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Wednesday, April 29th

RECAP: Royals Suffer Game Three Shutout Loss at Home, Trail North Division Semifinal Kelly Cup Playoffs Series, 0-3

RECAP: Royals Suffer Game Three Shutout Loss at Home, Trail North Division Semifinal Kelly Cup Playoffs Series, 0-3

Reading, PA - The Reading Royals (0-3-0-0), proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, fell to the Wheeling Nailers (3-0-0-0), 2-0, in Game Three of the North Division Semifinal 2026 Kelly Cup Playoffs at WesBanco Arena on Wednesday, April 29th.

Goaltender Yaniv Perets (0-2-0-0) suffered the loss in goal with 24 saves on 26 shots faced while Nailers’ netminder Taylor Gauthier (3-0-0-0) earned his second shutout win of the series with 27 stops.

BOX SCORE

Reading put the game’s first seven shots on goal before Ryan McAllister (2) opened Wheeling’s lead 17:27 into play for a 1-0 Nailers lead after the first period. Blake Bennett (2) extended the Nailers lead, 2-0, at 8:56 into the second period with a game-high 14 shots on goal in the frame.

Reading outshot Wheeling 9-3 in the third period, yet Gauthier remained perfect with nine saves to secure his second shutout and third win of his professional playoff career to improve Wheeling’s series lead to 3-0. 

When trailing by three games to start a playoff series, the Royals are 0-3 in team history. ECHL teams are 2-72 when trailing a series 0-3. The Royals play Game Four on Friday, May 1 at Santander Arena at 7:00 p.m. against Wheeling.

Kelly Cup Playoff Schedule

North Division Semifinals: #1 Wheeling (46-20-3-3, 98 points) vs. #4 Reading Royals (36-26-8-2, 82 points)

GAME 1 - 4-0 Wheeling (WHL 1-0)

GAME 2 - 5-1 Wheeling (WHL 2-0)

GAME 3 - 2-0 Wheeling (WHL 3-0)

GAME 4 - HOME - (Friday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m. @ Santander Arena) - CLICK FOR TICKETS

GAME 5* - HOME* - (Saturday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. @ Santander Arena) - CLICK FOR TICKETS

GAME 6* - AWAY (Monday, May 4 at 7:10 p.m. @ WesBanco Arena)

GAME 7* - AWAY (Wednesday, May 6 at 7:10 p.m. @ WesBanco Arena)

*If necessary

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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.