ECHL Reading Royals

The Royal Road Ahead: Reading at Elmira Jackals

Published on January 16, 2015 under ECHL (ECHL)
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ROYALS PRE-GAME NOTES

- Tonight, the Royals and Jackals face each other for the ninth of what will be fifteen times this year. In the first eight games in the series, the Royals have compiled a record of 4-2-1-1.

- This game kicks off the third three-game 'mini-series' between Reading and Elmira with the two teams facing off tomorrow (Saturday, January 17 @ 7:05 pm) here at First Arena and then heading down to Reading for the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday showdown (Monday, January 19 @ 1:05 pm) at Santander Arena.

- In both of the prior three-game sets between the Royals and Jackals (10/24 - 10/26/14 and 12/26 - 12/31/14), Reading won the first two games in the series before the Jackals bounced back to take the finale.

- The Royals have two more three-game 'mini-series' still to go this season. Reading will face the Florida Everblades for three in a row at Santander Arena on Friday, February 6, through Sunday, February 8; and the team will travel to Brampton, Ontario, to face the Brampton Beast for three in a row from Thursday, March 19, through Sunday, March 22.

- The Royals have compiled a record of 9-3-0-0 in the team's last twelve games and 12-4-0-0 in the last sixteen.

- Reading has gone 10-4-1-0 on the road so far this season. In the most recent road game played by the Royals, the Wheeling Nailers snapped a six game road win streak for Reading with a 6-5 win at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, West Virginia, on Friday, January 9. WesBanco is the only building in the ECHL in which the Royals have sustained a regulation loss this season other than Santander Arena.

- The Royals are 2-0-1-0 so far at First Arena in Elmira with four more games still to be played here. Reading has compiled a record or 10-0-1-0 in the last eleven games that the team has played in Elmira dating back to February 15, 2013.

- Reading is coming off a 6-2 win over the Brampton Beast on Sunday in Reading. The six goals scored in that game tied the team season-high for goals in a single game. (It also tied the team season-high for margin of victory at four.) The Royals have scored six goals four times this year (3-1-0-0). Reading is sixth in goals scored this season, averaging 3.46 goals per game.

- In Sunday's win over Brampton, Reading generated 50 shots on goal, which establishes a new team season-high. The Royals have had topped the forty-shot plateau in each of the last four games played by the team. Reading currently leads the league is shots per game, averaging 33.77 shots per contest.

- On Sunday, Sean Wiles scored a pair of goals (including the game winner while Reading was playing with the man advantage). In doing so, Wiles became the ninth different player this season to score two goals in a single game for the team. His second goal that game was his tenth of the year, making him the sixth different Royal to reach double-digits in goals scored.

- Reading has scored at least one power play goal in each of the last five games played. That is the longest streak of consecutive games this season in which the team has scored a PPG. During this most recent streak, the Royals have gone 6 for 25 with the man advantage (24.0% scoring ratio).

- The Royals penalty kill blanked the Brampton power play on Sunday, marking the twentieth time this season that Reading's PK has kept the opposition's power play off the board. The team has gone 15-3- 1-1 in those games.

- However, the Royals' killers have been touched up for at least one power play goal against in five of the last eight games and have allowed eight PPGAs in twenty-three chances on the power play for the opposition during that time span, which is a 65.2% kill ratio.

- The Royals are the second least penalized team in the league, averaging 10.83 PIMs per game.

- Pat Mullane is riding a three-game multi-point streak (2g-4a=6pts). Mullane, who has had at least one point in five of his last six games, leads the Royals with eleven multi-point performances. Mullane, who leads the Royals in goals (13) and points (36) in thirty-five games played, has recorded at least a point in twenty of his last twenty-four games (9g-21a=30pts).

- Cam Reid leads the Royals with four 'first goals' the most recent of which came in the win over the Wheeling on Wednesday, January 7. His twelve goals is tied for second most on the team. Reid will represent the Royals in the 2015 CCM / ECHL All-Star Classic in Orlando, Florida, next week.

- Both Olivier Labelle and Ryan Cruthers have had at least one point in three of their last four games. Labelle is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Royals with 82 (and 157 points) in 191 career games with the team. Cruthers is the team's all-time leading scorer with 248 points (79g-169a) in 246 games with Reading.

- Mike Marcou is riding a three game point streak (0g-4a). Marcou is currently tied for eighth amongst defensemen in the league in scoring (3g-19a=22pts). His nine power play assist is tied for second most among d-men in the league.

- Sean Wiles has scored seven goals in his last thirteen games. He has played even or better in seventeen consecutive games (and he's played to a plus in six of those games).

- Ian Watters recorded his first multi-point game as Royal (1g-1a) in the 6-5 loss in Wheeling last Friday. Watters also picked up an assist on the game's first goal (by Andrew Johnston) in Sunday's win over Brampton on Sunday. Watters played to a collective plus-4 (+4) in the four games played by Reading last week.

- Defenseman Michael Caruso recorded his first multi-point game as a Royal in Sunday's win over Brampton (1g-1a). Caruso has played to a collective plus-8 (+8) so far in Calendar Year 2015.

- Defenseman Bryant Molle has four points (1g-3a) in his last five games. He's played even or better in ten straight games and engaged in his team-leading sixth fight of the year on Sunday against Brampton.

- Matt Hatch scored back-to-back goals in Wheeling last Friday-which included bagging his first pro penalty shot-to record his first multi-point goal game as pro. Hatch also scored the team's second goal in Sunday's 6-2 win over Brampton.

- Kevin Walrod recorded his first multi-point game of the season (1g-2a) and played to a plus-3 (+3) in Sunday's win over the Beast.

- Andrew Johnston scored his first 'first goal' as a pro 3:56 into Sunday's win over Brampton. He has five points (2g-3a) in last ten games.

- Defenseman Maxim Lamarche leads the Royals in plus-minus, playing to a collective plus-11 (+11) on the season. He has played even or better in twenty-five of his twenty-nine games with the team.

- Goaltender Connor Knapp extended his personal win streak to four with the 5-2 win over Wheeling on Wednesday, January 7. That streak was snapped in the team's 4-2 loss to Brampton on Saturday.

- Goaltender Martin Ouellette, who was recalled to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the AHL on Tuesday, recorded his team-leading eleventh win for Reading on Sunday against Brampton.

- Goaltender Joe Howe was returned to Reading from the Manchester Monarchs on Wednesday. He was loaned to the Monarchs on January 5 and did not appear in a game during this stint in the AHL.

READING ROYALS @ ELMIRA JACKALS

Head to Head Season Series

@ ELM (10-24-14) REA 6 - ELM 5 (so)

GWG: P. Mullane (so) REA: Oullette (w) (27/32) (4/5) ELM: Capobianco (nd) (43:34) (21/26) REA PP (2/8) ELM PP (2/5) Fullerton (sol) (21:09) (7/7) (2/4)

@ REA (10-25-14) REA 5 - ELM 1

GWG: C. Reid REA: Knapp (w) (29/30) ELM: Fullerton (22/27) REA PP (1/4) ELM PP (1/3)

@ REA (10-26-14) ELM 3 - REA 1

GWG: A. MacPherson REA: Oullette (l) (27/29) ELM: Fullerton (34/35) REA PP (1/8) ELM PP (1/5)

@ ELM (11-21-14) ELM 3 - REA 2 (ot)

GWG: A. MacPherson REA: Oullette (otl) (20/23) ELM: Fullerton (29/31) REA PP (1/6) ELM PP (0/3)

@ REA (11-26-14) ELM 4 - REA 3 (so)

GWG: M. Tassone (so) REA: Oullette (sol) (19:51) (9/9) (1/4) ELM: Marotta (w) (37:13) (24/25) REA PP (2/5) ELM PP (0/3) Knapp (nd) (44:53) (19/22) Fullerton (nd) (27:47) (7/9)

@ ELM (12-26-14) REA 5 - ELM 2

GWG: C. Reid REA: Knapp (w) (24/26) ELM: Fullerton (l) (39:54) (25/29) REA PP (1/5) ELM PP (0/2) Marotta (nd) (20:00) (4/5)

@ REA (12-27-14) REA 4 - ELM 3

GWG: J. Heywood REA: Howe (w) (28/25) ELM: Marotta (l) (33/37) REA PP (0/4) ELM PP (1/3)

@ REA (12-31-14) ELM 4 - REA 0

GWG: M. Tassone REA: Oullette (l) (21/25) ELM: Marotta (w) (25/25) REA PP (0/3) ELM PP (2/3)

NEXT TIME REA v ELM: Saturday, January 17 @ First Arena - Elmira, NY (7:05 pm)

Royals Recent Transactions

01/10/15 Add F Kevin Walrod Activated from ECHL Reserve

Delete F David Marshall Loaned to Binghamton (AHL)

01/12/15 Delete F Adam Hughesman Loaned to Manchester (AHL)

01/13/15 Add G Joe Howe Returned from Manchester (AHL)

Delete G Joe Howe Placed on ECHL Reserve

Delete G Martin Ouellette Recalled to Lehigh Valley (AHL)

01/14/15 Add G Joe Howe Activated from ECHL Reserve

Add F Kevin Goumas Loaned from Lehigh Valley (AHL)

NEXT UP FOR THE ROYALS

Reading Royals v Elmira Jackals

@ First Arena - Elmira, NY

Saturday, January 17, 2015 (7:05 pm)

NEXT UP: The Royals and Jackals go at it again tomorrow, Saturday (January 17) at First Arena in Elmira, New York (@ 7:05 pm). The game night broadcast for Saturday's game can be heard live on CBS SportsRadio 1240 am and 98.5 in Reading, Pennsylvania, starting with the pre-game warm-up show presented by Highmark Blue Shield at 6:35. As with all Royals' road games this season, next Friday's game will be televised live in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on BCTV courtesy of Boscov's Travel and Apple Vacations. Streaming audio is available free of charge on the Royals' website (follow the 'headset' icon); and streaming video is available on a pay- per-view basis through ECHL.TV.

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