Preview: Royals vs. Lions, October 17th - Game 1/72
ECHL Reading Royals

Preview: Royals vs. Lions, October 17th - Game 1/72

Published on October 16, 2025 under ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Reading, PA - The Reading Royals (0-0-0-0, 0 points), proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, open the 2025-26 regular season against the defending Kelly Cup Champion Trois-Rivières Lions (0-0-0-0, 0 points) on Friday, October 17th at 7:00 pm at Colisée Vidéotron.

The road game for Reading marks the 17th time in 24 seasons the Royals have opened their campaign with an away game. The Royals are 9-11-3-0 all-time in season openers with a 6-9-2 record in season openers on the road.

The season opener begins a seven-game road-trip for the Royals with two games against the Maine Mariners (Oct. 19 & Nov. 2), two games against the 2025-26 expansion franchise Greensboro Gargoyles (Oct 24 & Oct. 25) and two games against the Worcester Railers (Oct. 31st & Nov. 1) following the season opener at Trois-Rivières.

Opening Night on Nov. 8th, presented by Supportive Concepts for Families:

The Royals play their home opener, presented by Supportive Concepts For Families, at Santander Arena on Saturday, November 8 at 7:00 p.m. against Trois-Rivières. The home opener opens a two-game series with the Lions which concludes on Sunday, November 9 at 3:00 p.m.

Fans can secure their seat today with a Ticket Plan (10/18-Game Plan or Royals365 Membership) or single tickets to all regular season home games: Single Game Tickets

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Royals Right Now:

The Royals enter the regular season following a lone preseason contest against the Adirondack Thunder on Friday, October 10th where they fell, 3-1, at Santander Arena. Forward Brandon Saigeon scored the lone goal of the game for the Royals while goaltenders Yaniv Perets (0-0-0-0) and Vinnie Purpura (0-0-0-0) split the time in goal for Reading, stopping 10 of 12 and eight of nine shots, respectively.

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Scouting the Lions:

Trois Rivières enters the regular season as the reigning Kelly Cup Champions following a franchise best 45-win season (45-19-8, 98 points) with an Eastern Conference and North Division Title to compliment their first championship in their four-season history.

ECHL affiliates to the Montreal Canadians (NHL) and Laval Rocket (AHL), Trois-Rivières is led by third-year head coach Ron Choules (76-49-16) and returns their leading scorer from the 2024-25 campaign Anthony Beuregard (25-42-67 in 67 GP).

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

FloSports: flosports.link/3yarTg4

Mixlr: mixlr.com/readingroyals

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