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Friday, December 19th

RECAP: Golder Scores Twice, Royals Win Sixth-Straight at Home, Roll Thunder, 5-3

RECAP: Golder Scores Twice, Royals Win Sixth-Straight at Home, Roll Thunder, 5-3

Reading, PA - The Reading Royals (15-10-2-0, 32 PTS), proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, defeated the Adirondack Thunder (11-8-3-1, 26 PTS), 5-3, at Santander Arena on Friday, December 19th.

Goaltender Yaniv Perets (6-3-1-0) earned the win in goal with 24 saves on 27 shots faced while Thunder netminder Tyler Brennan (3-5-0-1) suffered the loss, stopping 24 of 29 shots faced.

BOX SCORE

The Royals sprung out to a 3-0 lead after the first period on goals from Connor McMenamin (4) at 8:50, Carson Golder (10) at 13:59 and Massimo Rizzo (5) at 19:18.

Adirondack scored the next two goals, from T.J. Friedman (4) at 15:10 in the second and Matt Salhany (4) at 4:12 into the third, for a 3-2 score. The Royals and Thunder traded goals at 5:47 of the third by Golder (11), his second goal of the game, and Brian Carrabes (3) at 13:50, 4-3. The Royals sealed the victory on a power play goal by Jacob Frasca (4) at 16:04 in the final stanza.

With his two-goal game, Golder recorded his team-leading fourth multi-goal game, the 10th of his professional career.

With the win, the Royals improved their home win streak to six games, home record to 8-5-0 and overall record to 14-10-2.

The Royals conclude a three-game series against Adirondack on Saturday, December 20th at 7:00 p.m. at Harding Mazzotti Arena.

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About the Royals

The Reading Royals, proud affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, are in their 24th season in the ECHL. They won their first Kelly Cup championship in 2013 and have clinched playoff berths in 13 of their latest 15 seasons. They are five-time division champions and were the 2021-22 Eastern Conference regular season champion. The Berks County Convention Center Authority (BCCCA), founded in 1996, owns the Royals and oversees operations at Santander Arena.