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Published on April 22, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


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2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Northern Division Finals (Best-of-Five Series)
Reading Leads 2-1
No. 3 Peoria Rivermen (45-18-9) at No. 4 Reading Royals (37-25-10) 7:05 ET

* Lars Pettersen scored two power-play goals and Cody Rudkowsky made 32 saves in Reading 3-2 win against Peoria in Game 3 on Wednesday.
* 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.
* Royals' rookie David Masse has a six-game point streak (3g-6a), leads the Kelly Cup Playoffs with four power-play goals and nine power-play points (4g-5a) and ranks second with 11 points (5g-6a).
* Rivermen's Mike Valley is 3-2 and ranks third in the postseason with a 1.68 goals against average and a .945 save percentage.
* Reading's Cody Rudkowsky is tied for the Kelly Cup Playoffs lead with six wins and ranks 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 is tied for third with nine points (3g-6a).
* Royals' Kent Davyduke is tied for the postseason lead with seven assists and is tied for ninth 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 Southern Division Finals (Best-of-Five Series)
Florida Leads 2-0
No. 4 South Carolina Stingrays (39-28-5) at No. 3 Florida Everblades (37-25-10) 7:05 ET

* Jay Legault scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime of Florida's 2-1 overtime win against South Carolina in Game 2 on Saturday.
* Reggie Berg scored four points (2g-2a) in Florida's 6-3 win against South Carolina in Game 1 on Friday.
* Stingrays' Kirk Daubenspeck is 3-3 with a 2.49 goals against average and a shutout in six playoff games.
* Florida's Tom Buckley leads the Kelly Cup Playoffs with six goals and 13 points.
* South Carolina's Dustin Johner is tied for second in the postseason with three power-play goals and is tied for the team lead with six points (3g-3a).
* Everblades' Rob Zepp is 4-1 and ranks fifth in the postseason with a 1.72 goals against average
* Florida's Matt Pagnutti (2g-3a) and Ryan Brindley (1g-4a) are tied for fourth among ECHL defensemen with five points.
* South Carolina upset No. 1 Seed Columbia, three games to one, in the Southern Division Semifinals.
* Florida upset No. 2 Seed Roanoke, three games to one, in the Southern Division Semifinals.
* Stingrays have qualified for the postseason in each of their 11 seasons, tying the ECHL record for playoff appearances and consecutive playoff appearances, winning the Kelly Cup in 1997 and 2001.
* Florida has qualified for the Kelly Cup Playoffs in each of its six seasons in the ECHL.
* Florida and South Carolina met previously in the postseason with Florida winning 3-2 at South Carolina in the 2002 Kelly Cup Playoffs Southern Conference Wild Card Game.

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