The Reading Royals (27-16-3) concluded a four-game trip on Wednesday night. They took on the Norfolk Admirals (11-34-3) from the Norfolk Scope Arena. This was the ninth meeting between these two teams with the Royals leading the season series 5-3.
Five minutes and fourteen seconds into the first period. Darren McCormick (3) put the Admirals up 1-0. Mathieu Roy and Nico Blachman assisted with his goal. Norfolk led 1-0 after one period. The Royals had 18 shots on goal in the first period.
Four minutes and fifty-six seconds into the second period. Brian Bowen (1) extended the Admirals’ lead to 2-0. Eric Cooley and Alex Pommerville assisted with his goal. Norfolk led 2-0 after two periods and the Royals had 11 shots on goal.
Four minutes and forty-three seconds into the third period. Griffin Lunn (7) made it 3-0 Norfolk. Eric Cooley and Darick Louis-Jean assisted with his goal. Then, The Royals ended the shutout a minute and sixteen seconds later. Sam Hu (4) scored for Reading. It was now 3-1. Devon Paliani and Brendan Hoffmann assisted with his goal.
Fifty seconds later. Garrett McFadden (5) cut the deficit to 3-2. Alec Butcher and Colin Felix assisted with his goal. With 24 seconds left in the game. Tanner Schachle (5) put the game away with an empty net goal. It was now 4-2. Stepan Timofeyev and Eric Cooley assisted with his goal. The Royals lost the game by the final score of 4-2. They are now 3-5-2 in their last ten games.
The Royals finished the night with 38 shots, 0/3 on the power play, and Kaden Fulcher made 16 saves. On the other side, the Admirals had 20 shots, 0/1 on the power play, and Tomas Vomacka made 36 saves.
The Royals return to the Santander Arena on Saturday afternoon. They take on the Newfoundland Growlers at 4 pm. Tickets for the game can be purchased on StubHub.
