Skirving joins Royals

Reading, Pa. - The Reading Royals, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers and American Hockey League's Lehigh Valley Phantoms, announced that forward Todd Skirving has signed with the club for the 2024-25 season.

Skirving, 32, joins the Royals for his seventh professional season. The Thunder Bay, Ontario native's six-year pro career includes one game in the American Hockey League for the Toronto Marlies during the 2022-23 season, as well as two Kelly Cup championships between the Newfoundland Growlers (2018-19) and the Florida Everblades (2023-24).

Across 301 career regular-season ECHL games, Skirving has totaled 149 points (74g-75a) during stints with the Orlando, Utah, Atlanta, Newfoundland and Florida. He has added 18 points (6g-12a) in 64 Kelly Cup Playoff games.

Skirving signed with Florida on April 6, 2024, after Newfoundland ceased operations on April 2. Prior to joining Florida's championship team, he played five seasons as a member of the Growlers where he won a Kelly Cup title in 2019 and served as both an alternate captain during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons and captain during the 2023-24 season. Additionally, Skirving represented Newfoundland at the 2023 All-Star Classic during a season in which he set career highs in goals (31), assists (27), points (58) and plus-minus (+15).

Prior to his professional career, Skirving played four seasons at Rochester Institute of Technology from 2013-17. With the Tigers, he was a part of three Atlantic Hockey Association championships and registered 51 points (19g-32a) across 127 NCAA career games.

Skirving played two seasons in the United States Hockey League with the Sioux Falls Stampede (2011-13) along with a season in the British Columbia Hockey League between the Vernon Vipers and Prince George Spruce Kings (2010-11).