Preview: Royals vs. Nailers, March 11th - Game 55/72
ECHL Reading Royals

Preview: Royals vs. Nailers, March 11th - Game 55/72

Published on March 10, 2026 under ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Reading, PA - The Reading Royals (28-19-6-1, 63 pts), proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, play a stand-alone road against the Wheeling Nailers (34-15-3-3, 74 points) on Wednesday, March 11th at 10:45 a.m. at Santander Arena.

The Royals return home on Saturday, March 14th to open a two-game home series against the Worcester Railers at Santander Arena. The home series concludes on Sunday, March 15th at 3:00 p.m.

Royals Right Now:

The Royals enter game 55 of the regular season having earned a point in five of their last six contests (3-1-2), eight of their last 10 games (5-2-3), 12 of their last 15 (9-2-3) and 17 of their 24 games played to open 2026 (12-8-4-1). The Royals have also earned a point in 22 of their last 31 games (17-8-3-1) since Dec. 13 and 35 of their 54 games this season (28-19-6-1).

Previously, the Royals split a two-game series against Greensboro following a two home game set split against Greenville (1-0-1) with a 4-1 win on Friday, February 27th and a 6-5 overtime loss on Saturday, February 28th.

At home, the Royals have won 14 of their last 18 games with a point in 16 of the 18 games (14-2-2). On the road, the Royals have won five of their last 10 contests with a point earned in seven of the last 10 road games (5-3-1-1).

Forward Carson Golder leads the Royals in goals (13) while Ben Meehan leads the Royals in assists (27) and points (35).

Previous Game Recap

Scouting the Nailers:

Wheeling has opened their regular season at a North Division best 34-15-3-3 for 74 points. Since falling to the Royals in a Reading franchise-high 14 round shootout on February 15th, 3-2, the Nailers have won four of their last seven games (4-2-1-0) with an active four-game point streak built on a most recent three-game sweep against Rapid City over Mar. 5-7.

ECHL affiliates to the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL), Wheeling is led behind the bench by first-year head coach Ryan Papaioannou (34-15-6), named the 21st Head Coach in team history on August 14th.

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