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LAST NIGHT: I went to an ECHL game for some reason. It was fun.
Observations from last night's home game between the Trenton Titans and the Reading Royals of the East Coast Hockey League.
LAST NIGHT: I went to an ECHL game for some reason. It was fun.
Observations from last night’s home game between the Trenton Titans and the Reading Royals of the East Coast Hockey League.
1. There were a few recognizable surnames on Trenton: Corey Syvret is the brother of former Flyer Danny Syvret (Offensive Dynamo). Mitch Versteeg is the brother of former Flyers underachiever Kris Versteeg. Also, longtime Flyers tough guy Todd Fedoruk is a coach there. (At press time, I could not confirm notable connections for players named Ryan, LaBelle or Hayes.)
2. This guy Yannick Tifu of the Royals has moves, and people know it. The Trenton version of the “Sign Man” had a sign made to specifically for the occasion, with Tifu in a tutu. Sigh, man.
3. There couldn’t have been more than 500 people in that arena that could probably hold 5,000+. (The Trentonian today says the “announced crowd” was “2,112.” I did not hear that announcement; maybe it got lost in the echo off all those empty seats.) This meant the players could be interacted with directly. After Tifu scored, he gave a look over to the sign guy like “how you like me now?” Sign guy did not like him then, either.
4. The play was occasionally sloppy, but mostly good solid hockey. Just some blind passes, players out of position, more guys looking down at the puck than up at the net they’re shooting at. There were also some slick moves, once in awhile and fine goaltending.
5. Hardly any penalties and no fights. I’d always heard that the further you go into the minors, the more gladiatorial everything gets. (The ECHL is an "AA" league, one level below the AHL.) Nope. There was plenty of hard checking, but the gloves stayed on.
6. The Royals won 6-3, thanks largely to the agile play of goalie Karel St. Laurent (and the shoddy, momentum killing Titans D). Boo. I guess. But: Good game, good game, good game.
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