Reading, Pa. – The Reading Royals, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers and American Hockey League's Lehigh Valley Phantoms, have signed forward Max Willman to a contract for the 2019-20 season.
Willman spent four years at Brown University (2014-18) where he appeared in 99 games and scored 45 career points. In his junior season, Willman finished third on the team in goals (11) and points (26) while leading Brown with 97 shots on goal. He went on to see action in 36 games as a graduate transfer student at Boston University in 2018-19 where he tallied six points (1g-5a). The 24-year old was selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the fifth round (121st overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.