ECHL Ontario Reign

Game Preview - Ontario Reign at Bakersfield Condors

Published on November 16, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL)
Ontario Reign News Release


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Arena: Rabobank Arena, Bakersfield, CA

Date: Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013

Time: 7:00 p.m. (PT)

Video Webcast: America ONE Networks

Audio Webcast: Bakersfield Condors audio broadcast

TONIGHT:

The defending Pacific Division Champion Ontario Reign (7-1-1-3) will play the Bakersfield Condors (1-9-0-1) at Rabobank Arena. This is Ontario's first trip to Bakersfield in their 11-game season series. The Reign have only seen two losses against the Condors since Head Coach Jason Christie took over; the first loss was the first game of the 2011-12 season, and to end a 17-game win streak, the Condors earned their second win toward the end of 2012-13.

Bakersfield is off to another rough start this year at the bottom of the Pacific Division and Western Conference with three points and just one regulation win, compared to the Reign who lead the Pacific Division and are second in the Western Conference with just one regulation loss and 18 points.

LEADING SCORERS:

Of Ontario's ten top scorers against the Condors last year, they have three returning with Mario Lamoureux, Derek Couture, and Dan DaSilva who are three of the top four Reign scorers so far this season. Dan DaSilva leads the Reign earning an average of 1.67 points per game and ranks third in the ECHL with 20 total points (4g, 16a).

BEHIND THE BENCH:

With Reign Head Coach Jason Christie's next win, he will surpass former Reign coach Karl Taylor in total wins. In three full seasons (217 games) behind the bench for Ontario, Coach Taylor posted a 96-win record. Coach Christie's next win will give him his 97th with the Reign, and if it happens in tonight's game, he will earn the new record after 157 games coached.

YOUNG GUNS:

Aside from the team's only veteran players, DaSilva and Couture, the top scorers are rookies or two-year pros. ECHL's 2013 All-Rookie players Mario Lamoureux and Cameron Burt are the team's third and fourth top scorers. Rookies Dylan Wruck (IR) and Zach O'Brien (loaned to Manchester) were early standouts with a Hat Trick and two game-winning goals, respectively, already earned this season. SoCal native Matt White leads the Reign against the Condors this season and has six points on the season.

SEASON SERIES:

10/19 - ONT vs BAK W, 3-0

11/16 - ONT at BAK

11/22 - ONT vs BAK

11/23 - ONT vs BAK

1/10 - ONT vs BAK

1/19 - ONT at BAK

3/18 - ONT at BAK

3/21 - ONT vs BAK

3/28 - ONT at BAK

4/11 - ONT at BAK

4/12 - ONT vs BAK

REIGN TRACKER:

- Christie - 1 win away from beating Karl Taylor's 96 Reign wins; Christie earned his 96th Reign win Friday

- Couture - recorded his 250th pro point, a GWG, on Friday

- Hutchinson - currently has career-high save percentage of 0.932 and is on 7-game unbeaten streak

- Register - played his 100th pro game on Friday

RECENT MOVES:

11/15 - DEL O'Brien (loaned to Manchester)

11/15 - ADD Redmann (added as emergency back-up goalie)

11/15 - ADD Cisse (activated from reserve)

11/11 - ADD Newton (activated from reserve)

11/11 - DEL Bidlevskii (placed on reserve)

11/11 - DEL Cisse (placed on reserve)

11/11 - ADD Lamoureux (returned from Oklahoma City)

11/9 - ADD Springer (activated from IR)

11/7 - DEL Dries (placed on 21-day IR)

11/6 - ADD O'Brien (activated from IR)

NEXT GAME:

Ontario will play their final road game of this trip on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 2:15 p.m.

LAST GAME:

The Reign came from a one-goal deficit and scored four unanswered goals against the Stockton Thunder to stay atop the Pacific Division with a decisive 4-1 victory.

Reign Drops:

Ontario will face Bakersfield at Rabobank Arena tonight at 7 p.m. before finishing the roadtrip in San Francisco on Sunday afternoon at 2:15 p.m. The team will arrive home in time to suit up against the Condors on Friday, Nov. 22 for Beth Kristensen Night where the entire game will revolve around this Season Ticket Holder!

On Saturday, Nov. 23 the Reign will celebrate the patients of Loma Linda University Children's Hospital for LLUCH Jersey Night. The team will wear speciality jerseys designed with a paint theme to be auctioned off immediately following the game in a live auction emceed by Jeff Pope. Also, the first 5,000 fans through the gates will receive a mini stick courtesy of Steve's Service.

Check out the Ontario Reign Statistics

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