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October 24, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Last Week Results (1-0-0)

Saturday October 22, 2005 Win Reading 3 @ Johnstown 2

Overall Record (1-0-0)

Home Record (0-0-0)

Away Record (1-0-0)

This Week's Games

Friday October 28, 2005 @ Wheeling Nailers WesBanco Arena 7:00 pm

Saturday October 29, 2005 v. Trenton Titans Sovereign Center 7:05 pm

Royals Notes:

- The Royals' 3-2 victory over Johnstown in the opening game of the 2005-06 season brings Readings' opening game record in the five years of team history to 3-2-0.

o Last year the Royals lost the team's season opening game, 3-1, in Trenton.

- In Saturday's game, the Royals trailed after the first period, 1-0.

o Last year the Royals' record was 2-13-3 when trailing after one period.

o The Royals went 7-17-4 in 2004-05 when the opponent scored first.

- Reading and Johnstown were tied at one after two periods in Saturday's season opener.

o The Royals went 11-4-3 when tied after two periods last year.

- Johnstown took a 2-1 lead in the third period before Reading scored back-to-back goals for the 3-2 win on Saturday.

o Last year, the Royals had a record of 2-17-2 when trailing after two periods.

- Coach Karl Taylor's victory behind the Royals bench on Saturday was his first pro victory in his first game as a pro coach.

- Mike Pandolfo scored the first goal of the season for the Royals at the 1:55 mark of the second period, while Reading was on the power play.

- Pandolfo also scored the game winning goal for the Royals, an unassisted short-handed goal 9:57 into the third period.

o Last season the Royals led the ECHL with 16 short handed goals and ten of those were scored while the team was on the road.

- For Pandolfo, a fourth year pro, his two goal performance on Saturday-which included the game winner-came in his first game in the ECHL.

- The Royals' second goal was scored by Shay Stephenson with 13:59 remaining in regulation time and the teams at even strength.

o For Stephenson, that was his first pro goal in his first pro game.

- Rich Peverley assisted on the first two Reading goals on Saturday. This multi-point performance came in Peverley's first game as a Royal.

o Last year with South Carolina, Peverley scored 30 goals and added 28 assists in 69 games.

- Goaltender, Cody Rudkowsky assisted on the Royals second goal on Saturday.

o Last year, Rudkowsky had two assists in twenty games for the Royals.

o He now has ten assists over the course of his seven year pro career.

- Rudkowsky stopped 18 of the 20 shots he faced in Johnstown in picking up the win on Saturday.

o In last year's season opener for the Royals, Rudkowsky came on in substitution of Barry Brust 11:28 into the first period. Rudkowsky played 47:57 and allowed only one goal in twenty-four shots, but was saddled with the loss in the 3-1 defeat by Trenton (who added an empty netter with 35 seconds left in the game).

o For Rudkowsky, this was the sixth time that he has played his team's season opening game in seven pro seasons. His overall record in team openers is 3-2-1, which includes a 4-0 win for the AHL's Worcester IceCats over the Lowell Lock Monsters in October of 2000.

- On the course of the night on Saturday, the Royals went one for five on the power play.

o Last year, the Royals scored 71 power play goals in 389 opportunities, an 18.3% scoring ratio, which ranked the team seventh overall in the ECHL in that category.

- In Saturday's game, the Royals penalty killing unit allowed one goal on five Johnstown opportunities.

o Last season, the Royals pk gave up 50 goals in 352 chances for the opposition, an 84% kill ratio, which ranked the team twelfth overall in the ECHL.

- In Saturday's game, the Royals outshot Johnstown 35 to 20.

o Last year, Reading went 27-16-2 when outshooting the opponent.

o Reading ranked second in the league last year by allowing only 27.86 shots against per game.

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