Sunday, October 13, 2013
October 11-13
The hard rain was still around on Friday morning, Jenny was in Willow Street for a doctor's appointment. I met her there and took her home, along the way we saw a lot of flooding in low-laying areas (I had stuck to the main roads on the way to her appointment, several of the back roads I use were impassable). We had lunch together for a second straight day since she and her mother were coming back to the city with me. In the afternoon Marty joined us for the drive north to Reading as the Royals hosted the Wheeling Nailers in an exhibition game at the Sovereign Center. Since our building opened in 2001 it has been known by that name, recently the naming rights changed hands. When the regular season begins the facility officially becomes the Santander ("sahn-tahn-DAIR") Arena, after twelve years that will take some getting used to. The Royals have several players from the 2012-13 club listed on the training camp roster. That number includes team captain Yannick Tifu, Julien Cayer, T.J. Syner, Ian O'Connor, Brett Flemming, Bryant Molle, David Marshall, Ethan Cox and Stanislav Galiev plus goaltenders Riley Gill and Brandon Anderson. Not all were in uniform on this night as coach Larry Courville took the opportunity to give the newcomers a look. The Royals fell behind 1-0 in the second period but replied quickly on a score from Ryan Santana (rookie from Boston University). In the third period Ryan Kavanagh (a third-year pro who played in Germany in '12-13) found the net to make it 2-1, from there Riley Gill closed the door and picked up the win. The regular season begins at home on October 19 as the 2013 Kelly Cup championship banner is raised. There was still some rain in the area on the drive home, by Saturday morning it was just about all gone. In the afternoon I was at the Lancaster Ice Rink for a college game as Millersville hosted West Chester. The schools are roughly forty miles apart, over the years they have been fierce rivals in the athletic arena. Devyn did not play in this game, he suffered a muscle sprain earlier in the week and was not in uniform. MU led 2-1 in the third period before WCU rallied with three straight scores, a late rally fell short as the 'Ville lost 4-3. Sunday skies were bright and clear, with nothing special going on I stayed in and watched football all day. Take care, thanks for reading.