Adam Comrie Named to All-ECHL Second Team

Third Year Pro Still Leads All Defensemen with Seventeen Goals Despite Not Playing in ECHL since Feb. 2

Reading, PA – The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League and the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, today announced that defenseman Adam Comrie has been named to the 2012-13 All-ECHL Second Team. Comrie (22), a third year pro from Ashburn, Virginia, still leads all defensemen in the ECHL with seventeen goals despite not playing in the league since February 2, when he was signed by the Worcester Sharks of the AHL. Those seventeen goals have also established a Royals’ team record for goals by a defenseman in a single season. Comrie, who racked up thirty-three points (17g-16a) in forty-five games with Reading (which places him currently tied for tenth in ECHL scoring by a defensemen), still leads the Royals in plus-minus, playing to a plus-22 (+22), which would be the second best single season plus-minus ratio in team history. (Forward Grant Jacobsen played to a plus-24 in fifty-nine games in the 2005-06 season.) One of only three players in Royals’ history to score the game winning goal in four consecutive wins for Reading (Comrie did it in a span of five games: 01/18 – 01/27/13), Comrie also established a team record by racking up 39 penalty minutes in his last game with the Royals on February 2 in Toledo. Comrie is only the third player in Royals team history to receive a post-season ECHL award, joining David Vallorani who was named to the ECHL’s 2012-13 All-Rookie Team on Wednesday and T.J. Kemp who was on the All-Rookie Team in 2005-06. The members of the 2012-13 All-ECHL Second Team were announced today as follows: G – Mark Guggenberer, Alaska Aces (38 gp, 24-8-5, 2.21 GAA, .918 save pct.)D – Adam Comrie, Reading Royals (45 gp, 17g, 16a, 33 pts., +22)D – Nick Tuzzolino, Utah Grizzlies (42 gp, 5g, 30a, 35 pts., -5)F – Kyle Kraemer, Ontario Reign (69 gp, 30g, 41a, 71 pts., +26)F – Nick Mazzolini, Alaska Aces (68 gp, 36g, 35a, 71 pts., +13)F – Colton Yellow Horn, Ontario Reign (48 gp, 36g, 22a, 58 pts., +16) The Royals return home for the final two games of the regular season starting tonight (Thursday, March 28 @ 7:05 pm) against the Trenton Titans at the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA. Tonight’s game is Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest Music Education Night, and the first 5000 fans will get a team poster courtesy of Reading Eagle, which fans can get signed in a post-game autograph session. The game day broadcast on Thursday will kick off on CBS Sports Radio 1240 am and 98.5 fm at 6:35 pm with the Pre-Game Warm-Up Show presented by Steve Moyer Subaru. Royals Kelly Cup Playoff tickets are now on sale. The Eastern Conference Quarterfinals are scheduled to start at Sovereign Center in Reading, PA, on Friday, April 5 (7:05 pm), and Saturday, April 6 (7:05 pm). More information is available at 610-898-7825 and through the Royals website: www.royalshockey.com. Don't forget to "Like" us on Facebook at Reading Royals and "Follow" us on Twitter @RRoyalshockey for the latest team information.