ECHL Reading Royals

The Royal Road Ahead: Reading Royals at Elmira Jackals

Published on February 17, 2017 under ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


READING ROYALS @ ELMIRA JACKALS First Arena - Elmira, New York Game Time 7:05 PM et - Royals Broadcast: 6:35 PM et

REA Game No. 50: 29 - 17 - 1 - 2 = 61 (2, NORTH) Road Game No. 27: 15 - 8 - 1 - 2 ELM Game No. 50: 9 - 33 - 6 - 1 = 25 (6, NORTH) Home Game No. 21: 6 - 12 - 2 - 0

Head-to-Head Game No. 7 of 10 (5 @ REA) (5 @ ELM) REA v ELM: 5 - 1 - 0 - 0

NEXT GAME BETWEEN READING AND ELMIRA Saturday, February 18, 2017 SANTANDER ARENA - READING, PA @ 7:00 pm

ROYALS BROADCAST

AUDIO: iHeartRadio - Rumba 1340 in Reading Deibler Dental In-Arena Broadcast: 99.3 fm Inside Santander Arena

TELEVISION: Royals' Road Games are televised locally in Berks County, Pennsylvania on BCTV, which Can Found at Comcast Reading Cable Channel 15, Service Electric Cable Channel 19, Comcast Southern Berks Channel 965

STREAMING VIDEO: ECHL.TV powered by NeuLion (Pay-Per-View)

ROYALS PRE-GAME NOTES -

Tonight, the Royals face the Elmira Jackals in the first of what will be three consecutive games between the two teams. This is the seventh matchup of a total of ten to be played in the 2016-17 regular season between Reading and Elmira. So far, the Royals have compiled a record of 5-1-0-0 against the Jackals.

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The Jackals joined the ECHL in the 2007-08 season. Over the course of the ten years that Elmira has been part of the ECHL, Reading has compiled a record of 74-45-12 in 131 total regular season games played between the two organizations. o

The two teams have also faced off twice in the post-season with Reading claiming the 2008 North Division Semi-Finals (4-2), and the Jackals knocking off the Royals in the best-of-five 2012 Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals (3-2). o

Since the 2013-14 season, the Royals have compiled an overall record of 35-10-3-1 in the last forty-nine games played against the Jackals. o

Since March 10, 2013, Reading has gone 19-3-2-0 in the last twenty-four games played at First Arena in Elmira.

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Reading is coming off a 6-5 shootout win over the Adirondack Thunder in Glens Falls, New York, on Tuesday. That victory served to snap a three game losing streak for the Royals and restore the team's record to twelve games over .500 (29-17-1-2=61) through forty-nine games played, which puts the team in second place in North Division of the Eastern Conference. o

Tuesday's victory in Glens Falls served to push the Royals' road win streak to five-and the team is unbeaten in the last six games (5-0-0-1) played away from Santander Arena. o

Overall, Reading has so far gone 15-8-1-2 on the road with ten more regular season games to be played away from Santander Arena.

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Reading struck first-forty-eight seconds after the opening face-off-on Tuesday. That was the twenty-seventh time this season that the Royals' scored the game's first goal. The team has compiled a record of 20-6-1-0, which is a .759 win percentage.

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Tuesday's shootout win marked the sixth time this season that Reading has played in a game that has gone beyond regulation time (and the third time that extra time was required against the Adirondack Thunder). The Royals have gone 3-3 in those games. o

Tuesday's game marked the third time this year that the Royals have had to go to the shootout for a resolution-and the second time against the Adirondack-and the first time that Reading has won. o

That was the first shootout win for the Royals since February 27, 2016, when the Royals beat the Thunder 5-4 in a six-round shootout, when Brandon Alderson-shooting sixth-bagged the shootout winner.

(Goaltender Connor Knapp picked up the shootout win that night.) o

On Tuesday, it was Nick Luukko, shooting second, who bagged what proved to be the shootout winner for Reading. That was Luukko's first ever shootout attempt as a pro. Goaltender Mark Dekanich stopped all three shots he faced in the skills competition to notch the win. o

Historically, Tuesday's game was the 208th time (in 1129 games) that Reading has played in regular season game that has ended regulation time in a tie. It was the 100th win in games ending in a tie (100 - 108).

One-hundred and twenty-three of Reading's ties have gone to the shootout for resolution (eighty- five have ended in overtime). The Royals have gone 60-63 in shootouts during the sixteen year history of the team.

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Reading fell behind on Tuesday, 2-1, 4:25 into the second period before mounting a successful come-back to take the two points. Despite the fact that Reading held leads of 1-0, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4 and ultimately, 6-5, Tuesday's game was (technically) the eleventh come-from-behind win of the year for the Royals.

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Tuesday's game marked the tenth time this season that Reading has scored six or more goals. The team has gone 9-1-0-0 in those games. o

Overall, Reading has scored 184 goals through forty-nine games, which is an average of 3.76 goals per game, fourth best in the league.

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The 6-5 shootout win on Tuesday marked the tenth time this year Reading has allowed five or more goals (2-8-0- 0), including three of the last four games-and four of the last six played. o

Nonetheless, the Royals are still fourth in the league in team goals against average at 2.94 (144 goals against in forty-nine games).

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The Royals' power play was blanked in four chances with the man advantage on Tuesday, marking the twenty- fifth time this season that Reading's PP has been held off the board (13-11-1-0). In the last four games, Reading has gone 1 for 17 with the man advantage.

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Reading's penalty kill blanked Adirondack's power play on three chances with the man advantage on Tuesday, extending the stretch of kills for Reading's PK to seventeen straight. o

Over the last thirty-three games (during which Reading has gone 23-9-0-1), Reading's PK has knocked off 103 of the 112 power play chances the team has faced.

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Mike Pereira scored the game's first goal forty-eight seconds into Tuesday's 6-5 shootout win. That was tenth goal of the year for Pereira-and his third "first goal" of the year. Pereira, who has seven points (3g-4a) in his last eight games played, is the eighth player this year to score ten or more goals with the Royals.

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Tyrell Goulbourne recorded his second consecutive multi-point performance on Tuesday (1g-1a), which included scoring the team's second goal (to tie the game at two). Goulbourne has three goals in his last four games (3g- 2a=5pts).

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Ryan Penny snapped a four game streak without a point when he scored Reading's third goal on Tuesday. Penny is fourth on the team with fifteen goals.

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Robbie Czarnik, who scored the Royals' fourth and fifth goals on Tuesday, recorded his team-leading twelfth multi-point performance of the year (2g-1) that night. That was his third two-goal performance and second three-point game of the year.

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Justin Crandall recorded his eleventh multi-point game of the year on Tuesday (0g-2a). Crandall, who played plus- two (+2) on Tuesday, leads the Royals in plus-minus at plus-23 (+23).

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Olivier Labelle has eight points (3g-5a) in his last eight games.

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Defenseman Florian Iberer is tied for fourteenth in defensemen scoring with thirty points (8g-20a) in forty-seven games.

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On Tuesday, goaltender Mark Dekanitch made 37 saves in 64:53 of hockey-and stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout-to record his thirteenth win of the year for Reading. Dekanich has compiled a record of 13-10- 1-1 with a 3.05 goals against average and a .907 save percentage in twenty-six games with the Royals this year.

LAST WEEK'S TRANSACTIONS 02/12/17 Add Reece Willcox (d) Assigned from Lehigh Valley (AHL) Delete Nathan Moon (f) Placed on ECHL Reserve List 02/13/17 Delete Reece Willcox (d) Recalled to Lehigh Valley (AHL) 02/14/17 Add Nathan Moon (f) Activated off of ECHL Reserve List

NEXT UP FOR THE ROYALS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2017 v ELMIRA JACKALS Santander Arena - Reading, PA (7:00 pm)

Pink in the Rink Celebration with Pink Ice Pink Hat Giveaway (First 1500 Women 15 & Older) Courtesy of Sweet Street Desserts Pre-Game Lighting Ceremony Special Pink Jerseys (Post-Game Jersey Auction)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 v ELMIRA JACKALS Santander Arena - Reading, PA (4:00 pm)* *Special Start Time

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