Roy Wins ECHL Scoring Title

ESTERO, FL. – The Florida Everblades, along with the ECHL announced Monday that Mathieu Roy has won the league scoring championship with 89 points (38g, 51a)

Roy’s career high 38 goals led the league this season. Roy becomes the first player since former Everblades forward Kevin Baker in 2008-09 to lead the ECHL in both goals and points. Last week, Roy was named to the All-ECHL First Team and was named the ECHL Player of the Month for February. Additionally, Rohy finished the season tied for fourth in the league with 51 assists, was tied for fourth with 21 power-play assists and was second with 32 power-play points.

The Amos, Quebec, native has 281 points (123g,158a) in 393 career ECHL games with Pensacola and Florida and he has added 17 points (9g, 8a) in 31 Kelly Cup Playoffs games.

Colorado’s Michael Forney was second with 79 points (35g-44a) followed by Jacob Cepis of Trenton with 76 points (25g-51a), and Florida’s Matthew Pistilli (25g-50a) and Gwinnett’s Casey Pierro-Zabotel (22g-53a) who both finished with 75 points.

ECHL Leading Scorer Award Winners

The Everblades will face the Elmira Jackals in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs, and will play host to Elmira at Germain Arena beginning on Friday, April 5th.  The following is a complete listing of the best-of-seven playoff series:

#4 Florida Everblades vs. #5 Elmira Jackals

Game 1 – Friday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. ET at FloridaGame 2 – Saturday, April 6 at 7 p.m. ET at FloridaGame 3 – Wednesday, April 10 at 7:05 p.m. ET at ElmiraGame 4 – Friday, April 12 at 7:05 p.m. ET at ElmiraGame 5 – Saturday, April 13 at 7:05 p.m. ET at Elmira (If Necessary)Game 6 – Monday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Florida (If Necessary) Game 7 – Wednesday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Florida (If Necessary)

Playoff ticket packages are currently on sale.  Individual game tickets for the first two games of the first round will are now on sale! .

Ticket Information: The Capital Bank Box Office is open Monday thru Friday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Fans may also call Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, or order online at www.ticketmaster.com