Reading Royals are a professional ice hockey team that currently plays in the ECHL.
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21 Facts About Reading Royals
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Since 2001, the Reading Royals have ranked among ECHL leaders in regular season attendance.
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The Reading Royals hosted two ECHL All-Star Games; one in 2005 and one in 2009.
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At the time, the Reading Royals were partially owned by the same owners of the Kings and Monarchs, the Anschutz Entertainment Group .
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Reading Royals made their first trip to the Kelly Cup playoffs in 2004 in their third season, winning the North Division playoff championship under head coach Derek Clancey.
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Under coach Karl Taylor from 2005 to 2008, the Reading Royals had generally mediocre performance in regular season performances.
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The Cyclones continued on to sweep past other teams to win the Kelly Cup, but the Reading Royals were the only team to take them to seven games in the playoffs.
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Some better-known players during this era who played for the Reading Royals include Los Angeles Kings goaltenders Barry Brust, Jonathan Quick, and Yutaka Fukufuji; Phoenix Coyotes winger Ryan Flinn; Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer; and Anaheim Ducks winger George Parros, who was the first Royal to appear in the Stanley Cup finals.
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In late June 2008, general manager Gordon Kaye announced that Taylor would leave Reading Royals to serve as coach for the AEG's newly acquired ECHL franchise, the Ontario Reign.
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The Reading Royals continued to wear their colors of purple, black, and silver.
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The Santander Arena and the city of Reading Royals, Pennsylvania, were named the hosts of the 2009 All-Star Game and Skills Challenge.
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Reading Royals won the 2013 Kelly Cup by defeating the Stockton Thunder in five games.
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Reading Royals won the first three games of the 2013 Kelly Cup Finals against the Stockton Thunder.
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The Flyers and Reading Royals agreed to a multi-year affiliation extension in 2016.
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However, one day after qualifying for the 2017 playoffs, he was fired by the Reading Royals and replaced by assistant Kirk MacDonald on an interim basis.
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The interim tag was removed from MacDonald a few weeks after the Reading Royals were eliminated in the first round of the 2017 playoffs.
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Reading Royals finished two points behind the Adirondack Thunder for first place.
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The Reading Royals took 658 penalty minutes, the fewest in ECHL history.
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Reading Royals had the most points of any team to miss the 2019 Kelly Cup playoffs.
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The Reading Royals used eight goaltenders through the season, tied for the most in team history.
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On June 17th, 2022, the Reading Royals announced that James Henry Would take over as head coach.
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