GLENS FALLS, NY – The Reading Royals, proud affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, defeated the Adirondack Thunder, 5-2 on Friday, January 28th at Cool Insuring Arena. Royals goaltender Kirill Ustimenko saved 28 of 30 shots, while Thunder goalie Alex Sakellaropoulos saved 34 of 39. 
Reading got on the board first with a pair of goals coming from two skaters who tallied their first goals of the season. Kenny Hausinger delivered the puck through a Thunder defense man’s legs to Garret Cockerill who snapped a wrist-shot past Sakellaropoulos from the slot. Garrett McFadden scored in the final two minutes of the opening frame, sliding a backhand shot between Sakellaropoulos’ pads for an early Reading lead, 2-0.
Thomas Ebbing extended the Royals’ lead 14:38 into the second period. Ebbing skated up to the Adirondack net and beat Sakellaropoulos with a shifty dangle and shot ripped top-shelf over his right shoulder to put Reading ahead with a three-goal lead, 3-0.
The final period had both teams lighting the lamp, each scoring two goals. Reading scored their fourth and fifth-straight goals of the game when Brad Morrison and Garrett Cecere lit the lamp within the first four minutes of the final period.
Adirondack came back with a pair of goals in the final 10 minutes. Patrick Grasso and Alexandre Carrier scored on a pair of wrist-shots snapped past Ustimenko, cutting the score to 5-2, where it remained until the final horn.
The Royals take on the Maine Mariners Saturday, January 29th at 6 p.m. at Cross Insurance Arena.
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