
Kelly Cup Tour Hits Palmetto State
March 17, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Second-Annual Kelly Cup Tour will head into South
Carolina this weekend stopping in Florence on Friday for Pee Dee's game
against Charlotte and in North Charleston on Saturday for South Carolina's
game against Columbia. The tour was scheduled to stop in Columbia on
Tuesday, but a building conflict forced the Inferno to reschedule their
game.
The Palmetto State has produced more Kelly Cup champions than any other
state in the eight years since the ECHL began awarding the trophy to its
postseason champion as well as the only multiple winner and the only
back-to-back winners. South Carolina won the inaugural Kelly Cup in 1997
and won its second title in 2001 while Greenville captured the trophy in
2002.
Florence will be the sixth stop of a tour that will see the Kelly Cup
travel 7,034 miles to visit 11 ECHL cities in 51 days. A full-color display
that highlights the excitement of the Kelly Cup Playoffs and outlines the
history of the Kelly Cup accompanies the trophy. 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, Toledo, Mississippi and Florida. The tour heads to The Golden
State next, stopping in Bakersfield on March 25 and 26 and Long Beach on
March 27.
2005 Kelly Cup Tour Schedule
Friday Florence, S.C.
Saturday North Charleston, S.C.
March 25-26 Bakersfield, Calif.
March 27 Long Beach, Calif.
April 1-2 Boise, Idaho
April 8-9 Fresno, Calif.
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