ECHL Reading Royals

Royals Fan Wins Trip to All-Star Game

January 6, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


READING, PA - Rosann Van Lear of Reading has been chosen as the grand prize winner in the Compuware "Win A Trip to the 2003 Compuware/ECHL All-Star Game" contest. Van Lear was chosen from the nearly 1,200 entries received on the East Coast Hockey League Web site -- www.echl.com.

A Royals season-ticket holder, Van Lear will receive complimentary tickets to the 2003 Compuware/ECHL All-Star Skills Competition and the ECHL 15th Anniversary Reception on Jan. 20, and the All-Star Game on Jan. 21. The Florida Everblades will host the game and the skills competition at the TECO Arena in Estero, Fla. Van Lear will also receive airfare on US Airways, the official airline of the ECHL, and lodging at the Trianon Bonita Bay in Bonita Springs, the official hotel of the 2003 Compuware/ECHL All-Star Game.

Van Lear, a school-bus contractor who said she has not missed a Royals game since the team's debut in October 2001, said she is looking forward to going to Florida and cheering on the Royals' All-Stars and the ECHL Northern Conference team. Reading Royals defenseman Simon Tremblay will make his second consecutive All-Star Game appearance and his first start, having scored two points (1g-1a) in the Northern Conference's 7-6 loss at Trenton, New Jersey in 2002. Tremblay, 24, ranks fifth among ECHL defensemen with 20 assists and 24 points. Joining Tremblay will be Royals forwards Brian McCullough and Brad Rooney.

For tickets to the 2003 Compuware/ECHL All-Star Game call Ticketmaster at (239) 948-7825 or log on to www.ticketmaster.com.

For a complete 2003 All-Star Game roster, visit the ECHL Web site at www.echl.com.




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