Saturday night at the Arena for the annual Pink In The Rink Night for breast cancer awareness. The Royals hosted the Adirondack Thunder in the second of a weekend three-in-three and the first home game under interim head coach Jason Binkley. The clubs met in Glens Falls on Friday with the Thunder winning in overtime, on this night in downtown Reading three full periods plus seven minutes of overtime failed not only to produce a winner but even a single goal. In the shootout ADK outscored the Royals two goals to one and prevailed by the official final of 1-0. Nolan Meier took the tough-luck loss but both goaltenders receive credit for a shutout since shootout goals do not count towards individual stats, for the record Ryan Chyzowski accounted for the Royals' lone shootout marker. On Sunday the teams faced off at 3:00 with the Royals wearing specialty sweaters recognizing the Chinese New Year Of The Dragon and another knockdown drag-out battle to the end was in store. The visitors from the North Country took a 1-0 lead early in the first period and held that lead until the tail-end of the middle period, with four seconds left Brayden Guy found the net to pull the Royals even at 1-1. It stayed tied throughout the remainder of regulation, with thirty seconds left before overtime the Royals were awarded a power play opportunity. In the OT it took all of eighteen seconds for the Royals to capitalize, Adam Brubacher's drive from the left point gave Nolan Maier and the rest of the Good Guys a much-needed 2-1 win. Tempers flared as the teams were leaving the ice, one man on each side received a major penalty for fighting and a game misconduct. Adirondack entered the weekend in first place in the division and earned five points in the standings but the Royals were able to earn four of their own which is more than acceptable. By the time the day was over the clubs had played three games in less than forty-seven hours, all three requiring extra time. The Royals stand at 17-19-6 (9-10-3 at home), they are back at it on Tuesday the 6th for the annual Education Day game starting early at 10:30. Take care, thanks for reading.
