June 4, 2010

Reading, PA – The Reading Royals of the ECHL today announced the team’s 2010-11 regular season schedule. The 72-game schedule opens at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey on Saturday, October 16, 2010 against the Trenton Devils and concludes on Saturday, April 2, 2011, when the Royals will face the Devils at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. After starting the season with two consecutive games in Trenton, the Royals return to the Sovereign Center for the tenth home opener in team history when the arch rival Elmira Jackals visit Reading on Saturday, October 23, 2010 (7:05 pm). The next day, Sunday, October 24 (5:05 pm), the Royals and Jackals will play the second of what will be eight total match-ups at the Sovereign Center this year. The Royals schedule is available on the team’s website at /tickets/201011Schedule.asp.

The Royals regular season schedule includes match-ups against all ten opponents in the American Conference, including the yet-to-be-named representative from Greenville, South Carolina, who will visit the Sovereign Center for back-to-back games on Friday, January 28, and Saturday, January 29, 2011. As has been the case over the past couple of seasons, the Royals face off against Elmira and Trenton more than any of the other teams in the Conference—playing the Jackals a total of sixteen times and fifteen against the Devils during the regular season. Next on that list for Reading would be the Wheeling Nailers, who the Royals play twelve times this year, seven of which will be on the road—and two of those games will be played at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in February.

Although eight of the Royals’ first ten games are on the road, Reading then turns around and plays eleven of the next thirteen (from November 13 through December 12) at the Sovereign Center. That stretch includes a six game home stand, during which the defending Kelly Cup Champion Cincinnati Cyclones make their only regular season appearances at the Sovereign Center with games on Wednesday, November 24 and Friday, November 26. The Royals’ longest home stand of the season comes late in the year, when the team plays seven consecutive at the Sovereign Center from March 5 through March 19, 2011. After that stint at home, the Royals head out on a late-March five game road trip, which includes the lone trip of the season to Greenville, South Carolina, and three games in Gwinnett, Georgia, against the Gladiators.

Fifty-five of the Royals seventy-two regular season games fall on weekend dates with twenty-two Saturdays (eleven of which are at home) leading the way in that category. The Royals also play a team record eighteen games on Sunday this year—nine at home and nine on the road. Game times at the Sovereign Center will remain the same this season with the opening face-off for Tuesday through Saturday games dropping at 7:05 pm and Sunday games starting at 5:05 pm. The lone exceptions to this will be on Saturday, December 11, when Reading will take on the South Carolina Stingrays at the Sovereign Center at 1:05 pm; and Sunday, February 27, 2011 when the Royals will face the Gwinnett Gladiators starting at 4:05 pm. Also, the Royals will host their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday matinee game on Monday, January 17, 2011 (against the Trenton Devils) starting at 1:05 pm.

The Royals full 2010-11 ECHL Regular Season Schedule is set out below. Please note that all game times are subject to change.

READING ROYALS 2010-11 SCHEDULE

Saturday, October 16, 2010 @ Trenton Devils (7:00 pm)  
Sunday, October 17, 2010 @ Trenton Devils (4:00 pm)
Saturday, October 23, 2010 v Elmira Jackals (7:05 pm)
Sunday, October 24, 2010 v Elmira Jackals (5:05 pm)
Friday, October 29, 2010 @ Wheeling Nailers (7:35 pm)
Saturday, October 30, 2010 @ Toledo Walleye (7:00 pm)
Sunday, October 31, 2010 @ Wheeling Nailers (TBA)       

Friday, November 5, 2010 @ Elmira Jackals (7:35 pm)
Saturday, November 6, 2010 @ Elmira Jackals (7:35 pm)
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ Wheeling Nailers (7:05 pm)       
Saturday, November 13, 2010 v South Carolina Stingrays (7:05 pm)
Sunday, November 14, 2010 v South Carolina Stingrays (7:05 pm)
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 @ Trenton Devils (7:00 pm)
Friday, November 19, 2010 v Trenton Devils (7:05 pm)
Sunday, November 21, 2010 v Elmira Jackals (5:05 pm)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 v Cincinnati Cyclones (7:05 pm)
Friday, November 26, 2010 v Cincinnati Cyclones (7:05 pm)
Saturday, November 27, 2010 v Florida Everblades (7:05 pm)

Friday, December 3, 2010 v Elmira Jackals (7:05 pm)
Saturday, December 4, 2010 @ Trenton Devils (7:00 pm)
Thursday, December 9, 2010 v South Carolina Stingrays (7:05 pm)
Saturday, December 11, 2010 v South Carolina Stingrays (1:05 pm)
Sunday, December 12, 2010 v Elmira Jackals (5:05 pm)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ Cincinnati Cyclones (7:30 pm)   
Friday, December 17, 2010 @ Kalamazoo Wings (7:30 pm)
Saturday, December 18, 2010  @ Kalamazoo Wings (7:30 pm)
Sunday, December 19, 2010 @ Wheeling Nailers (5:05 pm)
Sunday, December 26, 2010 @ Trenton Devils (5:00 pm)
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 v Florida Everblades (7:05 pm)
Thursday, December 30, 2010 v Florida Everblades (7:05 pm)

Friday, January 7, 2011 @ Toledo Walleye (7:00 pm)
Saturday, January 8, 2011 @ Wheeling Nailers (7:35 pm)
Sunday, January 9, 2011 @ Elmira Jackals (4:05 pm)
Friday, January 14, 2011 v Elmira Jackals (7:05 pm)
Saturday, January 15, 2011 @ Elmira Jackals (7:35 pm)
Monday, January 17, 2011 v Trenton Devils (1:05 pm)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 @ Florida Everblades (7:30 pm)
Friday, January 21, 2011 @ Florida Everblades (7:30 pm)
Saturday, January 22, 2011 @ Florida Everblades (7:00 pm)
Friday, January 28, 2011 v Greenville (7:05 pm)
Saturday, January 29, 2011 v Greenville (7:05 pm)
Sunday, January 30, 2011 @ Elmira Jackals (4:00 pm)

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 v Wheeling Nailers (7:05 pm)
Friday, February 4, 2011 v Trenton Devils (7:05 pm)
Saturday, February 5, 2011 @ Trenton Devils (7:00 pm)
Sunday, February 6, 2011 @ Trenton Devils (1:00 pm)
Friday, February 11, 2011 @ Wheeling Nailers (in Johnstown, PA) (7:05 pm)
Saturday, February 12, 2011 v Trenton Devils (7:05 pm)
Sunday, February 13, 2011 v Trenton Devils (5:05 pm)
Friday, February 18, 2011 @ Wheeling Nailers (in Johnstown, PA)  (7:35 pm)   
Saturday, February 19, 2011 v Wheeling Nailers (7:05 pm)
Sunday, February 20, 2011 v Elmira Jackals (5:05 pm)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 v Trenton Devils (7:05 pm)
Saturday, February 26, 2011 @ Elmira Jackals (7:35 pm)
Sunday, February 27, 2011 v Gwinnett Gladiators (4:05 pm)

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ Cincinnati Cyclones (7:30 pm)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ Toledo Walleye (7:00 pm)
Saturday, March 5, 2011 v Wheeling Nailers (7:05 pm)
Sunday, March 6, 2011 v Wheeling Nailers (5:05 pm)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 v Trenton Devils (7:05 pm)
Saturday, March 12, 2011 v Toledo Walleye (7:05 pm)
Sunday, March 13, 2011 v Toledo Walleye (5:05 pm)
Friday, March 18, 2011 v Elmira Jackals (7:05 pm)
Saturday, March 19, 2011 v Elmira Jackals (7:05 pm)
Sunday, March 20, 2011 @ Elmira Jackals (4:05 pm)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ Gwinnett Gladiators (7:05 pm)
Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ Greenville (TBA)
Saturday, March 26, 2011 @ Gwinnett Gladiators (7:05 pm)
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ Gwinnett Gladiators (4:05 pm)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 v Wheeling Nailers (7:05 pm)

Friday, April 1, 2011 @ Trenton Devils (7:00 pm)
Saturday, April 2, 2011 v Trenton Devils (7:05 pm)

Season Tickets for the 2010-11 Reading Royals ECHL season are currently available. Call 610-898-7825 for more information or log onto www.royalshockey.com.

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