Reading, PA - The Reading Royals (6-3-0-0, 12 points), proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the Trenton Ironhawks (4-4-3-0, 11 points), 7-1, at Santander Arena on Friday, November 13th.

Goaltender Yaniv Perets (4-1-0-0) picked up the victory in goal with 18 saves on 19 faced while Ironhawks netminder Henrik Tikkanen (1-2-1-0) suffered the loss in goal with 27 saves on 34 shots faced.

BOX SCORE

The first period was scoreless, featuring a power play opportunity for each side. The Royals outshot Trenton 10-5 in the period.

On his 24th birthday, Hunter Strand (2) would break the tie at 8:37 into the second period assisted by Jordan Frasca, 1-0. 21 seconds later, Strand tallied his second of the game (3) at 8:58 from Cooper Wylie and Jordan Frasca yet again, 2-0.

Trenton’s Chas Sharpe was called for a five minute major at 10:56. The Royals would then get to work on the power play. Nolan Burke (4) would score ten seconds into the penalty with helpers from Luke Reid and Jeremy Michel, 3-0.

Owen McLaughlin (1), who had missed the start of the season due to injury, scored at 11:25 with Reid and Michel earning their second assists. 

Hunter Strand (4) would knot the hat trick, the first of his professional career, at 19:59, with less than a second left on the clock. Wylie earned the lone assist on the final marker of a five-goal second period for the Royals, 5-0.

Early in the third, Kyle Penney (6) would break Perets’ shutout at 1:15. Connor McMenamin (1) would get the sixth goal of the night  at 10:49 assisted by Kyle Haskins. Jordan Frasca (4) added on his third point of the night (1g-2a) with the seventh goal of the game and the tenth in the last two games against the Ironhawks at 16:10, assisted by Jacob Frasca and Miles Gendron.

Multi-point games from Strand (3g), Jordan Frasca (1g-2a), Reid (2a), Michel (2a) and Wylie (2a) would lead the Royals to a dominant 7-1 victory, improving their record to 3-2-0-0 at Santander Arena.

Next at Home:

The Royals continue a four-game homestand with an Education Day game on Tuesday, November 17th at 10:30 a.m. against the Adirondack Thunder, a Friday, November 20th 7:00 p.m. game against the Kalamazoo Wings and a homestand finale on Saturday, November 21st at 7:00 p.m. against Trenton.

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About the Royals

The Reading Royals, proud affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, are in their 25th season in the ECHL. They won their first Kelly Cup championship in 2013 and have clinched playoff berths in 14 of their last 16 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.