ECHL Reading Royals

Reading Ends Week with Shutout Win at Home

December 11, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


The Royals three game homestand ended on a good note Saturday night as the Royals ripped the Richmond Renegades 6-0. Jeff Sanger posted the shutout for Reading. The Royals began the week with a loss to Greensboro on Tuesday night followed by a defeat at the hands of Roanoke on Friday night.

This week the Royals play the only team they have not met in their division this season the Charlotte Checkers. Reading battles Charlotte Friday night on the road before returning home for games against Richmond on Saturday and Peoria on Sunday.

THIS WEEK (All times Eastern)

Friday, December 13 @ Charlotte Cricket Arena 7:35PM

GAME NOTES: The Royals and Checkers meet for the first time this season. Reading will battle Charlotte six times. The Royals posted a 1-1-0 mark against the Checkers on the road last year and were 2-2-0 overall.

Saturday, December 14 vs. Richmond Sovereign Center 7:05PM

GAME NOTES: The Royals met the Renegades just a week ago in the Sovereign Center and posted their first win of the season, 6-0. Reading is now 1-1-1 this season against Richmond and 4-3-2 all-time vs. the ‘Gades. Reading and Richmond will meet four times after this game with three of those contests in Richmond Coliseum.

Sunday, November 15 vs. Peoria Sovereign Center 5:05PM

GAME NOTES: The Reading Royals and Peoria Rivermen will meet twice this season with each team hosting one game. Reading was 2-1-0 against the Rivermen last season, posting both victories at home in the Sovereign Center. Former Royal Brendan Brooks makes his return to the Sovereign Center in a Peoria sweater.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

Tuesday, December 3 vs. Greensboro Sovereign Center 7:05PM

GAME NOTES: The Greensboro Generals beat the Royals for the second straight time this year, 6-3. Sammy Ftorek led the way for Greensboro with four goals and an assist. Ftorek's natural hat trick came in the first period with two tallies coming on the power play. The Royals and Generals next meet in back-to-back games in Greensboro on January 2 and 3 of 2003.

Friday, December 6 vs. Roanoke Sovereign Center 7:05PM

GAME NOTES: Roanoke's dominance over Reading continued this week. The Express stopped the Royals 4-1 on Friday night in the Sovereign Center. Roanoke posted three third period goals to claim victory. The Royals lone tally came from Simon Tremblay on the power play. Reading dropped three games in eleven days to the Express and are now 1-7-0 all-time versus Roanoke.

Saturday, November 7 vs. Richmond Sovereign Center 7:05PM

GAME NOTES: The Reading Royals blasted the Richmond Renegades 6-0 Saturday night in the Sovereign Center. Jeff Sanger stopped 32 shots to post his first shutout as a pro and Steve Rymsha (2g, 1a) and Brad Rooney (1g, 2a) each posted three-point efforts. Jeff Giuliano and Brian McCullough each tallied a shorthanded goal for the Royals.

ROYALS PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE:

#19 Forward – Steve Rymsha 3GP – 3g, 1a 4pts/ +4 - Posted a goal in 4 of last 5 games (5g)

Steve Rymsha led the Royals with two goals and three points last Saturday in a 6-0 win against Richmond. Rymsha finished the week even or plus in all three games at home this week for the Royals. He ranks 4th on the team in scoring with ten goals and 23 points. STEVE RYMSHA 6'4" 225 3-20-79 ST. CATHERINES, ON
2001-02: GREENVILLE (ECHL) AMATEUR CLUB: WMU (NCAA) – DRAFT: NA

ROYALS GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE:

#39 – Jeff Sanger 1GP – 1-0-0 record 0GAA 100 SV% 1st professional shutout

Jeff Sanger picked up his first shutout stopping 32 shots Saturday night in the Sovereign Center against first place Richmond. It was Sanger's first win in nearly two months (October 16 vs Greensboro 5-3).
JEFF SANGER 5'10" 160 11-14-78 MADISON, WI
2001-02: COLORADO COLLEGE AMATEUR CLUB: COLORADO (NCAA)

IN THE COMMUNITY: The Royals face off at Casa Grande tonight with Royals Weekly. Royals Weekly can be heard live on ESPN Radio, 1240AM and new affiliate WPAZ, 1370AM from Casa Grande from 6-7 p.m. This week Royals forward Duilio Grande will be our special guest. Your calls are welcome at 866-379-1240.

Visit http://www.royalshockey.com/communitycommitment/index.asp to see new photographs of the Royals in the community.

PLAYER APPEARANCES: 12/9 4-6 p.m. Outback Steakhouse, #47 Alex Kim and #30 Scott Fankhouser

12/10 7-9 p.m. Pizzeria Uno (All Star Distributing), #10 Brandon Dietrich and #3 Ray DiLauro

12/11 2-4 p.m. Leesport Bank's Reading/Northeast Branch 10th Anniversary, #37 Brian McCullough and #9 Brad Rooney

TRANSACTIONS:
12/7/02 ADD: Defenseman Chris Bogas activated from 7-day IR
12/4/02 ADD: Goaltender Mike Minard assigned from Toronto (NHL)
DEL: Goaltender Mike Minard placed on 7-day IR

TICKETS AND INFORMATION: The Reading Royals Box Office is open from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Sovereign Center. Individual tickets can be purchased at the Sovereign Center Box Office or at any TicketMaster location. To order tickets by phone, call 215-336-2000. To book a group to a Royals game call 610-898-7825.

ROYALS ON THE AIRWAVES: All Reading Royals games, home and away, are broadcast on ESPN Radio, 1240AM. Join the Voice of the Royals, John Curtis for all the play-by-play action. The Buy-Rite Liquidators pre-game show comes your way 25 minutes before the drop of the puck.

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