Game Preview - Ontario Reign vs. Las Vegas Wranglers
February 9, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Ontario Reign News Release
Reign Game - 50 | Reign Home Game - 26 | ECHL Game - 566
Arena: Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA
Date: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
Time: 6:00 p.m. (PT)
Video Webcast: America ONE Networks
Audio Webcast: Nathan Barnett - Pre-game show at 5:40 p.m.
Promotion: Fire on Ice V - 2:00 p.m. charity hockey game between NYFD and Ontario FD with a chili cook-off immediately following the charity game all benefitting the USO
TONIGHT:
The Ontario Reign (35-11-1-2=73 points) will play the Las Vegas Wranglers (24-19-2-3=53 points). The Reign are 9-1-0-0 in their last ten games including a 4-1 win at home over the Wranglers on 1/16. This season against the Wranglers the Reign are 4-2-0-0 with just one loss at Citizens Business Bank Arena.
Las Vegas is currently on a six-game win streak including their 4-1 win over Bakersfield which solidified the Reign's playoff berth last night.
HOW THEY RANK:
The Reign are first in the Pacific Division, first in the Western Conference, and first in the league and are the first team in the ECHL to clinch a playoff spot. The Wranglers are third in the Pacific Division, fifth in the Western Conference, and 12th in the league.
KELLY CUP BOUND:
With a win over the San Francisco Bulls, 4-3 in a shootout, the Reign were the first to clinch a spot on the Kelly Cup Playoffs. The berth depended upon a Bakersfield Condors loss which the Wranglers dealt them last night 4-1. This is the first time the Reign clinched their place this soon into the season, and it is the first time the team has been first in the league to do so.
NO REGULATION, NO PROBLEM:
The Reign are currently the best team in the league when sent into extra frames with a 0.769 win percentage in overtime. They have 4 OT wins, 6 SO wins, 1 OT loss and 2 SO losses for a total of 23 points.
COUNTING TALLIES:
Ontario is second with 3.73 goals-for per game and fourth with 2.69 goals-against per game. The Reign lead the league all season in the shots-against category and currently have an average of just 24.73 shots against.
STREAKS:
DaSilva: 10-game point (7g, 8a)
Couture: 5-game point (5g, 2a)
Kraemer: 2-game goal (4g)
Lamoureux: 2-game assist (2a)
Estrada: 1-game goal (1g)
Stretch: 1-game assist (1a)
Carrozzi: 3-game win streak (3-0-0-0)
REIGN TRACKER (ECHL active roster rankings):
Couture: 3rd with 10 PPG, 1g from 100th pro
Stretch: 3rd with 52 pts, 2nd with 24g, 3rd with +22
Lamoureux: Tied for 1st with 5 SO goals, 2nd with 6 GWG
ROOKIE TRACKER
Lamoureux: 1st with 43 pts, tied for 2nd with 19g, 1st with 4 SOg, 1st with 6 GWG, 2nd with +20
Clune: 1st with +21
LEADERS:
Points: Stretch 51
Goals: Stretch 24
Assists: Kraemer 29
+/-: Stretch +22
PIM: Couture 144
SOG: Kraemer 144
NEXT GAME:
Reign are on the road in Stockton on Friday, Feb. 15.
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