September 30, 2011

Reading, PA – The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League, today announced that the team has extended tryout agreements to defenseman Mike Lane, forward Mickey Lang and goaltenders John Nauta and Joe Palmer.

The Royals will face the Cincinnati Cyclones in the team’s 2011-12 home opener on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at 7:05 pm at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. The team kicks off the season on the road against the South Carolina Stingrays in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday, October 14 (7:05 pm). That game, as with all Royals’ road games this year, will be televised live courtesy of Royals TV presented by Boscov’s Travel and Royal Caribbean Cruise lines in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on BCTV.