Royals lose first home game of season to Wheeling, 5-1

Reading, PA – The Reading Royals lost their first home game of the season, 5-1, to the Wheeling Nailers Sunday at Santander Arena. The Royals matched their best home start ever (2005-06) by winning their first seven home games. Ryan Penny had Reading’s only goal in the third period. He is tied for a team-best seven goals.

Hunter Fejes (2g) opened the scoring halfway through the first. Cody Wydo (2g) scored the second and third goals of the game, making it 3-0 late in the second. John Muse denied 31 shots.

Sean Maguire had 32 denials.

The Royals enter a three-game road trip and are next at home on Dec. 6 vs. Wheeling. The next three Royals home games are against the Nailers.

Box Score

Wheeling scored two goals in the first period, including a short-handed goal from Wydo, to take a 2-0 lead after the first. The Royals were 0-for-3 on the man up in the first period. Reading also failed to score on three power-play attempts in the second.

With 39.7 seconds to go in the second, Wydo received a pass for a breakaway and slammed it under Muse to make it 3-0.

Dylan Zink made it 4-0 with a power-play marker at 6:21 of the third.

Penny struck for Reading’s only goal three minutes later. While falling to the left post, he put it against the grain to the top right shelf, assisted by Adam Schmidt. Penny is on a four-game point streak (3g, 1a).

The Royals host a post-game photo and autograph session with four players, on Wed., Dec. 6 against Wheeling at 7 p.m., presented by Rieck’s Printing.

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About the RoyalsThe Royals have been owned by serial entrepreneur Jack Gulati since 2014 and are in their 17th ECHL season. Proudly affiliated with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms, Reading plays in the Santander Arena, located in downtown Reading, PA at 700 Penn Street. The Royals won the Kelly Cup in 2013, have made the playoffs in eight straight seasons and are four-time division champions.

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Broadcast Coverage

All Royals game can be heard on Rumba 1340 AM and the iHeartRadio app by searching “Rumba 1340”. The pregame show starts 15 minutes before puck drop. Watch Royals games on ECHL.tv. Reading away games are shown locally on BCTV, channel 15 Comcast, channel 19 Service Electric.