MANCHESTER, NH- Charles Williams recorded his first shutout of the season and the Monarchs took a decisive 5-0 victory over the Reading Royals on Saturday night at the SNHU Arena.

The Monarchs (14-7-1-1) dominated the Royals (13-8-2-0), and outshot their former affiliate, 46-19.

The Monarchs opened the scoring when Jordan LaVallee-Smotherman netted his 8^th goal of the season at 3:22 of the first period. David Kolomatis held the puck in at the right point and slid it down to Mikkel Aagaard along the outside right-wing hashmarks. Aagaard found Smotherman in the high slot where he put a wrist shot past the blocker of Royals goaltender, Mark Dekanich, to put the Monarchs up, 1-0.

Zac Lynch extended the lead for the Monarchs with a goal at 14:26 of the second period, to put Manchester up, 2-0. Michael Doherty carried the puck from the low left-wing circle to the slot where he tried a backhanded shot. Lynch found the rebound to Dekanich’s right where he tapped the puck in past Dekanich’s right skate for his 10^th goal of the season.

The Monarchs added to their lead when Joel Lowry scored his 10^th goal of the season at 10:22 of the third period. Skating down the center of the ice, Matt Leitner found Lowry to his left where Lowry let off a quick wrist shot from the left-wing circle past Dekanich’s blocker, to make it a 3-0 game.

The Monarchs continued to cushion their lead when Tony Cameranesi made it a 4-0 game at 14:25 of the third period. Saucerman took a shot from the left point that Smotherman deflected to the front of the net, where Cameranesi found the loose puck and put it past Dekanich for his 5^th tally of the season.

The Monarchs solidified their win with Lynch’s 2^nd goal of the night at 18:04 of the third period. From the left-wing side, Doherty found Lynch at the far post, where he slid the puck past Dekanich for his 11^th goal of the season.

The Monarchs return to the ice Sunday (3 p.m.) in a match-up against the Norfolk Admirals to close out their three-game weekend.

NOTES

The Monarchs recorded their first shutout of the year

Tony Cameranesi scored his 20^th ECHL goal

David Kolomatis recorded his 60^th ECHL point in his 450^th North American game

Sam Kurker has five points (2g, 3a) in his last two games

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Photo Credit: Rich Tilton