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Friday, December 14
v Fort Wayne Komets (Sovereign Center)
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Saturday, December 15
v Orlando Solar Bears (Sovereign Center)
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Sunday, December 16
@ Elmira Jackals (Sovereign Center)
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C C S C
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C C S C
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Thursday, December 27
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LAST WEEKS RESULTS (3-0-0-0)
Wednesday December 5, 2012 v Florida Everblades Win 4 - 2
Friday December 7, 2012 @ Elmira Jackals Win 7 - 4
Saturday December 8, 2012 @ Elmira Jackals Win 3 - 1
TEAM LEADERS
Goals: Denny Urban 11
Assists: David Marshall 17
Points: David Marshall 23
GWG: Four Players 2
Shots: Kirk MacDonald 76
+/-: Adam Comrie +12
PIMs: David Marshall 52
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ECHL STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
READING 16-7-0-1=33
Elmira 10-10-1-1=22
Trenton 8-11-1-2=19
Wheeling 6-8-2-3=17
North Division
Cincinnati 14-6-2-0=30
Toledo 13-10-0-1=27
Fort Wayne 11-9-0-1=23
Kalamazoo 10-10-1-1=22
Evansville 10-14-0-2=22
South Division
Gwinnett 18-6-1-0=37
Greenville 13-10-1-1=28
S. Carolina 13-12-0-2=28
Florida 10-8-1-4=25
Orlando 10-11-2-2=24
Western Conference
Mountain Division
Alaska 18-6-0-0=36
Idaho 16-5-1-2=35
Colorado 10-10-1-2=23
Utah 9-10-1-1=20
Pacific Division
Ontario 16-6-1-0=33
Stockton 13-6-2-2=30
San Francisco 9-14-1-2=21
Las Vegas 8-10-0-3=19
Bakersfield 7-14-1-2=17
Week No. Nine
Presented by
STEVE MOYER SUBARU
Royals Image of the Week
And for My Next Act
LEAGUE LEADERS
Goals M. Forney COL 17
Assists C. Costello COL 32
Pts C. Colstello COL 43
PIMs A. Conboy TRE 101
+/- A. Foster IDH +15
D-Goals D. Urban REA 11
D-Pts D. Urban REA 22
NOTES OF THE WEEK
1 8 u 1 8oyals record to
-7-0-1).
2. The Royals have completed the rst one-third of the teams regular season games, having played 24 of the 72 scheduled games. This marks the
8 -third of the season: The others occurred in 2005-06
(16-6-1-1) and 2010-11 (16-8-0-0). The .688 win percentage of this seasons team is second only to the .708 win percentage of 2005-06 for the
teams best record through the rst 24 games.
A -5-0-1, the Royals have gone 15-2-0-0 in the teams last seventeen games (11/02/12 through the present), which
translates into an .882 win percentage. That is the best seventeen game stretch in team history. The best performance over that number of games
prior to this most recent stretch was established in the 2007-08 season, when the team went 13-2-2-0 (.824 win percentage) in seventeen games
from 01/13 02/27/08. The Royals have also had two other seventeen game stretches of 13-3-1 in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
4. Wednesdays 4-2 win over the Florida Everblades completed an eight game stretch for the Royals against teams from outside the A u
sion. Reading went 6-2-0-0 in those games. So far this season, Reading is 2-2-0-0 against teams from the North Division (with nine more to play
against the North) and 4-1-0-0 against the South Division (with seven more games to play against the South).
5. This week the Royals face the Fort Wayne Komets of the North Division (on Friday) and the Orlando Solar Bears of the South Division (on Satur-

A -to-back wins in Elmira on Friday (7-4) and
Saturday (3-1), Reading has now won the last nine consecu-
-divisional
A u -0-0-1 in the last
eleven within the division. Overall Reading is 10-4-0-1 against
A -eight more games to be
played within the division).
A
11/30/12), the Royals
bagged the games rst goal in all three games this past
week. Reading is 11-0-0-1 when scoring rst this season.
8.Reading scored nine of the teams fourteen goals this past
week in the second period, registering three in the second
frame in all three games this weekand outscoring the op-
-3 in the second. Overall, Reading is a plus-4 in the
second period, having scored 31 and allowed 27 in the mid-
dle frame.
9. The Royals best period over the course of the season so far
has been the third, when the team has outscored the opposi-
- 1 e team has outscored
-12 in the nal frame. At home, the Royals are even in the third (9-9).
1 8 l Lmira. (The Royals also
scored seven in the 7- L n 1 8 -point performances in Fridays
1 8 ls in a single game.
11. In the rst seven games of the season, the Royals scored just 15 goals (2.14 goals per game average). In the seventeen game
Reading has scored a total of 67 goals, which is an average of 3.94 goals per game. Overall, the Royals average 3.42 goals per game, which is sev-
enth in the league and second in the Eastern Conference.
12. The Royals defense held the Florida Everblades to two goals on Wednesday and the Elmira Jackals to just one goal in Saturdays win. Reading
-0-0-0 record in those games. Overall, the Royals have
allowed a total of sixty-ve goals against, which translates into a 2.71 team goals against average which is third best in the league.
13. Reading generated 38 shots (third most this season) in the 4-2 win over Florida on Wednesday, which was contrasted with the season low three
shots (for a single period) in the third period of Saturdays 3-1 win in Elmira. Overall, the Royals are averaging 31.42 shots per game, which is ninth
in the league.
14. The Royals gave up a season high 38 shots against in the 3-1 win in Elmira on Saturday. Nonetheless, the team averages just 26.33 shots against
per game, which is fourth best in the league in that category.
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against Chaz Johnson; and eighteen seconds into Saturdays
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the league and the most in the Eastern Conference with the
Orlando Solar Bears (who the Royals play this Saturday).
December 10, 2012 Week Number Nine Reading Royals Weekly Release
LAST WEEKS TRANSACTIONS
12/07/12 Delete D Patrick Wellar Recalled to Hershey (AHL)
Add D Brock Shelgren A 8
ADDITIONAL NOTES OF THE WEEK
1.The Royals struck for a team-season high four power play goals in Fridays 7-4 win in Elmira. The Royals scored on their rst power play chance of
the night in that game and on three in the second, including bagging PPGs on both ends of a ve-on- s year. Although the
Royals PP was blanked on Saturday (0- 8 C ast ten games the
l 8 C Royals are 16 for 111

A C l W 8 k fourteen straight
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4. David Marshall extended his personal point streak to a team-season high nine games (5g-11a=16pts) by scoring a PPG in both Wednesdays win
over Florida and Fridays win in Elmira. In Fridays game, Marshall also registered a pair of assists for his second three point
P S ! M s in his last seventeen
games (5g-16a) currently leads the Royals with seventeen assists and twenty-three points -two penalty minutes. Marshalls twenty-three
M C u u in that category.
5. Defenseman Denny Urban snapped a three game pointless streak with the game winning goal against Florida on Wednesday. That was his se-
CWC A 8 ! C u v u red his team lead-
ing eleventh goal of the season 3:54 into Fridays 7-4 win in Elmira, also recorded an assist in Fridays win for his seventh mu-point performance
? 1 u -two points currently leads all defensemen in the
league.
6. Yannick Tifu is currently riding a ve game point streak (2g-6a=8pts). Tifu recorded his 500th point as a pro (152g-348a) in his 508th pro game
when he scored the Royals seventh goal in Fridays 7-4 win over Elmira. That game was also Tifus 350th in the ECHL. Tifu scored his rst game win-
ner of the season in Saturdays 3-1 win over the Jackals. He is the ninth dierent player to record a GWG for the Royals this seaosn. That point was
Tifus 398th career ECHL point (121g-278a).
7. David Vallorani registered his third three-point performance of the year when he picked up helpers on three of the Royals seven goals on Friday
L S C A v -point performances this season have come in the teams last
nine games. Valloranis sixteen points (5g-
8..Joel Champagne registered his rst three point game as a Royal (1g- -point performance of the season in Fridays 7-4 win in
Elmira. Champagnes goal on Friday was scored while the Royals were playing with the man advantage. Champagnes six power play points (3g-3a)
is second to Yannick Tifu (4g-4a) in that category. Champagne has played to a plus in four of his last ve games with Reading.
9. Kirk MacDonald, who assisted on the Royals rst goal (by Ethan Cox) in Sundays 3-1 win, generated a total of 14 shots in the three games the
team played this past week. MacDonald leads the Royals with 76 shots in 22 games for Reading, which is an average of 3.45 shots per game.
10. Adam Comrie stretched his personal goal scoring streak to three games when he scored the games rst goal in Wednesdays 4-2 win over Flori-
da. That was Comries team leading third fg of the season. Comrie also assisted on the teams game winner that night to record -
point performance of the season. Comries 62 shots this season is third amongst defenseman in the league. Comrie is playing to a team leading plus
-12 (+12) through twenty- 8 u-men in the league in that category.
11. Ian OConnor snapped a six game goal scoring streak when he scored the games rst goal 2:28 into Fridays 7-4 win over Elmira. That was
OConnors rst fg of the season.
12. Barry Almeida is riding a three game point streak (2g-3a=5pts). Almeia, who has four goals in his last six games with the Royals, recorded his
second three-point game of the season on Friday in Elmira (1g-2a). Almeida generated a personal season high ve shots on goal in Saturdays 3-1
win.
L C Trenton Titans (March 31,
2012), when he scored the teams rst goal 4:38 into the second period of Saturdays 3- L C eason high with four
shots on goal in Saturdays win.
14. Stan Galiev is riding a three game point (and assist) streak (2g-3a=5pts). Galiev, who has seven points in his last ve games with Reading (3g-4a),
-point performances in the nine games hes played with Reading. Galievs goal on Wednesday against the Florida Ever-
blades became the rst highlight in Reading Royals history to make the Top Ten on ESPNs SportsCenter, being listed as number nine in the count-
down. His goal on Friday in Elmira proved his rst pro game winner. Galiev has generated 33 shots in nine games for Reading, an average of 3.66
shots per game.
15. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer won both of the games he played this past week, stopping 28 of 30 shots in the 4-2 win over Florida on Wednes-
day and then making a team-season high 37 saves in the Royals 3- S L C on to two goals
or less in nine of the sixteen games that he has started this season, has gone 12-1-0-0 in his last thirteen starts. His twelve
league lead. His 2.23 goals against average is third amongst goaltenders in the ECHL. He has played 1000 minutes thus far this year, which is third-
most in the league. He has stopped 393 of the 429 shots hes faced for a .916 save percentage. Grubauer also picked up his rst point as a Royal
when he assisted on David Marshalls power play goal 11:42 into the second period of Wednesdays 4-2 win over Florida.
16. Brandon Anderson won his start this past week, stopping twenty-nine of the thirty-three shots he faced against the Elmira Jackals on Friday
night. Anderson is 4-3-0-1 this season with a 3.57 goals against average and a .870 save percentage..
December 10, 2012 Week Number Nine Reading Royals Weekly Release