Royals Complete Season-Opener Comeback Win Over Lions on McMenamin Game-Winner & First Pro Goal

Trois-Riviéres opened the scoring 16 seconds into regulation when Jakov Novak struck under the right side of Gahagen. Anthony Beauregard and Brycen Martin earned the helpers on Novak’s first goal of the season. With two seconds left in the opening period, at 19:58, Morgan Adams-Moison beat Gahagen over his blocker to make the score 2-0. 

In the middle frame, Dominiks Marcinkevics scored the first goal of the season for the Royals at 8:32 with a top-shelf shot over Cavallin off of a rebound. Noah Prokop earned the lone helper on Marcinkevics’ goal. With less than two minutes left in the second period, Tyler Gratton beat Cavallin to even the score, 2-2, at 18:47, five seconds into a power play. 

In the third period, the Royals outshot the Lions 13-4 and scored the game-winning goal at 16:30 with a Connor McMenamin wrist shot. This was McMenamin’s first professional career goal and first of the season. Gahagen saved 14 shots in the final two period, including all four shots faced in the final stanza to secure Reading’s first season-opener win since the 2019-20 season.

The Royals continue their opening weekend on the road against the Worcester Railers at the DCU Center on Saturday, October 19th, at 6:05 p.m. and Sunday, October 20th, at 3:05 p.m.

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Opening Night on Oct. 26th, presented by Supportive Concepts for Families:

The Royals player their home opener at Santander Arena on Saturday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m. against the Wheeling Nailers. The home opener opens a two-game series with the Nailers which concludes on Sunday, October 27 at 3:00 p.m. The Royals hoist a record of 9-9-1-3 in home openers with their last home opener victory coming against the Norfolk Admirals, 6-4, on October 23 of the 2021-22 season.

In addition to the game, Opening Night will feature a block party immediately outside of Santander Arena on Penn Street. Fans can enjoy family activities and games, music, inflatables, Slapshot and Ice Angel photo opportunities, red carpet introductions of the 2024-25 Royals, and MORE right up to the first puck drop of the season at home!

For tickets to Opening Night, and all 36-home games this season, visit: Single Game Tickets

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2024-25 Season Memberships

Royals365 Season Memberships, six-game plans, ten-game plans, and group tickets are available for the 2024-25 season now by visiting the Royals’ box office at Santander Arena or by calling 610-898-7825.

About the Royals

The Reading Royals, proud affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, are heading into their 23rd season in the ECHL. They won their first Kelly Cup championship in 2013 and have clinched playoff berths in 12 of the previous 14 seasons. They are five-time division champions and were the 2021-22 Eastern Conference champion. The Berks County Convention Center Authority (BCCCA), founded in 1996, owns the Royals and oversees operations at Santander Arena.