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Reading Royals Weekly Release March 31, 2014 Week No. Twenty-Four
KŶĞ>ĂƐƚ>ŝƩ ůĞt ĞĞŬĞŶĚdƵƐƐůĞt ŝƚŚƚŚĞ:ĂĐŬĂůƐ͘ ͘ ͘ Upcoming Games Wednesday, April 2 v Orlando Solar Bears (Santander Arena) Game Time: 7:05 pm et (Broadcast: 6:35 pm et) Friday, April 4 v Kalamazoo Wings (Santander Arena) Game Time: 7:05 pm et (Broadcast: 6:35 pm et) Saturday, April 5 v Kalamazoo Wings (Santander Arena) Game Time: 7:05 pm et (Broadcast: 6:35 pm et) Wednesday, April 9 @ Florida Everblades (Germain Arena) Game Time: 7:30 pm (Broadcast: 7:00 pm) Friday, April 11 @ Florida Everblades (Germain Arena) Game Time: 7:30 pm et (Broadcast: 7:00 pm et) Saturday, April 12 @ Orlando Solar Bears (Amway Center) Game Time: 7:00 pm et (Broadcast: 6:30 pm et) **Possible First Home Playoff Date** If Reading Earns Home Ice In First Round Game One EC Quarterfinals, Thurs. April 17
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS (2-0-0-0) Friday March 28, 2014 v Elmira Jackals Win 4 - 1 ECHL STANDINGS Saturday March 29, 2014 @ Elmira Jackals Win 6 - 3 Eastern Conference RADIO RECON ACTIVE TEAM LEADERS LEAGUE LEADERS x READING 42-21-2-1=87 Tuesday Night From 6 to 7 pm Goals: Domenic Monardo 26 Goals: M.Lang ORL 43 x Kalamazoo 39-20-2-5=85 Assists: Ryan Cruthers 37 Join us at Jimmy G’s Railroad House Sports Bar and Assists:B.Marino FTW 54 Orlando 40-22-2-2=84 Points: Ryan Cruthers 52 Pts: B. Marino FTW 80 South Carolina 39-22-2-4=84 Restaurant (152 Woodrow Ave., 610-678-1177) GWG: :ŽƐŚƌŝƩ ĂŝŶ 6 PIMs: ͘ WĂƋƵĞƩ Ğ UTA 247 Greenville 38-23-2-3=81 April 1 Shots: Domenic Monardo 197 Majors:M.Krug EVN 19 Cincinnati 37-22-2-4=80 Head Coach Larry Courville PIMs: Bryant Molle 96 +/-: P. Sivac AK +42 +/-: BryantMolle +19 Wins: :Ğī :ĂŬĂŝƟƐ SC 24 Wheeling 35-25-1-5=76 Player to be Named Later Fort Wayne 31-23-7-5=74 Royals Image of the Week Florida 33-26-3-4=73 GAME BROADCASTS This Isn’t The Way These Things Fit Back in College... Evansville 29-27-4-7=69 All Royals’ Games are Available on Gwinnett 27-36-3-2=59 the Royals Broadcast Network Presented by Elmira 22-36-3-5=52 ŽƐĐŽǀ ͛ ƐdƌĂǀ ĞůĂŶĚƉƉůĞs ĂĐĂƟŽŶƐŽŶ Toledo 21-39-3-2=47 CBS Sports Radio 1240 am and 98.5 fm. Western Conference MOUNTAIN DIVISION xy Alaska 44-18-3-3=94 Utah 35-22-3-5=78 Streaming Audio is available free of charge on the Idaho 36-25-3-4=79 Royals’ website www.royalshockey.com. Colorado 31-23-7-4=73 All Road Games Can Be Seen on BCTV and PACIFIC DIVISION Game Video Is Also Available On A Pay Per Game xy Ontario 42–17-3-4=91 Basis Provided Through America ONE Sports— Bakersfield 30-29-2-4=66 /ŶƌĞŶĂƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƟŶŐƚ^ĂŶƚĂŶĚĞƌƌĞŶĂ/Ɛǀ ĂŝůͲ Stockton 29-30-0-6=64 able At 99.3 fm Courtesy of Deibler Dental. Las Vegas 19-40-4-3=45 March 31, 2014 Reading Royals Weekly Release Week Number Twenty-Four
NOTES OF THE WEEK 1. This past week the Royals won both ends of a home-and-ŚŽŵĞǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞ ůŵŝƌĂ:ĂĐŬĂůƐƚŚŝƐƉĂƐƚǁ ĞĞŬ͕ ĚĞĨĞĂƟŶŐƚŚĞ:ĂĐŬĂůƐϰ-1 at Santander Arena in Reading on Friday and following that up with a 6-3 win over the Jackals at First Arena in Elmira on Saturday. 2. The two wins this past week pushed the Royals record to a season high twenty- one games over .500 (42-21-2-1=87). ϯ͘ ŌĞƌ&ƌŝĚĂLJ͛ Ɛǁ ŝŶŽǀ Ğƌ ůŵŝƌĂ͕ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐƌĞ-took sole possession of first place in ƚŚĞ ĂƐƚĞƌŶŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞĨŽƌƚŚĞƚŚŝƌĚƟŵĞƚŚŝƐƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ŌĞƌƐŝdžƚLJ-six games played, the Royals have 87 points in the standings, which leads the East and is third best Žǀ ĞƌĂůů͘ dŚĞůĂƐŬĂĐĞƐůĞĂĚƚŚĞůĞĂŐƵĞǁ ŝƚŚϵϰƉŽŝŶƚƐŝŶƚŚĞƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐƐ;ĂŌĞƌϲϴ games played). The Ontario Reign are second in the league in that category with 91 ƉŽŝŶƚƐĂŌĞƌϲϲŐĂŵĞƐ͘ 4. Reading’s .659 win percentage leads the Eastern Conference and is third best in the league to Alaska (.691) and Ontario (.689). 5. Reading became the first team in the Eastern Conference to clinch a playoff spot ǁ ŝƚŚ&ƌŝĚĂLJ͛ Ɛǁ ŝŶŽǀ Ğƌ ůŵŝƌĂ;ǁ ŚĞŶĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚǁ ŝƚŚĂƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶůŽƐƐƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĞĚƚŚĂƚ Ğǀ ĞŶŝŶŐďLJƚŚĞ&ůŽƌŝĚĂ ǀ ĞƌďůĂĚĞƐƚŽƚŚĞŝŶĐŝŶŶĂƟLJůĐŽŶĞƐͿ͘ K Ŷ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ͕ ƚŚĞ<ĂůĂŵĂnjŽŽt ŝŶŐƐĂůƐŽĐůŝŶĐŚĞĚĂƉůĂLJŽī ƐƉŽƚŝn the East. 6. The Royals are 12-2-1-ϬŝŶƚŚĞƚĞĂŵ͛ ƐůĂƐƚĮ ŌĞĞŶŐĂŵĞƐ͖ ϭϰ-3-1-0 in the last eighteen; and have compiled a record of 27-9-1-1 in the last thirty- eight games since January 8. 7. Reading compiled a record of 10-2-1-ϬŝŶƚŚĞŵŽŶƚŚŽĨD ĂƌĐŚ͘ dŚĂƚŵĂƌŬƐũƵƐƚƚŚĞĮ ŌŚƟŵĞŝŶƚĞĂŵŚŝƐƚŽƌLJƚŚĂƚZĞĂĚŝŶŐŚĂƐwon ten or more games in a single calendar month. All five of those months have come in the last three seasons—ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐƚŚƌĞĞƟŵĞƐůĂƐƚLJĞĂƌ;November, 2012; ĞĐĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϮ͖ ĂŶĚD ĂƌĐŚϮϬϭϯͿ͘ /ƚŝƐƚŚĞƚŚŝƌĚĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀ ĞD ĂƌĐŚ;ϮϬϭϮ͕ ϮϬϭϯ͕ ĂŶĚϮϬϭϰͿŝŶǁ ŚŝĐŚƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐŚĂǀ Ğǁ ŽŶƚĞŶŽƌmore games in the month. 8. Reading’s 4-1 win over Elmira on Friday stretched the Royals current home unbeaten streak to a season LAST WEEK’S TRANSACTIONS long nine games (8-0-1-0). Friday’s game was the 21st 03/27/14 Add F Jon Swavely Signed to Amateur Tryout Agreement home win of the year for Reading (21-10-1-1) with 03/28/14 Delete F Domenic Monardo Placed on ECHL Reserve List three more regular season games yet to be played at Add D Aaron Gens ĐƟǀ ĂƚĞĚĨƌŽŵ , >ZĞƐĞƌǀ Ğ>ŝƐƚ Santander Arena—all three of which will be played 03/29/14 Add F Domenic Monardo ĐƟǀ ĂƚĞĚĨƌŽŵ , >ZĞƐĞƌǀ Ğ>ŝƐƚ this week (Wednesday against the Orlando Solar Bears Add F Greg Wolfe Signed to ECHL Contract and back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday Delete F Yannick Tifu Placed on ECHL Reserve List against the Kalamazoo Wings). The team record for home wins is 26 (26-8-0-2), which was set last season. 9. The team’s 6-3 win in Elmira on Saturday was Reading’s twenty-first road win of the year (21-11-1-ϬͿ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚƟĞƐƚŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚŵost road wins in team history. The team record for away victories is twenty-two, which was established in 2010-11 (22-12-1-1). Reading will finish the regular sea- son with a three-game road trip to Florida, where the team will face the Florida Everblades twice and the Orlando Solar Bears in the final game of the regular season on April 12. 10. Over the last four seasons, the Royals have compiled a regular season record on the road of 84-45-12,which is a .638 win percentage. 11. The back-to-back wins by the Royals over Elmira this week completed the Royals’ thirty-one game regular season series withiŶƚŚĞƚůĂŶƟĐ Division. Reading compiled a record of 23-6-2-Ϭǁ ŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞƚůĂŶƟĐƚŚŝƐƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ 12. Reading has two games remaining against the North Division—both against Kalamazoo this week. So far, Reading has compiled a record of 14- 11-0-1 against teams from the North this year. 13. dŚĞZŽLJĂůƐƐƟůůŚĂǀ ĞĨŽƵƌŐĂŵĞƐƚŽďĞƉůĂLJĞĚĂŐĂŝŶƐƚƚĞĂŵƐĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ^ŽƵƚŚŝǀ ŝƐŝŽŶ—two against Orlando (one at home and one on the road) and two against Florida (both at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida). So far, the Roy- als have compiled a record of 5-4-0-0 against teams from the South. 14. The Royals completed the sixteen game regular season series against the Elmi- ra Jackals this past week. Reading finished the season 14-2-0-0 against the Jackals, ǁ ŝŶŶŝŶŐƚŚĞůĂƐƚĞůĞǀ ĞŶĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀ ĞŐĂŵĞƐƉůĂLJĞĚĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ůŵŝƌĂ͕ ĨƌŽŵĞĐĞŵďĞƌ 26, 2013 on. Reading, who outscored the Jackals 60-28 in the 16 game series this season, won all seven games the team played at First Arena in Elmira this season. 15. Reading scored the game’s first goal in Friday’s 4-1 win over Elmira, marking ƚŚĞĮ ŌŚƟŵĞŝŶĂƐƉĂŶŽĨƐŝdžŐĂŵĞƐƚŚĂƚƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐƐĐŽƌĞĚƚŚĞ&' ͘ ; ůŵŝƌĂƐĐŽƌĞĚ the game’s first goal on Saturday). Over the course of the season, the Royals have ƐĐŽƌĞĚĮ ƌƐƚϯϲƟŵĞƐĂŶĚŚĂǀ ĞĐŽŵƉŝůĞĚĂƌĞĐŽƌĚŽĨϮϳ -8-1-0 (.764 win percentage) in those games. Reading has compiled a record of 15-13-1-ϭǁ ŚĞŶƚŚĞŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ has scored first. March 31, 2014 Reading Royals Weekly Release Week Number Twenty-Four
NOTES OF THE WEEK 16. Saturday’s 6-3 victory in Elmira marked the sixteenth come-from-behind win of the year for Reading. Eleven of those come-back victories have come since February 9—in the team’s last twenty-four games played. Five of Reading’ s come-from-behind wins this year came against Elmira. 17. In both wins this week, Reading’s offense generated four (or more) goals. Reading has scored four or more thirty-ŽŶĞƟŵĞƐƚhis season and has gone 31-0-0-0 in those games. ϭϴ͘ dŚĞƐŝdžŐŽĂůƐƐĐŽƌĞĚŽŶ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJƟĞĚƚŚĞƚĞĂŵƐĞĂƐŽŶŚŝŐŚ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐŚĂǀ ĞĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚĨŽƵƌƟŵĞƐƚŚŝƐƐĞĂƐŽŶ—the first since a 6 -2 win over Wheeling on January 8. Saturday’s game marked the second ƟŵĞƚŚŝƐƐĞĂƐŽŶƚŚĂƚƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐƐĐŽƌĞĚƐŝdžĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ůŵŝƌĂ͘ 19. Reading has scored a total of 211 goals in sixty-six games this sea- ƐŽŶ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞƐŝŶƚŽĂϯ͘ ϮϬŐŽĂůƐƉĞƌŐĂŵĞĂǀ ĞƌĂŐĞ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚŝƐƟĞĚ for fourth best in the league. ϮϬ͘ &ƌŝĚĂLJ͛ ƐŐĂŵĞŵĂƌŬĞĚƚŚĞŶŝŶĞƚĞĞŶƚŚƟŵĞƚŚŝƐLJĞĂƌƚŚĂƚZĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŚĂƐŚĞůĚƚŚĞŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƚŽŽŶĞŐŽĂůŽƌůĞƐƐ͕ ĂŶĚƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐŚĂǀ ĞĐŽŵͲ piled a record of 19-0-0-0 in those games. Reading held Elmira to one ŐŽĂůŽƌůĞƐƐƐĞǀ ĞŶƟŵĞƐƚŚŝƐLJĞĂƌ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐĨŽƵƌŽĨƚŚĞůĂƐƚĮ ǀ ĞŐĂŵĞƐ between the two teams. 21. The Royals have allowed 169 total goals against this season, which translates into a 2.56 goals per game average, which is fourth best in the league. 22. The Royals are playing to a plus-ϰϮ;нϰϮͿŐŽĂůĚŝī ĞƌĞŶƟĂůŽǀ ĞƌƚŚĞĐŽƵƌƐĞŽĨƚŚĞƐĞĂƐŽŶ;Ϯϭϭ– 169), which leads all teams in the Eastern Confer- ĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞƚĞĂŵĐůŽƐĞƐƚƚŽƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐŝŶƚŚĞ ĂƐƚŝŶŐŽĂůĚŝī ĞƌĞŶƟĂůŝƐƚŚĞŝŶĐŝŶŶĂƟLJĐůŽŶĞƐ͕ ǁ ŚŽĂƌĞƉůĂLJŝŶŐƚŽĂƉůƵƐ-38 (+38). Alaska leads the ůĞĂŐƵĞŝŶŐŽĂůĚŝī ĞƌĞŶƟĂůĂƚƉůƵƐ-ϳ ϲ;нϳ ϲͿ͘ ' ŽĂůĚŝī ĞƌĞŶƟĂůŝƐƚŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚƟĞ-ďƌĞĂŬŝŶƚŚĞ , >ĂŌĞƌŶŽŶ-shootout wins. 23. The Royals outscored the Jackals by a total of 4-0 in the second period in the two games played this week, including three scored in the second to pull away on Saturday in Elmira. The second period has been the most prolific period for the Royals over the course of the season, outscoring the ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶϳ ϲ– 50 to this point of the season. 24. The Royals scored at least one power play goal in both games played this week and have scored a PPG in eleven of the last thirteen games ƉůĂLJĞĚďLJƚŚĞƚĞĂŵ͘ dŚĞWWŚĂƐŐŽŶĞϭϯĨŽƌϰϳ ĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĂƚƟŵĞƐƉĂŶ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚŝƐĂϮϳ ͘ ϳ й ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐƌĂƟŽ͘ 25. Reading scored a pair of power play goals in Friday’s 4-ϭǁ ŝŶŽǀ Ğƌ ůŵŝƌĂ͘ dŚĂƚŵĂƌŬĞĚƚŚĞŶŝŶƚŚƟŵĞƚŚŝƐƐĞĂƐŽŶƚŚĂƚƚŚĞZoyals have scored two or more power play goals in a single game. Reading is 9-0-0-0 in those games. Ϯϲ͘ K ǀ ĞƌĂůů͕ ƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐĂƌĞƐĐŽƌŝŶŐƉŽǁ ĞƌƉůĂLJŐŽĂůƐĂƚĂϭϳ ͘ ϯй ĐůŝƉ;ϰϱWW' ƐĨŽƌϮϲϬĐŚĂŶĐĞƐͿǁ ŚŝĐŚŝƐĮ ŌŚďĞƐƚŝŶƚŚĞůĞague. The PP has been ďĞƩ ĞƌĂƚŚŽŵĞ;ϮϬ͘ ϯй ͿƚŚĂŶŽŶƚŚĞƌŽĂĚ;ϭϯ͘ ϳ й Ϳ͘ 27. Reading’s penalty kill stretched the team’s string of perfect games to eight straight by blanking the Jackals power play on (3-3) on Friday. That string of seventeen straight kills was broken on Saturday when Elmira bagged a five-on-three power play goal with 2:49 remaining ŝŶƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶ͘ 28. Overall the Royals’ PK is killing at an 86.0% clip (31 PPGA in 222 chances), which is fourth best in the league. The kill haƐďĞĞŶďĞƩ ĞƌŽŶƚŚĞƌŽĂĚ (88.7%--second best in the league) than at home (83.6%). Ϯϵ͘ ZLJĂŶƌƵƚŚĞƌƐ͕ ǁ ŚŽůĞĂĚƐƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐǁ ŝƚŚĮ ŌLJ-two points (15g-37a) in forty-ĞŝŐŚƚŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚŚŝƐƚŚŝƌĚŵƵůƟ-goal game (2g-0a) (and team- ůĞĂĚŝŶŐĨŽƵƌƚĞĞŶƚŚŵƵůƟ-point performance) in Friday’s win over Elmira. Cruthers’ goals that night included the game’s first goal (his first ‘FG’ of the season) and his fourth power play goal of the season to give Reading a 4-0 lead early in the third period. Cruthers also picked up a helper on the Royals power play goal on Saturday in Elmira to record his team leading nineteenth power play point of the season. The two goals by Cruthers this week now gives him seventy career goals as a Royal, which is one shy of the all-ƟŵĞƚĞĂŵƌĞĐŽƌĚŚĞůĚďLJK ůŝǀ ŝĞƌ>ĂďĞůůĞ;ϳ ϭͿ͘ /n 207 career games with the Royals, Cruthers has 219 points (70g-149a). 30. Domenic Monardo is riding a six game point streak (5g-2a=7pts). He has at least one point in eleven of his last fourteen games. Monardo, who has scored ten goals in the last fourteen games, scored his team leading twenty-sixth goal of the season 18:08 into the second period on Saturday night in Elmira. That ƉƌŽǀ ĞĚƚŽďĞŚŝƐĮ ŌŚŐĂŵĞǁ ŝŶŶŝŶŐŐŽĂůŽĨƚŚĞLJĞĂƌ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚŝƐƟĞĚĨŽƌƐĞĐŽŶĚŵŽƐƚŽŶ the team. Monardo, who did not play in Friday’s game due to illness, has forty-two points (26g-16a) in sixty-ĨŽƵƌŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚƉůĂĐĞƐŚŝŵƟĞĚĨŽƌĞůĞǀ ĞŶƚŚŝŶƌŽŽŬŝĞƐĐŽƌͲ ing. His twenty-six goals leads all first year pros in the ECHL, as does his ten power play goals. Monardo has fired 197 shots on goal, which leads the Royals and all rookies in the league. ϯϭ͘ ^ĞĂŶt ŝůĞƐƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚŚŝƐƚǁ ĞůŌŚŵƵůƟ-point game of the year (1g-1a) in Friday’s 4-1 win over Elmira. His goal that night was scored while Reading was playing with the man ĂĚǀ ĂŶƚĂŐĞĨŽƌŚŝƐĮ ŌŚƉŽǁ ĞƌƉůĂLJŐŽĂůŽĨƚŚĞLJĞĂƌ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚŝƐƟĞĚĨŽƌƐĞĐŽŶĚŵŽƐƚŽŶƚŚĞ team. In Friday’s game, Wiles also recorded the primary assist on the game’s first goal (by Ryan Cruthers) and generated a personal season high eight shots on goal. March 31, 2014 Reading Royals Weekly Release Week Number Twenty-Four
NOTES OF THE WEEK 32. T.J. Syner, who has ten points in his last ten games (5g-ϱĂͿ͕ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚŚŝƐƚĞŶƚŚŵƵůƟ-point game of the year on Saturday in Elmira (1g-1a). Syn- er’s goal that night gave the Royals 3-1 lead 7:22 into the second period, and his assist that night was came on the game winner by Domenic Mo- nardo. ϯϯ͘ ĞĨĞŶƐĞŵĂŶD ŝĐŚĂĞůĂũŬŽǀ ƐŬLJƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚŚŝƐƐĞǀ ĞŶƚŚŵƵůƟ-point game of the year (0g-2a) on Saturday in Elmira. His first assist that night came on the team’s second goal by Marvin Degon to give the Royals their first lead of the game at 2-1. Cajkovsky also picked up a helper on the goal scored forty-two seconds later by T.J. Syner. Cajkovsky has thirty-five points (13g-22a) in sixty-ŽŶĞŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚƉůĂĐĞƐŚŝŵĮ ŌŚŝŶĚĞĨĞŶƐĞŵĞŶ scoring in the league—and leads all first year D-men. His thirteen goals is third most amongst defensemen. Cajkovsky leads all defensemen in the league with 175 shots. 34. Defenseman Marvin Degon recorded an assist on Ryan Cruthers’ pow- er play goal (to give Reading a 4-0 lead) on Friday in Reading. He followed ƚŚĂƚƵƉǁ ŝƚŚŚŝƐĮ ŌŚŵƵůƟ-point game of the year (1g-1a) on Saturday in ůŵŝƌĂ͘ , ŝƐŐŽĂůƚŚĂƚŶŝŐŚƚǁ ĂƐŚŝƐĮ ŌŚƉŽǁ ĞƌƉůĂLJŐŽĂůŽĨƚŚĞLJĞĂƌĂŶĚ sixteenth PP point, which is second most on the team. Degon has thirty- four total points (6g-28a) (which includes five points he recorded in twelve games with the Elmira Jackals prior to joining the Royals) which places him ƟĞĚĨŽƌƐĞǀ ĞŶƚŚĂŵŽŶŐƐƚĚĞĨĞŶƐĞŵĞŶŝŶƚŚĞůĞĂŐƵĞ͘ 35. Ethan Cox is riding a five game point streak (1g-5a=6pts). On Friday, Cox picked up an assist on the game winner (by Kevin Walrod). He also ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚĂŚĞůƉĞƌŽŶt ĂůƌŽĚ͛ ƐŐŽĂůŽŶ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚƟĞĚƚŚĂƚŐĂŵĞĂƚ one 18:08 into the first period. Cox, who has played to at least a plus-on ;ŽƌďĞƩ ĞƌͿŝŶĨŽƵƌŽĨŚŝƐůĂƐƚĮ ǀ ĞŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ůĞĂĚƐĂůůĨŽƌǁ ĂƌĚƐŽŶƚŚĞƚĞĂŵŝŶƉůƵƐ-minus at plus-18 (+18). 36. Kevin Walrod is riding a five game point streak (2g-4a). His goal on Friday proved to be his first game winner as a pro. He followed that up by ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐ͛ Į ƌƐƚŐŽĂůϭϴ͗ ϬϴŝŶƚŽƚŚĞĮ ƌƐƚƉĞƌŝŽĚƚŽƟĞ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ͛ ƐŐĂŵĞĂƚŽŶĞ͘ t ĂůƌŽĚ͕ ǁ ŚŽŚĂƐƚǁ Ğůǀ ĞƉŽŝŶƚƐ;ϰŐ-8a) in his last fourteen games, is playing to a plus-18 (+18) overall, which includes five games with the Evansville Icemen prior to joining the Royals. In thirty-five games with the Royals, he has twenty-two points (6g-16a) and is playing to a plus-15 (+15). ϯϳ ͘ ĞĨĞŶƐĞŵĂŶD ĂƩ ĂŵƉĂŶĂůĞ͕ ǁ ŚŽŚĂƐĞŝŐŚƚƉŽŝŶƚƐ;ϮŐ-6a) in his last thirteen games, picked up an assist on the power play goal (by Sean Wiles) to give Reading a 3-0 lead on Friday and followed that up by recording the primary assist on the game winner by Domenic Monardo on Sat- urday. Campanale’s twenty-four points (6g-18a) establishes a new personal career scoring best. ϯϴ͘ ƌĂŶĚŽŶůĂŶĚŝŶĂƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚŚŝƐĨŽƵƌƚŚŵƵůƟ-point game of the year on Saturday in Elmira. That night he picked up the lone assist on the Royals’ Į ŌŚŐŽĂů;ďLJ:ĞƐƐĞdŽĚĚͿƚŽŐŝǀ ĞƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐĂϱ-1 lead 6:51 into the third period. Blandina then snapped a nine game goal scoring drought and iced the game with a short-ŚĂŶĚĞĚĞŵƉƚLJŶĞƩ Ğƌǁ ŝƚŚϱϬ͘ ϵƐĞĐŽŶĚƐůĞŌŝŶƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶ͘ &ŽƌůĂŶĚŝŶĂƚŚĂƚǁ ĂƐŚŝƐƚŚŝƌĚƐŚŽƌƚ-handed goal of the year, ǁ ŚŝĐŚŝƐƟĞĚĨŽƌĨŽƵƌƚŚŵŽƐƚŝŶƚŚĞůĞĂŐƵĞ͘ 39. Aaron Gens picked up the primary assist on the power play goal (by Sean Wiles) with forty-ŽŶĞƐĞĐŽŶĚƐůĞŌŝŶƚŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚƉĞƌiod to give Read- ing a 3-0 lead on Friday. Gens has five points (1g-4a) in his last seven games. 40. Jesse Todd is riding a six game point streak (5g-3a). Todd, who did not score a goal in his first 33 games with the Royals, has five goals in his last ƐŝdžŐĂŵĞƐ͘ dŽĚĚƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚŚŝƐƐĞĐŽŶĚŵƵůƟ-ƉŽŝŶƚŐĂŵĞŝŶĂƐƉĂŶŽĨƚŚƌĞĞŐĂŵĞƐ;ĂŶĚŚŝƐƚŚŝƌĚŵƵůƟ-point performance of the season) when he recorded a pair of assists in Friday’s win. His assists that night included a helper on the first two goals of the game that night, which included one on ƚŚĞŐĂŵĞǁ ŝŶŶĞƌ;ďLJ<Ğǀ ŝŶt ĂůƌŽĚͿ͘ dŽĚĚĂůƐŽƐĐŽƌĞĚƚŚĞZŽLJĂůƐ͛ Į ŌŚŐŽĂůŽŶ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ;ƚŽŐŝǀ ĞƚŚĞƚĞĂŵĂϱ-1 lead) 6:51 into the third period. Todd, who has played to a plus in nine of the ten games he played in March (+10) and is playing to plus-13 (+13) over the curse of the season. 41. Bryant Molle, who picked up the primary assist on Reading’s first goal (by Kevin Walrod) in Friday’s win, played to personal season best plus-3 (+3) on Saturday. Molle leads the team in plus-minus at plus-19 (+19) and penal- ty minutes with ninety-six. 42. Goaltender Riley Gill stretched his personal unbeaten streak to three games (2-0-1-0) when he made twenty-six saves on twenty-seven shots in Friday’s 4-1 ǁ ŝŶŽǀ Ğƌ ůŵŝƌĂ͘ dŚĂƚŵĂƌŬĞĚƚŚĞŶŝŶƚŚƟŵĞƚŚŝƐƐĞĂƐŽŶƚŚĂƚ' ŝůůŚĂƐŚĞůĚƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƚŽũƵƐƚŽŶĞŐŽĂů͘ /ŶƚŚŝƌƚLJ-four appearances for the Royals this season, Gill has compiled a record of 18-12-1-1 with a 2.51 goals against average (eleventh best in the league) and a .917 goals against average. 43. Goaltender Brandon Anderson ran his record to 9-0-0-0 against the Jackals this season with the 6-3 win over Elmira on Saturday. For Anderson, that was his twenty-second win of the year (22-9-1-ϬͿ͕ ǁ ŚŝĐŚŝƐƟĞĚĨŽƌƐĞĐŽŶĚŵŽƐƚŝŶƚŚĞ league. Anderson, who has won eight of his last nine (eleven of his last thirteen and eighteen of his last twenty-one decisions) has a 2.39 goals against average (seventh best in the league) and .911 save percentage.