Royals Sign Defenseman Matt Baxter
March 2, 2011 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release
Reading, PA - The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League, today announced that team has signed defenseman Matt Baxter to an Amateur Tryout Agreement. In other transactions announced today, defenseman Louis Liotti was returned to the Royals from the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL; and goaltender Michael Hutchinson was assigned by the Boston Bruins from the Providence Bruins of the AHL to the Royals.
Baxter (6'3/183) (22), who hails from Courtice, Ontario, just completed his senior season with the University of Alabama-Huntsville, where he led the Chargers with nine goals, and thirteen assists (twenty-two points) in thirty-two games. Baxter, who served as an alternate captain for the Chargers this past season, registered thirty-three points (11g-22a) and sixty-eight penalty minutes in 121 collegiate games. Liotti, a second year pro from Westbury, New York, was loaned to Lake Erie on February 21. He played three games for the Monsters without registering any points or penalty minutes. This is the second assignment to Reading for Hutchinson, a first year pro from Barrie, Ontario. In his first stint with Reading, he played seventeen games with the Royals and put together a record of 9-4-1-3 with a 2.85 gaa and .917 save percentage and one shutout. A third round pick of the Bruins in 2008, Hutchinson has played twenty-three games with the P-Bruins, compiling a record of 10-8-1 with 3.13 goals against average, a .903 save percentage and one shutout.
The Royals return to action tonight (Wednesday, March 2 @ 7:35 pm) when the team will visit U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio to face the Cincinnati Cyclones. The Royals game day broadcast will kick off with the pre-game warm-up show presented by The Works at Wyomissing on the Royals Broadcast Network (WRAW 1340 am in Reading, www.1340wraw.com) at 7:05 pm. You can also catch all of the Royals away games this season on Royals TV exclusively on BCTV courtesy of Boscov's Travel, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Season tickets for the Royals' 2010-11 season are currently available. To become a part of Royals hockey, call 610-898-PUCK or log onto www.royalshockey.com .
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