Royals Rough Up Bullies 6-2

February 24, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies News Release


Reading, PA – The Reading Royals used four first period goals, including a pair from David Masse who finished with 2 goals and 2 assists to defeat the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 6-2 before 4160 at the Sovereign Center in ECHL action Tuesday. The loss snapped the Bullies 4-game winning streak.

Reading (31-15-8) tallied three of their four first period goals in a span of 3:19. Masse opened the scoring at 8:13 when he found the puck in the slot and slapped it by Bullies goaltender Jake Moreland for a 1-0 lead. The Royals would make it 2-0 when Kent Davyduke in the slot took a feed from Graig Mischler behind the net and fired a one-timer by Moreland at 9:20. Reading capped off the flurry as Lars Pettersen, streaking up the right-wing boards, received the puck from Masse and found the back of the net at 11:32 to give the Royals a 3-0 lead. Masse finished the scoring for Reading in the first at 18:26 on the power play when he rifled a shot over the left shoulder of Moreland for a 4-0 advantage at the end of the period. The Bullies (36-13-4) would get one back in the second period. Danny Eberly, from his own zone, came up the right wing boards around Ian Turner and slid the puck to an open Scott Horvath who stuffed it through Royals goaltender Peter Hamerlik at 7:29 to cut the lead to 4-1. Reading would add some third period insurance with a pair of goals from Peter Hay at 6:21 and Regan Rome at 7:53 on the power play. Josh Prudden added a late goal for the Bullies at 14:37.

The Royals out-shot the Bullies 34-31. Moreland stopped 28 shots in taking the loss. The Bullies went 0-3 on the power play, snapping their consecutive games streak with a power play goal at 10.

The Bullies travel to Dayton tomorrow to battle the Bombers. Game time is 7PM. Catch all the action on ESPN Radio 1450AM and the Surfer Network at www.boardwalkbullies.com.



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