The Reading Royals (2-5-1-1) returned to the Santander Arena on Wednesday night against the Norfolk Admirals (4-3-1-1).
Four minutes and thirty-seven seconds into the first period, Darren Brady put the Royals up 1-0 with assists from Tyson Fawcett and Devon Paliani. Nine seconds later, the Admirals tied it up 1-1 by Ryan Foss with assists from Domenick Fensore and Simon Kubicek.
Later in the first period, Matt Brown put the Royals back up 2-1 with an assist by Brendan Hoffmann. The Royals had 12 shots on goal and led 2-1 after one period.
A minute into the second period, Norfolk tied the game 2-2 on a goal by Justin Robidas with assists from Carson Golder and Thomas Milic. Two minutes and fifty-three seconds later, Ryan Chyzowski put the Royals back up 3-2 with an assist from Devon Paliani.
At 4:21, Koletrane Wilson extended the Royals lead to 4-2 with assists from Ryan Chyzowski and Tyson Fawcett. Late in the second period, Mark Liwiski cut the Royals lead down to 4-3 with assists from Stepan Timofeyev and Keaton Jameson. The Royals had nine shots on goal and led 4-3 with one period left to play.
At 11:34 of the third period, Reading’s Adam Brubacher scored a power play goal which made it 5-3 with assists from Matt Brown and Devon Paliani. Then, the Admirals stormed back to tie the game 5-5 with goals by Thomas Caron and Mathieu Roy. The Royals had 11 shots on goal but the game was tied 5-5 heading into overtime.
A minute and fifty seconds into overtime, Ryan Chyzowski ended the game to give the Royals a 6-5 overtime win. The Royals had 34 shots on goal, committed two penalties for four minutes, and Will Cranley made 32 saves off 37 shots.
The two teams will go at it again on Saturday from the Santander Arena at 7 pm on FloHockey. Purchase Reading Royals tickets today on StubHub and Viagogo.
