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 defenseman Vincent Sévigny has signed a contract with the club for the 2025-26 season.
Sévigny is entering his fourth professional season following a 2024-25 campaign where he set a career-high with 19 points (4g-15a) in 49 regular-season games with the Trois-Rivières Lions. A 2025 Kelly Cup champion with the Lions, the Quebec City, Quebec native added seven points (2g-5a) and a +13 rating in 18 Kelly Cup Playoff games. In the 2024-25 campaign, he also skated in five games with the AHL’s Laval Rocket.
The 24-year-old played his first two seasons pro with the AHL’s Bridgeport Islanders, where he logged 22 points (6g-18a) in 86 games. Across 140 pro career regular season games, Sévigny has accumulated 41 points (10g-31a).
Prior to going pro, Sévigny played parts of five seasons in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League with the Saint John Sea Dogs and Victoriaville Tigres. He captained the Sea Dogs, and helped lead them to a Memorial Cup title in 2022, with 36 points (11g-25a) in 37 games. He also won the QMJHL President’s Cup with the Tigres in 2021. Across 215 QMJHL career games, Sévigny totaled 212 points (36g-85a).
Additionally, Sévigny’s father, Pierre, played 78 career NHL games between the Montreal Canadians (1993-95, 1996-97) and New York Rangers (1997-98), as well as won gold with Team Canada at the 1991 U20 World Junior Championships.