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Published on April 21, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Northern Division Finals (Best-of-Five Series)
Series Tied 1-1
No. 3 Peoria Rivermen (45-18-9) at No. 4 Reading Royals (37-25-10) 7:05 ET

* Garret Cameron scored two goals in Peoria's 4-2 win against Reading in Game 2 on Monday.
* Judd Medak scored the overtime game-winning goal and Cody Rudkowsky made 32 saves in Reading's 2-1 overtime win at Peoria in Game 1 on Saturday.
* Reading's Judd Medak has a six-game point streak (3g-4a), dating back to April 6.
* Rivermen's Mike Valley is 3-1 and leads the ECHL in the postseason with a 1.37 goals against average and a .956 save percentage.
* Reading's Cody Rudkowsky is tied for the Kelly Cup Playoffs lead with five wins and is tied for sixth with a 2.01 goals against average.
* Peoria's Adam Edinger is tied for the Kelly Cup Playoffs lead with two game-winning goals and has seven points (2g-5a) in his last six games.
* Royals' rookie David Masse leads the Kelly Cup Playoffs with four power-play goals and seven power-play points (4g-3a) and is tied for the postseason lead with two game-winning goals.
* Rivermen's Garett Cameron is tied for second in the postseason among rookies with four goals.
* Royals' Kent Davyduke is tied for the postseason lead with seven assists and is tied for fourth with eight points.
* Peoria upset No. 2 Seed Atlantic City, three games to one, in the Northern Division Semifinals.
* Reading upset No. 1 Seed Wheeling, three games to two, in the Northern Division Semifinals.
* Peoria has made the postseason in each of its eight seasons and won the Kelly Cup in 2000.
* No. 5 Seed Reading upset No. 4 Seed Johnstown 2-1 in Wild Card Game on April 5.


2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Central Division Finals (Best-of-Five Series)
Series Tied 1-1
No. 1 Louisiana IceGators (48-22-2) at No. 3 Gwinnett Gladiators (42-22-8) 7:35 ET

* Kevin Doell scored the game-winning goal and Michael Garnett made 28 saves in Gwinnett's 2-1 win at Louisiana in Game 2 on Saturday.
* Bruce Richardson tallied three points (1g-2a) and Kenny Corupe scored the game-winning goal in Louisiana's 3-1 win against Gwinnett in Game 1 on Friday.
* Gladiators' Michael Garnett is 4-2 with a 2.03 goals against average and a .935 save percentage in six playoff games.
* IceGators' Derek Gustafson is 4-3 and ranks third in the playoffs with a 1.66 goals against average.
* Gwinnett's Rick Emmett is tied for the postseason lead among defensemen with two goals and leads defensemen with two power-play goals.
* Louisiana's Konstantin Kalmikov leads the postseason with two shorthand goals and teammate Bruce Richardson is tied for second with one shorthand goal.
* Gladiators' Kris Goodjohn is tied for third among rookies in the postseason with seven points (3g-4a) and is +3 in seven postseason games.
* No. 1 Seed Louisiana beat Pensacola, three games to two, in the Central Division Semifinals.
* Gwinnett upset No. 2 Seed Mississippi, three games to two, in the Central Division Semifinals.
* Gwinnett's Kevin Doell was named ECHL Rookie of the Year after leading rookies in the regular season with 33 goals and seven game-winning goals.


2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Pacific Division Finals (Best-of-Five Series)
Idaho Leads 2-1
No. 3 Idaho Steelheads (40-23-9) at No. 4 Alaska Aces (38-28-6) 7:00 AT

* Dan Ellis made 29 saves and Jan Kopecky scored two points (1g-1a) in Idaho's 4-1 win before a sellout crowd of 6,251 at Alaska in Game 3 on Tuesday.
* Idaho was 2-for-6 on the power play and Dan Ellis stopped 22 shots in the Steelheads' 4-1 win against Alaska in Game 2 on Saturday.
* Garrett Prosofsky scored the game-winning goal in overtime and had three points (2g-1a) in Alaska's 4-3 overtime win at Idaho in Game 1 on Friday.
* Idaho's Lance Galbraith is tied for second in the postseason with five goals and nine points.
* Aces' Charles Linglet leads rookies in the playoffs with five assists and is tied for third with seven points.
* Steelheads' Dan Ellis is 5-1 and leads the Kelly Cup Playoffs with two shutouts while ranking second with a 1.50 goals against average.
* Alaska's Dan Murphy is 4-3 with a 2.55 goals against average and a .917 save percentage.
* Idaho's Jan Kopecky has a game-winning goal and four points (2g-2a) in three games against Alaska.
* Aces' Joe Talbot is tied for second among rookies with four goals and tied for sixth with seven points in six postseason games.
* Alaska swept No. 1 Seed San Diego in three games in the Pacific Division Semifinals, including a 5-1 win before a standing-room-only crowd of 6,451 in Game 3 at Alaska.
* The 26-point difference between Alaska (82 points) and San Diego (108 points) ranks as the eighth biggest upset in league playoff history.
* Idaho upset No. 2 Seed Las Vegas, three games to two, in the Pacific Division Semifinals.
* Jan Kopecky led Idaho with 24 goals, 54 points and 20 power-play points (8g-12a) in the regular season.
* Alaska's Mark Smith was tied for second in the ECHL with five shorthand goals during the regular season.

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