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itemprop=\"name\">ECHL Game Preview: Maine Mariners at Reading Royals with Projected Lines 1\/9\/2026<\/span><\/span><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"3\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"inside-page content-area\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\" id=\"main-content\">\n<section class=\"page-section\">\n<div class=\"detail-content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<figure class=\"feature-image\">\n <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-31.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-31.png 1200w, https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-31-300x150.png 300w, 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Sunday; that win was their first of 2026. They\u2019re 1-1-0-0 against Reading this season, averaging 2.5 goals per game. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reading-royals-news-amp-notes\">Reading Royals News & Notes:<\/h2>\n<p>The Royals enter tonight\u2019s game on a two- game losing streak as they went 1-1-1-0 against the Admirals last weekend, averaging two goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game. They\u2019re also 1-1-0-0 against the Mariners this season, averaging 2.5 goals per game as well. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-maine-mariners-projected-lines\">Maine Mariners Projected Lines:<\/h2>\n<p>Kalmikov-Andreev-Hudson<br \/>Cheveldayoff-Cronin-Perreault<br \/>Vidmar-Lamppa-Hemstrom<br \/>Gorman-Vinuto-Deveaux<\/p>\n<p>Johansson-Thompson <br \/>Wanner-Gallatin<br \/>Bellamy-Underwood<\/p>\n<p>Cavallin <br \/>Arvanitis<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reading-royals-projected-lines\">Reading Royals Projected Lines:<\/h2>\n<p>Golder-Johannes-Frasca<br \/>Haskins-Burke-McMenamin<br \/>Michel-Saigeon-Butcher<br \/>Devlin-Cook-Hadfield<\/p>\n<p>Meehan-Willets<br \/>Guryev-Gendron<br \/>Kulakov-Mastrangeli<\/p>\n<p>Perets<br \/>Petruzzelli<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-players-to-watch\">Players To Watch:<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-maine-mariners\">Maine Mariners<\/h3>\n<p>Brooklyn Kalmikov and Robert Cronin lead the Mariners in points with 20 each. Jacob Hudson leads the team in goals with eight. Kalmikov leads in assists with 15. Jacob Perreault leads in plus\/minus with a plus-seven. <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reading-royals\">Reading Royals<\/h3>\n<p>Carson Golder leads the team in points and goals with 25 points and 12 goals. Ben Meehan leads the team in assists with 15. Alex Butcher leads in plus\/minus with a plus-nine. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-next-game\">Next Game:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Maine<\/strong>: January 10 at Reading Royals <br \/><strong>Reading<\/strong>: January 10 vs. Maine Mariners<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:10px\">Discover more from Inside The Rink<\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-post clearfix\">\n<div class=\"author-image\">\n <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e?s=75&d=mm&r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e?s=150&d=mm&r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p> \t<\/p>\n<h2\/>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<div id=\"post-160570\" class=\"post-160570 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-echl category-maine-mariners category-north category-reading-royals tag-antonio-venuto tag-artem-kulakov tag-brooklyn-kalmikov tag-cam-cook tag-carson-golder tag-jacob-perreault tag-keith-petruzzelli tag-luke-cavallin tag-maine-mariners tag-reading-royals tag-robert-cronin eq-blocks\">\n<div class=\"news-snippet\">\n <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/echl-game-recap-kalmikov-completes-comeback-maine-wins-in-overtime\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"featured-image\"><br \/>\n <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-43-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-43-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-43-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-43-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-43.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<div id=\"post-160537\" class=\"post-160537 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-echl category-north category-reading-royals tag-chris-mccarthy tag-echl-2025-26-player-signings eq-blocks\">\n<div class=\"news-snippet\">\n <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/echl-reading-royals-sign-chris-mccarthy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"featured-image\"><br \/>\n <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Reading-Royals-Player-Signing-Announcement-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Reading-Royals-Player-Signing-Announcement-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Reading-Royals-Player-Signing-Announcement-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Reading-Royals-Player-Signing-Announcement-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Reading-Royals-Player-Signing-Announcement.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"summary\">\n<h4 class=\"blog-news-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/echl-reading-royals-sign-chris-mccarthy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">ECHL: Reading Royals Sign Chris McCarthy<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The Reading Royals have announced that they\u2019ve signed forward Chris McCarthy to an ECHL contract. 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Sunday; that win was their first of 2026. They\u2019re 1-1-0-0 against Reading this season, averaging 2.5 goals per game. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reading-royals-news-amp-notes\">Reading Royals News & Notes:<\/h2>\n<p>The Royals enter tonight\u2019s game on a two- game losing streak as they went 1-1-1-0 against the Admirals last weekend, averaging two goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game. They\u2019re also 1-1-0-0 against the Mariners this season, averaging 2.5 goals per game as well. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-maine-mariners-projected-lines\">Maine Mariners Projected Lines:<\/h2>\n<p>Kalmikov-Andreev-Hudson<br \/>Cheveldayoff-Cronin-Perreault<br \/>Vidmar-Lamppa-Hemstrom<br \/>Gorman-Vinuto-Deveaux<\/p>\n<p>Johansson-Thompson <br \/>Wanner-Gallatin<br \/>Bellamy-Underwood<\/p>\n<p>Cavallin <br \/>Arvanitis<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reading-royals-projected-lines\">Reading Royals Projected Lines:<\/h2>\n<p>Golder-Johannes-Frasca<br \/>Haskins-Burke-McMenamin<br \/>Michel-Saigeon-Butcher<br \/>Devlin-Cook-Hadfield<\/p>\n<p>Meehan-Willets<br \/>Guryev-Gendron<br \/>Kulakov-Mastrangeli<\/p>\n<p>Perets<br \/>Petruzzelli<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-players-to-watch\">Players To Watch:<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-maine-mariners\">Maine Mariners<\/h3>\n<p>Brooklyn Kalmikov and Robert Cronin lead the Mariners in points with 20 each. Jacob Hudson leads the team in goals with eight. Kalmikov leads in assists with 15. Jacob Perreault leads in plus\/minus with a plus-seven. <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reading-royals\">Reading Royals<\/h3>\n<p>Carson Golder leads the team in points and goals with 25 points and 12 goals. Ben Meehan leads the team in assists with 15. 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