Royals hire Nobili as head coach

READING , Pa – For the fifth time in Reading Royals history, the team has hired a new Head Coaching. Today, the Royals announced that Jason Nobili will become the new Head Coach.
 
Nobili was an assistant coach with the Florida Everblades the past four seasons and is a native of Toronto, Ontario. His home town team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, are the Royals new primary NHL affiliate. Needless to say Nobili is very excited to be a part of both organizations.
 
” I’m extremely honored and excited by the opportunity presented in becoming the Royals’ head coach,” said Nobili. “ Reading is well known within the ECHL as an organization that has the resources, commitment and community support that is required to attain championship quality hockey.”
 
“I’m well aware of the intense level of support that the Royals receive from the fans in Reading, and I’m excited by the challenge of meeting those high expectations. My intent is to build a team driven by an intense desire to improve, develop, and advance as players, while binding together to win hockey games for our organization, our fans, and the city of Reading.”
 
Royals General Manager Gordon Kaye believes Nobili is the coach that can finally get the Royals over the hump.
 
“We’re extremely pleased to make Jason our head coach and director of hockey operations,” said Kaye. “We undertook an extensive search to make this very important decision for our organization. During that search, Jason stood out as having the appropriate combination of coaching experience, history of success, acute managerial sense, and outright desire to win that is required to be successful in the ECHL.”
 
“He comes to us fresh off an extremely successful stint with one of the premier organizations in the league (the Florida Everblades), where he proved that he can astutely manage the complexities associated with being a coach in the ECHL while sustaining a winning program. We expect Jason to immediately instill the highest possible culture of professionalism and excellence within our hockey operations department, as we embark upon this season’s journey to win an ECHL championship.”
 
Nobili replaces former head coach Karl Taylor who has since moved on to be the new head coach of the expansion Ontario Reign who will begin play this fall and is will be the primary affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings. The Royals will remain as a secondary affiliate to the Kings since AEG Worldwide and SMG are the owners of the Royals, Kings, and the Manchester Monarchs (AHL).
 
Prior to joining the Everblades, Nobili served for four years as the assistant coach for the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Nobili also served as the assistant coach for the Under-17 Team Ontario-Canada group that won the 2004 World Championship Gold Medal in St. John’s Newfound and the bronze medal in Canada Winter Games in 2003. Prior to joining Owen Sound, Nobili was a head coach for two seasons with Ajax Axemen of the Ontario Hockey Association Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League. Nobili began his coaching career in the Toronto area, serving as the head coach and general manager of the midget-AAA Toronto Red Wings of the Greater Toronto Hockey League.
 
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