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Reading Royals

Bombers Power By Royals, 5-2

January 8, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Dayton, OH - The Reading Royals (18-13-3=39, t-3rd North Division) of the ECHL were unable to contain the Dayton Bombers' power play, which went four for five on the night, as the Royals fell, 5-2, at the E.J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. The Royals and Bombers are now tied for third place in the North Division, setting up a showdown for sole possession of the third slot tomorrow night in Dayton. Reading's line-up, despite being decimated by call-ups and injuries, was able to battle back and tie the game twice; but the Bombers pulled away when they scored on both ends of a five-on-three power play mid-way into the second period. Reading's Jon Quick (10-8-2; 32/27) took his second consecutive regulation loss, while Jeremy Duchesne (8-3-2; 25/27) won his third consecutive game for the Bombers.

The Bombers struck on their first power play 4:56 into the first period, when Taylor Christie slid a pass off of the top of the right circle into the mid-slot, where Yannick Tifu, who had slipped down between the hash-marks, redirected the puck between the legs of Quick for his ninth goal of the year. Reading tied the game at one 12:48 into the first when Brett Hemingway took control behind the Bomber goal and found Matt Herneisen at the top the crease. Hereneisen drilled the quick snap shot low stick side on Duchesne for his second goal of the year. With 19 seconds left in the first the Bombers took a 2-1 lead when Masahito Nishiwaki fired a slap shot from the high slot that deflected off a Royals' stick. The puck appeared that it might go wide, but Quick went into the complete pipe-to-pipe splits and stopped the puck with the edge of his right pad. Unfortunately the rebound then sat free at the side of the Royals' goal where Tifu swept in and tapped in for his second of the night.

Reading tied the game up a second time (at 2-2) 5:56 into the second when Brett Hemingway fired a shot off the top of the right circle that Duchesne stopped with the stick. The puck, however, rebounded hard back into the slot, where a charging Ryan MacGregor, playing in only his second game for Reading, fired the puck low to the glove side for his first ECHL goal. Dayton then took the lead for good with back-to-back goals on both ends of a five-on-three power play mid-way into the second period. It started when newcomer Adam Wood took an interference penalty 7:08 into the second. Fifty-five seconds into that kill, the Royals were called for a too many men on the ice penalty. Thirty-two seconds into the Bombers' two man advantage, Tifu punched one from the right side of the Royals goal through the crease and onto the back door, where Matt Beaudoin swiped it home for his twentieth goal of the year. 1:10 after that, while the Royals were still a man short, Mike Berry walked out from the right side of Reading's net and got a shot that Quick stopped with the paddle of his stick. A scramble ensued and Chanse Fitzpatrick found the puck in the low slot and slipped it back through the scrum underneath Quick for his seventeenth goal of the year. Fitzpatrick added a second power play goal a the 7:29 mark of the third on another rebound to make it 5-2; but the Royals, who were out-shot 17-3 in the third period, never really seemed to have the manpower to muster a multi-goal comeback after the Bombers' second period strike.

The Royals and Bombers go at it again tomorrow night (Wednesday, January 9; 7:00 pm) at the E.J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio (7:00 pm). The game night broadcast on Friday will begin at 6:30 pm with the pre-game warm-up show on ESPN Radio 1240 am in Ephrata, as well as on the internet through the Royals' website, www.royalshockey.com. Streaming video is available on a pay per view basis through the B2 Networks.

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