Game Preview - Ontario Reign at San Francisco Bulls
November 17, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Ontario Reign News Release
Reign Game 14 | Reign Road Game 10 | ECHL Game 132
Arena: Cow Palace, Daly City, CA
Date: Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013
Time: 2:15 p.m.
Video Webcast: America ONE Networks
Audio Broadcast: San Francisco Bulls audio feed
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TONIGHT:
The defending Pacific Division Champion Ontario Reign (8-1-1-3) will head to the Cow Palace in Daly City to face the San Francisco Bulls (4-6-1-1); this game will complete the team's second longest road trip of the season. In their first meeting of 2013-14, Ontario shut out the Bulls 2-0 at Citizens Business Bank Arena giving Michael Hutchinson his second shutout of the season.
Last year the Reign had a successful season series over the Bulls with a 9-1-0-0 record which included three seven-goal victory margins in favor of Ontario. There are six Bulls players returning to the team this season including former Ontario Reign forward Jordan Morrison. Another former Reign player is Steven Tarasuk who wore orange and navy during the 2011-12 season before being traded to the Idaho Steelheads.
JET LAG SHMET LAG:
Ontario has spent the last 10 days traveling to five different arenas in three different states, but have held on to a 4-1-0-1 record since their first road game in Utah on November 8. The Reign have 18 goals-for and 14 goals-against including five power-play goals, an area they had low numbers in before the start of the road trip. As the most penalized team, Ontario showed some more discipline in their most recent contests with an average of 15.3 penalty minutes in the last three games and has resulted in an 80 percent penalty kill in the same number of games.
TOPPING THE CHARTS:
With their 4-2 win over the Condors last night, the Reign tied the Aces in the Western Conference standings with 20 points on the season and a 76.9 win average, the Reign are in a spot to move into the number one position in the West, and are one of only three teams in the league with only one regulation loss. Dan DaSilva is now just one point shy of tying the league lead in points, he currently has 23 (6g, 17a) and Michael Hutchinson is one win away from tying the league lead in goaltender wins.
13-14 HEAD-to-HEAD:
11/6 - ONT vs SF W, 2-0
11/17 - ONT at SF
12/6 - ONT vs SF
12/7 - ONT vs SF
12/13 - ONT at SF
1/5- ONT vs SF
2/7 - ONT vs SF
2/9 - ONT vs SF
2/12 - ONT vs SF
3/26 - ONT vs SF
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)
REIGN TRACKER:
- Christie - beat Karl Taylor's 96 Reign win record with his 97th coaching win on Saturday
- Hutchinson - currently has career-high save percentage of 0.933 and is on 8-game unbeaten streak; he has yet to lose in regulation this season
NEXT GAME:
Ontariro return home and will be at Citizens Business Bank Arena on Friday, Nov. 22 to host the Bakersfield Condors for a 7 p.m. game. CLICK HERE to get your tickets.
Reign Drops:
Ontario will face 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.
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