Strong joins Royals

READING, Pa. - The Reading Royals, ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, announced the signing of 26-year-old forward Cam Strong.

Strong signed a contract with the Royals for the 2020-21 season before playing with the Southern Professional Hockey League's Birmingham Bulls due to the Royals pulling out due to COVID-19. With the Bulls, Strong, posted 13 points (7g-6a) in 29 games.

Previously, Strong played for Dartmouth College and the North American Hockey League's Topeka Roadrunners. He served as an alternate captain in his senior year with Dartmouth and finished his collegiate career with 32 points in 119 games.

He was named the 2017 Booma Award winner as Dartmouth’s top rookie player and is a two-time recipient of the team’s McInnis Award as the “Sportsman of the Year.” He earned accolades in the classroom as well with four ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team honors and four American Hockey Coaches Association All-American Scholar awards. Lastly, he was a nominee for Dartmouth’s Student-Athlete of the Year award in 2020.

In Topeka, he was captain in his final season with the team and scored 69 points in 108 games.