Photo Credit: Jaidin Cardona
First Period
Tyson Empey put the Gladiators up two firing the puck past Brkin short-handed on a breakaway at 18:14. 30 seconds later Alec Butcher put the Royals on the board forcing the puck home for his 17th of the season on the power play at 18:44. With just nine seconds left Sanghoon Shin netted his 26th of the season to put the Gladiators back up two. Shots for the period were 18-7 in favor of Reading.
Obviously, in the three games you look at the whole of it, able to get two wins is great. Just kind of an incomplete effort for today. Some of the things we talked about, bringing that work ethic all the time. I know the execution isn’t always going to be there, but I thought we didn’t have the work ethic for two-thirds of the game. For the third period, I thought we were great we worked extremely hard and we generated some chances. Obviously would’ve loved to get at least a point out of it, but it just shows how crucial you have to play a full game. You can’t take any shifts off, can’t take a period anything like that, because teams in this league will capitalize on their opportunities.
Head Coach James Henry takeaways from the weekend
Second Period
Mitch Walinski kicked things off sliding the puck in on the man advantage for his second of the year at 9:39. In the period the Royals were assessed three minor penalties, but only held the Gladiators to one goal on eight shots. Reading outshot Atlanta 12-8 in the period.
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Third Period
Tyler Heidt scored his second of the season and his second goal in as many days this one on the power play at the 12:48 mark. Other than a few chances the Royals couldn’t find twine despite the pressure Sakellaropoulus and the Gladiators handled the pressure and locked down Reading’s offense. Royals yet again would outshoot the Gladiators this time 13-11.
Final: 3-2 Atlanta
(ATL) Alex Sakellaropoulus 43 – SH | 41 – SV | 2 – GA (W)
(REA) Bailey Brkin 26 – SH | 23 – SV | 3 – GA (L)
Three Stars
1. Sanghoon Shin – ATL – 1 G, 1 A
2. Alex Sakellaropoulus – ATL – 41 Saves on 43 Shots
3. Tyler Heidt – REA – 1 G, 1 A
Game Length: 2:23 3:00 PM EST – 5:23 PM EST
Attendance: 3,036
