Yates joins Royals

Reading, Pa. – The Reading Royals, ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, announced forward Trevor Yates has agreed to a contract with the Royals for the 2019-20 season.Yates played 42 ECHL games and six American Hockey League contests as a rookie, spending time with Toledo, Wheeling, Grand Rapids and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for his rookie year. After Wilkes-Barre/Scranton acquired Yates from Grand Rapids in February 2019, the Penguins assigned him to the Nailers where he had 15 points (6g-9a) in 15 games.

As an alternate captain at Cornell in 2017-18, Yates tied for the school lead in goals (13) and points (26) along with a +17 rating. As a junior, he was second in goals (12) for Cornell and the team qualified for the NCAA tournament. Prior to skating for the Big Red, the Beaconsfield, Quebec native played three seasons at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. Yates won the Tier I Under 18 national championship with the Neponset Valley River Rats (AAA hockey) with an overtime, championship-clinching goal against the St. Louis AAA Blues.