Preview: Royals vs. Gargoyles, October 17th - Game 2/72
ECHL Reading Royals

Preview: Royals vs. Gargoyles, October 17th - Game 2/72

Published on October 16, 2026 under ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Reading, PA - The Reading Royals (1-0-0-0, 2 points), proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, continue their 2026-27 regular season opening weekend against the Greensboro Gargoyles (0-1-0-0, 0 points) on Saturday, October 17th at 7:00 pm at First Horizon Coliseum.

Home Opener:

The Royals play their home opener at Santander Arena on Saturday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. against Kalamazoo. The home opener opens a two-game series with the Wings which concludes on Sunday, October 25 at 3:00 p.m.

The Royals hoist a record of 9-11-1-3 in home openers with their last home opener victory coming against the Norfolk Admirals, 6-4, on October 23 of the 2021-22 season.

Fans can secure their seat for Opening Night with Single Game Tickets or a Royals ticket plan. The Royals offer plans ranging from as low as 4 games all the way up to our full season Royals365 Membership.

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Royals Right Now:

The Royals began the regular season with a 3-2 victory over Greensboro on Friday, October 16th. New additions to the Royals roster Wyatt McLeod, Braeden Kressler and Luke Reid each scored a goal while forward Dalton Bancroft collected two assists in the Reading win.

The Royals opened the season 1-0 for the third-straight season and seek their third-straight 2-0 start to a campaign.

Previous Game Report

Scouting the Gargoyles:

Greensboro begin their franchise's second season 0-1-0-0 following a season-opener loss to Reading, 3-2. In their inaugural season, they produced a league-low 19 win and 54 point campaign, finishing 19-46-6-1 to become just the second team over the last eight full ECHL seasons (since 2016-17) to not reach 20 wins in a season (Allen, 2024-25, 16 wins).

ECHL affiliates to the 2026 Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) and Calder Cup runner-up Chicago Wolves (AHL), Greensboro is led by first-year head coach Mitch Giguère who was named the team's second head coach on June 15th, 2026 after three seasons as assistant coach of the Wheeling Nailers.

On the ice, the Gargoyles are led by the recently named second captain in franchise history Demetrios Koumontzis. The 26-year-old is one of five remaining players from the Gargoyles' inaugural Opening Night roster. Koumontzis was named an alternate captain on January 14, 2026, midway through the team's first season. Selected by the Calgary Flames in the fourth round of the 2018 NHL Draft, the Arizona native enters his fourth professional season.

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The games will be streamed live on the Royals Broadcast Network available on the following platforms:

FloSports: flosports.link/3yarTg4

Mixlr: mixlr.com/readingroyals

Listen back to Royals game all season on demand with a FloSports subscription, through the FREE Mixlr app, or via Flyers Radio 24/7, the Flyers' dedicated online streaming station on the Flyers Broadcast Network, where game broadcasts during the 2026-27 season will be streamed weekly, every Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00 p.m. ET and 2:00 a.m. ET.

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