Swavely (5’9/181) (24), who hails from Reading, just completed his senior season at the University of Maine, where he recorded six points (3g-3a) and twenty-two penalty minutes in thirty-five games with the Black Bears. Swavely, who played within the Junior Royals youth hockey program through the bantam age group, is the first player in team history to advance from that program and sign with the Royals. Swavely, who was three-time selection to the Hockey East All-Academic Team, registered twenty-two points (7g-15a) and fifty-nine penalty minutes in 118 total games at the University of Maine.