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Parker Gahagen Loaned to Reading by Lehigh Valley

November 27, 2023 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Goaltender Parker Gahagen with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Goaltender Parker Gahagen with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms
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Reading, PA - The Reading Royals, proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, announced that they have been loaned goaltender Parker Gahagen by Lehigh Valley.

Gahagen, 30, has posted a 4-3-1 record, 2.48 GAA and .914 save percentage in eight games for Lehigh Valley this season. The Amherst, New York native backstopped the Jacksonville Icemen in the ECHL last year with a record of 18-8-3 to go along with a 2.66 GAA and .912 save percentage. He received his fifth Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for the week of March 6-12 where he stopped all 56 shots faced over two starts for a 1.000 save percentage. His five Goaltender of the Week selections is tied for 5th most in ECHL history.

The 6'2", 194-pound, left-catch netminder has played in 20 career AHL games and posts a 9-7-1 record, 2.98 GAA and .898 save percentage across stints in Lehigh Valley, Colorado, Milwaukee, Toronto and San Jose. During the 2022-23 season, he was also on Hartford's roster for a stretch but did not appear in any games.

Gahagen is in his sixth professional season and has accumulated 100 career games in the ECHL going 58-26-5, 2.30, .920. He is a Kelly Cup winner with the Florida Everblades in the 2021-22 season when he went 20-10-3, 2.32, .916.

Gahagen attended West Point where he manned Army's net for four years. He was named AHA Second Team All-Conference twice and sported a career mark of 41-49-16, 2.40, .926 for the Black Knights.

Royals Upcoming:

The Royals return home on Thursday, November 30 to host the Kalamazoo Wings at 7:00 PM at Santander Arena. The home game will be a Throwback Thursday promotional game with music from the '70s, '80s, and '90s playing through the night!

To order tickets to our Throwback Thursday game, visit royalshockey.com/tickets

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