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April 29, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals (Best-of-Five Series)
Florida Leads 1-0
Winner Will Advance To Kelly Cup Finals
No. 5 Reading Royals (37-25-10) at No. 3 Florida Everblades (37-25-10) 7:30 ET

* Rob Zepp made 45 saves to earn his first professional postseason shutout in Florida's 1-0 win against Reading in Game 1 on Wednesday.
* Florida's Tom Buckley has an eight-game point streak (8g-8a) and leads the Kelly Cup Playoffs with eight goals and 16 points.
* Royals' rookie David Masse leads the Kelly Cup Playoffs with nine power-play points (4g-5a) and is tied for second in scoring with 12 points (5g-7a).
* Everblades' Rob Zepp is 6-1 and leads the postseason with a 1.52 goals against average and a .952 save percentage.
* Reading's Cody Rudkowsky is tied for the postseason lead with seven wins and ranks third with a 1.83 goals against average.
* Florida leads the Kelly Cup Playoffs in scoring with 4.13 goals per game.
* Reading leads the postseason in goals allowed with 1.91 goals per game.
* Everblades' Reggie Berg is tied for the Kelly Cup Playoffs lead with eight assists and is tied for second in scoring with 12 points.
* Royals' Kent Davyduke is tied for third in the postseason with seven assists and is tied for 14th in scoring with eight points.
* Florida defenseman Tim O'Connell leads the postseason with a +12 rating.
* Reading's Mat Snesrud leads defensemen in the postseason with two game-winning goals and is tied for second among defensemen with three goals.
* Florida's Matt Pagnutti (2g-3a) and Tim O'Connell (1g-4a) are tied for fifth among defensemen in the postseason with five points.
* Royals' power play ranks third in the postseason with 20.0 percent (10-for-50).
* Royals' Dean Arsene is tied for fifth among defensemen with five points (1g-4a) and ranks second in plus-minus rating with +8.
* No. 3 Seed Florida swept No. 4 Seed South Carolina in three games in the Southern Division Finals.
* No. 5 Seed Reading upset No. 3 Seed Peoria, three games to one, in the Northern Division Finals.
* Florida upset No. 2 Seed Roanoke, three games to one, in the Southern Division Semifinals.
* Reading upset No. 1 Seed Wheeling, three games to two, in the Northern Division Semifinals.
* No. 5 Seed Reading upset No. 4 Seed Johnstown 2-1 in Wild Card Game on April 5.
* First-ever meeting between Southern Conference Champion Florida and Northern Conference Champion Reading.
* Florida has qualified for the Kelly Cup Playoffs in each of its six seasons in the ECHL.
* In its third season, Reading is making its first postseason appearance.

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