Royals Sign Tyler Love to SPC
Published on January 24, 2025 under ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release
Reading, PA - The Reading Royals, proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, announced that defenseman Tyler Love has been signed to a Standard Player Contract (SPC).
Love, 24, opened the 2024-25 campaign, his first full professional season, with the Fayetteville Marksmen in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) where he recorded 13 points (3g-10a), 14 penalty minutes and a -6 rating in 32 games played.
A native of Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Love recorded eight points (2g-6a), six penalty minutes and a +9 rating in 11 games with Fayetteville to begin his professional career during the 2023-24 season. In total, the 5'11", 174-pound, right-shot defenseman has amassed 21 points (5g-16a), 22 penalty minutes and a +3 rating in 43 professional career games, all with Fayetteville.
Prior to his professional career, Love played three seasons at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the NCAA III (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) following a season and a half at Robert Morris University (2019-20, 2020-21).
Additionally, Love played in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) for the Corpus Christi IceRays for parts of three seasons (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20) where he was selected as the team's Captain for the 2019-20 season. He also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 14U, 15U, 16U and 18U teams.
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