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Reading Royals Weekly

December 5, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Royals Notes:

- The Royals' went 1-1-0 during the preceding week, bringing the team's record to 12-3-1=25, which translates into a .781-second only to the Alaska Aces of the West Division.

- On Friday, the Royals lost to the Dayton Bombers 4-3 at the Sovereign Center in Reading.

- This loss snapped a season high seven game win streak for the Royals.

- The longest streak of consecutive wins in team history is nine, which the Royals pulled off last season-from November 7 through December 3, 2004.

- Friday's defeat also snapped the Royals' seven game home win streak.

- The longest streak of consecutive wins at home in team history is also nine, a streak that the Royals put together from January 2 through 15, 2004.

- This Friday, the Royals kick off a sequence of the schedule during which the team will play seven games in ten days.

- Five of these seven games will be played at the Sovereign Center.

- Four of these seven games will be against teams from the Pacific Division-two against the Long Beach IceDogs (12/10 & 12/11) and two against the Fresno Falcons (12/17 & 12/18).

- In the two games this past week, the Royals' defense allowed seven goals. In the four games leading up to this week's action, the Royals had allowed only a total of four goals.

- Through sixteen games this season, the opposition has scored 39 goals on the Royals, which translates into a 2.44 team goals against average, which ranks the team third out of the 25 teams in the ECHL in that category.

- The Royals scored a total of eight goals in the two games played this past week.

- Since being shut out by the Trenton Titans on November 9, the Royals have played nine games, during which the team has scored a total of 45 goals-an average of 5.00 goals per game.

- Over the course of the team's 16 games this season, the Royals have scored 64 goals, an average of 4.00 per game, which ranks the team third in the league in that category.

- The Dayton Bombers scored the first goal in Friday's 4-3 win over the Royals.

- Over the course of the season, the Royals have a record of 4-3-0 when the opponent scores the first goal.

- The Royals scored the first goal in the 5-3 win over Toledo on Saturday night, and Reading is 8-0-1, when scoring the first goal.

- The Royals first goal on Friday night-to tie the scored at one 17:16 into the first period-was scored by Greg Hogeboom.

- Hogeboom also assisted on the Royals' third goal of the game-a power play goal by Reagan Rome at the 7:46 mark of the third period to tie the score at three-marking Hogeboom's eighth multi-point game of the season for the Royals.

- Hogeboom also scored the Royals second goal on Saturday night-a power play goal at the 10:39 mark of the first period to give the Royals a 2-0 lead-extending Hogeboom's personal point streak to eight games (6g-10a=16pts).

- Hogeboom has had at least one point in eleven of the fifteen games that he has played with the Royals this year.

- Hogeboom is tied (with Mike Kompon) for the team lead in points scored with 21: (6g-15a=21pts).

- Hogeboom's 21 points is tied for fourth in rookie scoring in the ECHL; and his fifteen assists is tied for second (with teammate, T.J. Kemp) for assists by a rookie.

- The Royals' second goal (which made the score 3-2 in favor of Dayton) on Friday night was scored by Dany Roussin, while the Royals were on the power play at the 15:28 mark of the second period.

- This marked the first goal for Roussin as a member of the Royals in his first game with the team.

- Roussin had been re-assigned by the Manchester Monarchs (AHL) on Thursday, December 1; he played one game for the Royals (on Friday night); and was recalled to Manchester immediately following that game.

- The Royals' third goal, which tied the scored at three at the 7:46 mark of the third period, while the Royals were skating on a 5-on-3 power play, was scored by Reagan Rome.

- This marked the second goal in as many games for Reagan Rome.

- Rome also picked up an assist in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Toledo Storm, extending Rome's personal point streak to four games during which he has picked up five points (2g-3a=5pts).

- T.J. Kemp assisted on the second and third goals scored by the Royals on Friday night.

- Kemp also picked up an assist on the Royals third goal (by Tyler Hanchuck) in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Toledo Storm.

- Kemp is currently riding a team high nine game point streak during which he has scored two goals and added fifteen assists.

- Kemp's seventeen points places him tied for sixth in rookie scoring and tied for fourth in defensemen scoring.

- Kemp's fifteen assists places him tied for second amongst rookies and tied for second amongst defensemen in that category.

- The Dayton Bombers Mark Flood scored the game winning goal on Friday night with just 36 seconds remaining in the game. That goal was Flood's second of the game, broke a 3-3 tie, and gave the Bombers the two points.

- This marked the second game this season that Mark Flood has scored two goals against the Royals-he also had a two goal game in the Royals 6-3 win over Dayton on November 18.

- Barry Brust was the goaltender for the Royals in the 4-3 loss on Friday night.

- Brust is now 1-1-0 with a 2.91 goals against average and a .922 save percentage for the Royals this year.

- The Royals scored two power play goals in five chances on Friday night.

- The Royals also scored two power play goals (in three chances) in the 5-3 win over Toledo on Saturday night.

- The Royals have now had eight games this season in which they have scored two or more power play goals.

- In their last nine games, the Royals power play has scored eighteen goals in forty-nine opportunities with the man advantage, which translates into a 36.7% scoring ratio.

- Over the course of the season, Reading has scored 23 ppg in 87 chances, a 26.4% scoring ratio, which is second in the league.

- On Friday night, the Bombers scored two power play goals in nine chances with the man advantage.

- This marked only the third time this season that the opponent has scored more than one power play goal in a single game against the Royals.

- On Saturday night, the Royals pk blanked the Storm in six chances with the man advantage, marking the seventh time this season the Royals have kept the opponents' power play unit off the board.

- In the last six games, the Royals penalty killing unit has been successful in 36 of the 39 chances that they have faced, a 92.3% kill ratio.

- Over the course of the season, Reading's pk has allowed twelve power play goals against in 98 chances, an 87.8% kill ratio, which is tied for the best pk percentage in the league.

- The Royals' first goal on Saturday night-the first goal of the game-was scored by Stuart Kerr at the 9:24 mark of the first period.

- Kerr, who ordinarily plays defense, was playing in a forward's position on Saturday night because the Royals' roster was reduced to 14 skaters-eight forwards and six defensemen.

- Kerr's goal was the first of his pro career.

- The Royals' third goal on Saturday night was the scored by Tyler Hanchuck at the 10:02 mark of the second period and made the score 3-0 Reading.

- That goal was the first goal of Hanchuck's professional career, which has spanned across 3 seasons and 108 games through Saturday night.

- Including the goals scored by Stuart Kerr and Hanchuck on Saturday night, there have now been seven different players who have scored their first pro goal as a member of the 2005-06 Royals.

- The Royals' fourth goal on Saturday night, which turned out to be the game winner, was scored by Chris Bala at the 11:11 mark of the second period, while the Royals were playing a man short.

- This goal marked the first of the season for Bala as a member of the Royals.

- This goal was also the second short-handed goal of the season for Reading-and both of the short-handed goals scored this season turned out to be game winners. (The other was scored by Mike Pandolfo in the season opening 3-2 win over the Johnstown Chiefs.)

- With this goal Bala became the eleventh different member of the Reading Royals-in just twelve wins this season-to score a game winning goal.

- Mike Pandolfo assisted on short-handed game winner by Chris Bala on Saturday night.

- Pandolfo also assisted on the Royals' second goal (by Dany Roussin) in the 4-3 loss to Dayton on Friday night.

- These points extended Pandolfo's personal point streak to seven games, during which he has scored five goals and added six assists (eleven points).

- Pandolfo has had at least one point in eleven of the fourteen games he's played for the Royals this season.

- The Royals' fifth goal (which made the score 5-0) on Saturday night was scored by Mike Kompon at the 15:25 mark of the second period, while the Royals were on a five-on-three power play.

- For Kompon that was his seventh goal of the season, and his fourth scored while the team was on the power play. (He's now tied for the team lead in power play goals with Mike Pandolfo and Doug Christiansen.)

- Kompon also assisted on two other goals for the Royals on Saturday, marking his second three point performance-and his sixth multi-point game-of the season for Reading.

- Kompon, who has had at least one point in 12 of the 16 games that he has played for the Royals this year, is tied with Greg Hogeboom for the team lead in points with 21 (7g-14a=21pts).

- Saturday's 5-3 win over Toledo marked the fifth time this season that the Royals have scored five or more goals in a single game and each of the team's goals were registered by a different player.

- In fact, in Friday's game, eleven of the fourteen skaters for the Royals registered a point-and only one player, Mike Kompon, registered more than one point.

- All three of Toledo's goals on Saturday came in the third period. This marked the fifth time this season that the Royals have allowed two or more goals in the third period. In each of those games, the Royals entered the third period with a lead; and in four of those games, the Royals still picked up the win. (Only in the second game of the season, when the Royals entered the third period leading 4-2 over the Wheeling Nailers and gave up three third period goals-and scored one of their own-did the Royals end up going to overtime and, ultimately, losing in the shootout.)

- Royals' defenseman Chris Barr had an assist and played at a +2 in Saturday's 5-3 over Toledo.

- Barr currently leads the Royals in +/-, playing at a plus 12.

- Barr's plus 12 leads all rookies-and is second with respect to ECHL defensemen-in that category.

- In Saturday's game, Cody Rudkowsky (9-1-0) stopped 34 of the 37 shots-16 of 19 in the third period-he faced to pick up his ninth win of the season.

- Rudkowsky's nine wins is tied for second among ECHL goaltenders in that category.

- This win extended Rudkowsky's personal win streak to six games. (He has also won all six games that he has played at the Sovereign Center this year.)

- Rudkowsky's goals against average of 1.79 is second in the league, as is his .937 save percentage.

Royals Transactions (11/28 - 12/04/05)

November 30 Add Brendan Bernakevitch F Re-Assigned From Manchester (AHL)

November 30 Add Dany Roussin F Re-Assigned From Manchester (AHL)

November 30 Add Mike Pandolfo F Returned From Binghamton (AHL)

November 30 Delete Jon Francisco F Placed On 7-Day Injured Reserve

November 30 Delete Jeff State D Placed On 7-Day Injured Reserve

November 30 Delete Larry Courville F Placed On 30-Day Injured Reserve

December 2 Delete Brendan Bernakevitch F Re-Called To Manchester (AHL)

December 2 Delete John Morlang F Loaned To Milwaukee Admirals

December 3 Delete Dany Roussin F Re-Called To Manchester (AHL)

Last Week Results (1-1-0)

Friday December 2, 2005 Loss Reading 3 v. Dayton 4

Saturday December 3, 2005 Win Reading 5 v. Toledo 3

Overall Record (12-3-1=25)

Home Record: (8 - 1 - 0 = 16)

Away Record: (4 - 2 - 1 = 9)

This Week's Games

Friday December 9, 2005 @ Johnstown Chiefs Cambria Cty. Mem. Arena 7:30 pm

Saturday December 10, 2005 v. Long Beach IceDogs Sovereign Center 7:00 pm

Sunday December 11, 2005 v. Long Beach IceDogs Sovereign Center 7:00 pm

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