise, home of the defending Kelly Cup Champion
Idaho Steelheads, on April 1 and 2.
2005 Kelly Cup Tour Schedule
Friday Bakersfield, Calif.
Saturday Bakersfield, Calif.
Sunday Long Beach, Calif.
April 1-2 Boise, Idaho
April 8-9 Fresno, Calif.
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