ECHL Reading Royals

Royals Drop Three Straight This Week

November 18, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


The Reading Royals dropped three straight games to tie a season high three-game slide. Friday night, the Royals lost a close 7-6 regulation decision to the first place Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies. Saturday, the Royals took to the road and were defeated by the surging Richmond Renegades 7-2. The loss was the largest margin of defeat this season. Sunday afternoon, Reading lost a close battle to the Trenton Titans 3-1 in Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton.

This week, the Royals travel to Atlantic City on Tuesday night for the fourth meeting against the Bullies. Friday and Saturday the Royals return home to the Jungle to battle the South Carolina Stingrays. The two games mark the first two against a Southern Conference opponent this season.

THIS WEEK (All times Eastern)

Tuesday, November 19 @ Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 7:35PM

GAME NOTES: This is the fourth meeting between these two Northeast Division combatants. The Royals lone win against Atlantic City came in Boardwalk Hall. Royals captain Mat Snesrud got the game winner in the shooutout. Royals Goaltender Scott Fankhouser stopped 38 shots in regulation and overtime and four of five shooters in the shootout. Reading is 1-2-0 against Atlantic City this season.

Friday, November 22 vs. South Carolina Sovereign Center 7:05PM

GAME NOTES: This is the second meeting ever between Reading and South Carolina. The Stingrays beat the Royals in South Carolina last season 4-3 in a shootout. The Stingrays are currently in first place in the Southeast Division. They are a perfect 5-0-0 on the road this season.

Saturday, November 23 vs. South Carolina Sovereign Center 7:05PM

GAME NOTES: This is the second of back-to-back meetings between these two teams. The Royals are led by Brian McCullough who has 13 goals and 26 points, while South Carolina is led by Adam Calder who has seven goals and 18 points this season.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

Friday, November 15 vs. Atlantic City Sovereign Center 7:05PM

GAME NOTES: The Boardwalk Bullies held on to beat the Royals Friday night in Reading 7-6. Reading dropped their second straight decision to the Bullies in Reading to fall to 1-2-0 against the Bullies. Royals rookies Jeff Giuliano and Antoine Bergeron each chipped in three assists in the loss.

Saturday, November 16 @ Richmond Richmond Coliseum 7:35PM

GAME NOTES: Costly penalties and a hot Richmond Renegades team did in the Royals Saturday in Richmond 7-2. David Brousseau scored a hat trick and an assist to lead the Renegades attack. Richmond converted on four power play tallies out of ten opportunities. Reading is now 0-1-1 against Richmond this season.

Sunday, November 17 @ Trenton Sovereign Bank Arena 2:00PM

GAME NOTES: The Royals two game winning streak against Trenton came to an end Sunday in Trenton as the Titans beat Reading 3-1. Alex Kim accounted for the only Royals goal on the power play. Reading is now 2-4-0 against Trenton. The Royals and Titans will not meet for nearly three months on February 16, 2003.

ROYALS PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE:

#18 Forward – Jeff Giuliano 3GP – 1g, 3a 4pts/ -3 Scored first ECHL goal on power play on 11/16 Jeff Giuliano scored his first ECHL goal on Saturday in a 7-2 loss. Giuliano chipped in three assists in a loss on Friday night. Currently, the rookie out of New Hampshire, ranks first among rookies in assists (14) and is tied for fifth in scoring (15).
JEFF GIULIANO 5'9" 210 6-20-79 NASHUA, NH
2001-02: BOSTON (NCAA) AMATEUR CLUB: BOSTON UNIVERSITY – DRAFT: NA

ROYALS GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE:

#39 – Jeff Sanger 2GP – 0-2-0 record
4.49GAA .888SV% Team Record: 0-3-0
The Royals had a rough week as a team. After a tough night on Saturday in Richmond, Sanger rebounded and stopped 33 of 35 shots to give the Royals a chance to win Sunday afternoon in Trenton. Sanger has started the last two games for the Reading.
JEFF SANGER 5'10" 170 11-14-78 MADISON, WI
2001-02: COLORADO COLLEGE AMATEUR CLUB: COLORADO COLLEGE

ROYALS NOTES:

· Forward Brian McCullough has a nine-game point streak dating back to October 27th (6g, 9a) ...He ranks 1st in the ECHL in scoring (13g, 13a – 26pts) and goals scored (13), and game winning goals (3)

· Forward Brian McCullough leads the team with eight multiple point games (4pts-1, 3pts-2, 2pts-5)

· Forward Brad Rooney has a eight-game point streak (4g, 7a) dating back to 10/26/02

· Reading as a team leads the ECHL with 28 power play goals for

· Reading's 62 goals for is tied for first in the ECHL...the Royals 71 goals against is first in the ECHL

· Royals Jeff Giuliano ranks 1st in assists (14) among rookies in the ECHL and tied for fifth in scoring (15)

· Royals rookie Alex Kim is tied for 2nd in goals (8) scored among ECHL rookies and is tied for fifth is scoring (15)

· Royals defenseman Simon Tremblay is tied for first in assists (14) among ECHL defenseman and ranks 3rd in scoring (17)

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 defenseman Hunter Lahache will be our special guest along with ECHL Director of Officials Bryan Graham. Your calls are welcome at 866-379-1240. The taping of Royals Roundtable will follow from 7-8 p.m. Head Coach David Lohrei will be on Royals Roundtable along with Royals defenseman Hunter Lahache.

11/23 Saturday, Christmas Parade – join Slapshot at the parade beginning at 9 a.m.

11/23 Saturday, Post Game Party at Outside In – Royals team will be available at Outside In after in the game vs South Carolina

11/24 Sunday, Reading Royals Booster Club Hay Ride with the Royals – (membership event only)

12/10 Tuesday – Reserve your spot for the next Royals Power Play Luncheon with Royals players and coaching staff. The cost is $25 per plate reservation only at the Sovereign Center – Dial 610-898-7317 to reserve your spot.

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

TRANSACTIONS:

11/18/02 DEL: Centerman Geoff Peters loaned to Milwaukee

11/17/02 DEL: Defenseman Jimmy Verdule suspended from incidents on 11/16 vs Richmond (suspension pending)

11/15/02 ADD: Forward Jeff Giuliano reassigned from Manchester
ADD: Forward Brandon Dietrich activated from 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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