PHPA Players and Alumni Invest in Leadership Development Through Royal Roads Program
May 15, 2026
Royal Roads’ Sports Leadership leadership course helps PHPA members strengthen skills for hockey and future careers alike.
TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Quebec – The Trois-Rivières Lions captured the 2025 Kelly Cup title with a 4-1 win over the Toledo Walleye in Game 5 of the 2025 Kelly Cup Finals in front of a standing-room only crowd of 4,777 fans at Colisée Vidéotron.
Trois-Rivières, which was appearing in the Kelly Cup Finals for the first time in team history, becomes the second Canadian team in ECHL history to win the title, joining the Newfoundland Growlers who won the Kelly Cup in 2019.
Lions’ goaltender Luke Cavallin earned the June M. Kelly Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award as the Most Valuable Player of the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs. Cavallin went 15-5 with a 1.53 goals-against average in 20 postseason appearances. He allowed two goals or less in 17 of his 20 outings.
2025 Kelly Cup Finals
Game 1 – Trois-Rivières 1 at Toledo 3
Game 2 – Trois-Rivières 5 at Toledo 1
Game 3 – Toledo 1 at Trois-Rivières 3
Game 4 – Toledo 1 at Trois-Rivières 2
Game 5 – Toledo 1 at Trois-Rivieres 4
Royal Roads’ Sports Leadership leadership course helps PHPA members strengthen skills for hockey and future careers alike.
Our player-led executive committees were an integral part of securing key gains in the new collective bargaining agreements that were negotiated earlier this season.
Thirteen PHPA members represented five countries at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, delivering memorable performances on hockey’s biggest international stage.
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