Last June, the Colorado Eagles paraded around the ice with the Kelly Cup in their hands as ECHL champions. Apparently, they never gave it back.
The Eagles, who left the league to become the American Hockey League affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche after last season, neglected to return the Kelly Cup to the ECHL according to Patrick J. Kelly, commissioner emeritus and the trophy's namesake.
"I don't know if I should say this or not, but Colorado kept the trophy, if you can believe it," said Kelly, speaking on AM 1230 in Toledo this week.