Reading, PA – The Reading Royals (9-7-2-0, 20 PTS), proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, fell to the Trois-Rivières Lions (10-5-0-2, 22 PTS), 4-1, at Colisee Videotron on Sunday, November 30th.
Goaltender Keith Petruzzelli (3-6-1-0) suffered the loss in goal with 22 saves on 26 shots faced while Lions netminder Hunter Jones (6-1-0-0) earned the win in goal with 16 saves on 17 shots faced.
Trois-Rivieres scored the game’s opening goal for the third time in the three-game series from Wyatt McLeod (1) 8:49 into play. The Lions extended their lead with two goals in the second period from Israel Mianscum (3) at 10:22 and Riley Kidney (4) at 11:19 to go up, 3-0 after 40 minutes.
The Royals went on a surge to open the third period with a goal from Nolan Burke (2) at 2:21 that snapped the six-straight scoreless frames from the Royals spanning back to a scoreless third period in the three-game series opener. Reading had a Victor Hadfield goal to make it a one-goal game waved off for goaltender interference on Kyle Haskins, holding the deficit at two before Mianscum (4) potted his second goal of the game to seal the Lions’ series sweep, 4-1.
With a fourth consecutive loss, the Royals fell to 9-7-2 overall and 6-4-2 on the road, having a point in 11 of their 18 games overall.