The Reading Royals (4-8-1-1) continued their three-game road trip on Friday night from the Cross Insurance Arena against the Maine Mariners (4-8) for the first of two games this weekend.
At 17:09 of the first period, Reading’s Matt Brown put the Royals up 1-0 with assists by Yvan Mongo and Joseph Nardi. The Royals had seven shots on goal and led 1-0 after one period of play.
At 8:10 of the second period, Maine’s Ethan Ritchie tied the game 1-1 with an assist by Ethan Keppen. At 13:19, Reading’s Matt Brown scored his second goal of the game which made it 2-1 Royals with an assist from Yvan Mongo.
At 16:42, Maine’s Gabe Guertler tied the game 2-2 with assists by Jimmy Lambert and Brooklyn Kalmikov. The Royals had 11 shots on goal but the game remained tied 2-2 after two periods.
Four minutes and fifty-six seconds into the third period, Reading’s Alec Butcher put the Royals back up 3-2 with assists from Tyson Fawcett and Mason McCarty. Then, Alec Butcher extended the Royals lead to 4-2 at 11:47 with assists by Brendan Hoffmann and Mason McCarty.
A minute later, Maine’s Gabriel Chicoine cut the Royals lead down to 4-3 with an assist by Tyler Drevitch. The Royals held on to beat the Maine Mariners by the final score of 4-3.
The Royals had 25 shots on goal, committed two penalties for 13 minutes, did not have any power play opportunities, and Nolan Maier made 31 saves off 34 shots.
The Royals and Mariners play again on Saturday at 6 pm on FloHockey. Purchase Reading Royals tickets today on StubHub and Viagogo.
