ECHL Ontario Reign

Game Preview - Ontario Reign vs. Bakersfield Condors

Published on April 12, 2014 under ECHL (ECHL)
Ontario Reign News Release


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Arena: Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA

Date: Saturday, Apr. 12, 2014

Time: 6:00 p.m. (PT)

Video Broadcast: America ONE Networks

Desktop Player: Jesse Liebman - pre-game show at 5:45 p.m. via America ONE

Mobile Player: Jesse Liebman - pre-game show at 5:45 p.m. vis America ONE

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Promotion: This is the final regular season game of 2013-14! Tonight the Reign and Toyota want to show their appreciation to the Best Fans in the League for Fan Appreciation Night! Fans can win a jersey off the back of a Reign player by entering to win at the Toyota truck parked inside the Main Entrance of Citizens Business Bank Arena. One lucky fan will win a 2014 Toyota Tundra from tonight's game in the Toyota Chuck-a-Puck truck after the season-long contest comes to a close. Everyone will leave the arena a winner tonight with tons of giveaway prizes and specials!

TONIGHT:

The Ontario Reign (44-19-3-4) will face the Bakersfield Condors (35-29-2-4) in their final regular season game of the 2013-14 season. The Reign have a 19-point lead over the Condors in the Pacific Division, which Ontario clinched last month, but fell short of the Western Conference and Brabham Cup titles as Alaska beat the Colorado Eagles 5-0 last night to clinch their fourth straight regular season championship with 97 points, a .693 win percentage.

SEASON RIVALRY:

These two teams have been closely matched all season with the Condors having a slight advantage with a 6-4-1-1 record over the Reign through 2013-14. Six of their 12 games have been one-goal games, two decided in overtime, one in a shootout. Bakersfield has been one of only three teams that has shut out Ontario this season - their 3-0 win came in their most recent meeting on Friday, April 4.

SERIES STARS:

Matt White leads the series with 11 points (6g, 5a) over Bakersfield in 12 games; on the other bench, Gary Steffes leads his crew against the Reign with 10 points (8g, 2a) in nine games. Cody Sol has 33 penalty minutes logged against the Condors - Bakersfield's Andrew Carroll is close behind with 25. Laurent Brossoit is unbeaten against Ontario with a 4-0-1-0 record, 2.19 goals-against average and .919 save percentage. J.P. Anderson has only played two games against Bakersfield but is also unbeaten with a 1-0-1-0 record, 2.94 goals-against average and .898 save percentage. Gasper Kopitar has had the regulation game-winning goal and a shootout game-winning goal against the Condors - the only Reign player to win it for the Reign more than once this season.

NEXT STOP - ROUND 1:

The Reign will make their fourth trip to the Kelly Cup Playoffs this season. Ontario will be seeded second in the West with a very familiar first round opponent - the Stockton Thunder. This season the two teams played each other 16 times in the regular season. Ontario has seen Stockton in the post-season before, back in 2009, the team's first playoff showing. The Thunder beat the Reign in Game 7 with a final score of 5-4.

SEASON SERIES:

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

11/16 - ONT at BAK W, 4-2

11/22 - ONT vs BAK W, 2-1

11/23 - ONT vs BAK L, 1-2

1/10 - ONT vs BAK W, 3-2 OT

1/19 - ONT at BAK L, 2-3

2/7 - ONT vs BAK L, 2-4

2/8 - ONT at BAK L, 4-6

3/21 - ONT vs BAK W, 6-2

3/22 - ONT at BAK L, 3-4 OT

3/28 - ONT at BAK W, 3-2 SO

4/4 - ONT vs BAK L, 0-3

4/12 - ONT vs BAK

REIGN RECORDS :

Current streak: 1-0-0-0

Last 5 games: 3-2-0-0

Last 10 games: 6-2-1-1

In Mar: 8-2-1-1

Home: 21-10-2-2

Away: 23-9-1-2

Vs. Pacific Div.: 29-13-1-1

Vs. Mountain Div.: 14-7-1-2

Vs. Western Conf.: 43-20-2-3

Power play: 40/251 (15.9%)

Penalty kill: 46/307 (85.0%)

REIGN TRACKER:

- Kitsyn - scored his 6th GWG in 5-3 win over STK on 4/9

- Olkinuora - 5-game win streak

- Reign - 1-game win streak, 2nd seed in Kelly Cup Playoffs

RECENT MOVES:

4/10 - DEL Towns (released from contract)

4/9 - ADD Gron (activated from reserve)

4/9 - DEL Hood (placed on reserve)

4/9 - ADD Brown (signed contract)

4/7 - DEL Vey (recalled by LA)

4/6 - ADD Vey (assigned from MAN by LA)

4/6 - ADD Roach (assigned from MAN by LA)

4/6 - DEL Brown (released from ATO)

4/5 - DEL Niederberger (recalled by MAN)

4/4 - DEL Malka (placed on reserve)

4/4 - ADD Register (activated from reserve)

NEXT GAME:

The Reign's next game will be the first game of the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs on Friday, Apr. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Stockton.

Reign Drops:

As the regular season comes to a close Saturday, Apr. 12 against the Bakersfield Condors, the Reign will begin the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs in Stockton on Friday, Apr. 18 and Saturday, Apr. 19 in Stockton. The team will return to Ontario to host the Thunder on Tuesday, Apr. 22 and Wednesday, Apr. 23. Don't miss this chance to cheer on your Ontario Reign toward the Kelly Cup Championship! For Reign playoff tickets click here or call 909.941.PUCK (7825).

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