Royals Re-Sign Forward Andrew Ammon

Reading, PA – The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL, today announced that the team has re-signed forward Andrew Ammon to an ECHL Standard Players Contract. In a separate transaction, the Royals also signed Nick Niedert as the team’s emergency back-up goaltender.

This is the second stint with the Royals for Ammon (6’0/191) (25), a second year pro who hails from Anchorage, Alaska. He was originally signed by the team on December 30, 2015, and picked up two penalty minutes in three games prior to being released on January 8. Click HERE for the original release on the Royals’ signing of Ammon with biographical information. This is Niedert’s third stint of the season with Reading. He most recently served as the team’s EBG in the three games played last weekend.

The Royals return to action tonight (Friday, January 15 @ 7:05 pm) when the team travels to First Arena in Elmira, New York to face the Elmira Jackals for the ninth time this season. Friday night’s matchup 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 pm Eastern Time. As with all road games for the Royals, Friday’s game will be televised locally 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.

For more information about the Royals, call 610-898-7825 or log onto www.royalshockey.com.

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