A typically mundane beginning to the new week, on Tuesday night rain moved into the area and lasted into Wednesday morning. In the afternoon it was announced that the ballgame at McCaskey was postponed due to wet grounds and reset for April 19. That's good for me because I would have been absent on this day but I'm good for the 19th. At the Arena in the evening the Royals hosted the Adirondack Thunder for the eighth of ADK's nine visits. Earlier in the week the club added another collegian to the roster, on this night University of Nebraska-Omaha product Kevin Conley made his professional debut. He immediately made an impression three minutes into the game with his first goal as a pro giving the Royals a 1-0 lead. Patrick Bajkov upped the lead to two later in the period, midway through the second stanza Mason Millman found the net making it 3-0. The Thunder rallied back to within 3-2 early in the third but Bajkov's second strike of the night restored the Royals' two-goal advantage. In the closing minutes Adirondack pulled the goalie for the extra attacker and closed to within 4-3 but from there Logan Flodell and the defense corps held the fort for the club's fortieth win. It's the first time the Royals have reached that plateau since 2016-17 and the eighth time in the franchise's twenty years. The mark stands at 40-16-9, 20-8-4 at home. The boys stay home for the weekend as the Maine Mariners visit for a three-in-three. The rain returned overnight into Thursday, the morning errand run was all that happened on a day better suited for ducks than human beings. Take care, thanks for reading.
