Reading, PA – The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, today announced that goaltender Austin Lotz has been loaned from the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League to the Royals. In transactions undertaken earlier today, goaltender Matt Hilbert was signed as the team’s Emergency Back-Up Goaltender, and he has now been released.
Lotz (6’1 / 188) (21), a first year pro who hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba, has played five games this season with the Rapid City Rush of the ECHL, compiling a record of 0-2-2-0 with a 3.79 goals against average and a .885 save percentage. Prior to turning pro, Lotz played five seasons of major junior with the Everett Silvertips and Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL. In his final two seasons with the Silvertips, Lotz won thirty-one games—five by shutout—in the 2013-14 season and followed that up by winning twenty-five (with four shutouts) in 2014-15. In his final season of major junior with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Lotz sustained a season-ending injury after playing in just six games. In 170 total games in the WHL, Lotz compiled a record of 75-63-17 with a 2.96 goals against average and a .902 save percentage.
NEXT UP FOR THE ROYALS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28
v ELMIRA JACKALS
Santander Arena – Reading, PA (7:00 pm)
Pucks n’ Paws Night
Riley Gill Bobblehead (First in Series of Four) Giveaway
Courtesy of Reading Health System
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30
v WHEELING NAILERS
Santander Arena – Reading, PA (7:00 pm)
First of Five “Flyers Fridays”
Philadelphia Flyer Great Doug Crossman
Flyers Cover Wrapped Canvas Image Giveaway Courtesy of Reading Health System
“Five Decades of the Flyers” Specialty Jerseys (On-Line Auction)
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Broadcast:
Broadcast Begins 30 Minutes Prior to Opening Face-Off
With Pre-Game Warm-Up Show
Digital Stream on iHeartRadio Rumba 1340 – Reading
Road Games Only: BCTV Telecast in Berks County, PA
(Comcast Reading Cable Channel 15, Service Electric Cable Channel 19,
Comcast Southern Berks Channel 965)
Pay-Per-View Streaming Video at ECHL.TV