Team information
- Abbr
- REA
- Sport
- Hockey
- League
- American ECHL
- Founded
- 1991
- Home market
- Reading, United States
- Status
- Inactive
The Reading Royals are a professional ice hockey team that currently plays in the ECHL. The team participates in the North Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. The Royals play their home games at the Santander Arena located in downtown Reading, Pennsylvania. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Royals voluntarily suspended operations through at least the 2020–21 ECHL season. Since 2001, the Royals have ranked among ECHL leaders in regular season attendance. On March 25, 2006, against the T