Game Preview - Ontario Reign vs. Stockton Thunder
February 5, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Ontario Reign News Release
Reign Game - 37 | Reign Home Game - 24 | ECHL Game - 474
Arena: Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m. (PT)
Video Broadcast: America ONE Networks
Desktop Player: Jesse Liebman - pre-game show at 6:40 p.m. via America ONE
Mobile Player: Jesse Liebman - pre-game show at 6:40 p.m. vis America ONE
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Promotion: This is a Farmers Insurance 2-for-1 Wednesday - visit your local Farmers Insurance agent to pick up your 2-for-1 ticket vouchers and head to the game with a friend! The team is also celebrating Head Athletic Trainer and Equipment Manager Bobby Walls' 1,000th game be a part of this career milestone!
TONIGHT:
The Ontario Reign (29-9-2-3) face their all-too familiar Pacific Division rival Stockton Thunder in their 11th meeting of the season. These teams will face each other three more times during the regular season after tonight. The Reign are riding the coattails of a 4-2 win in Las Vegas while the Thunder have been on a three-game losing streak as they enter Citizens Business Bank Arena tonight. Stockton's three losses have been by two goals or more including a high-scoring, 7-5 loss to Colorado on Feb. 1.
LAST MEETING:
These two teams are known to pile on the major penalty minutes when they play each other, but their last game was considerably tamer as there were no fights, just a few minor penalties for each team. The Reign ended their three-game, series cold streak with a decisive 5-2 win at Stockton Arena. In that game Sacha Guimond, Maxim Kitsyn, and Cameron Burt each racked up two points apiece in the win.
WHO'S THIS TEAM?
It is no secret the Reign have been actively changing their roster and adding more contracted players to the lineup. In the past five games, there have been six new players added to Ontario's roster; Kyle Bigos, Steven Tarasuk, Maxim Kitsyn, Riley Brace, Brett Lyon, and Sebastian Stalberg.
Since these six have joined the Reign, they have earned a combined 17 points (7g, 10a) and a +4 rating in a combined 19 games. Since their last game on Feb. 1, the Reign have added three more players with Jason Beatty (COL), Chris Crane (WOR), and Dylan Hood (COL). Of the 15 players that have been here for longer than five games, they have recorded 19 points (7g, 12a) and a -9 since Jan. 24.
SEASON SERIES:
10/23 - ONT at STK W, 4-2
11/15 - ONT at STK W, 4-1
11/27 - ONT vs STK W, 3-2 SO
11/29 - ONT at STK W, 4-1
12/20 - ONT vs STK W, 3-2 SO
12/21 - ONT at STK W, 3-2
12/22 - ONT vs STK L, 1-5
1/15 - ONT vs STK L, 2-4
1/24 - ONT vs STK L, 1-4
1/26 - ONT at STK W, 5-2
2/5 - ONT vs STK
3/29 - ONT vs STK
4/2 - ONT at STK
4/9 - ONT vs STK
REIGN RECORDS:
Current streak: 1-0-0-0
Last 5 games: 3-2-0-0
Last 10 games: 5-4-1-0
In Jan: 7-4-1-0
Home: 12-5-2-1
Away: 17-4-0-2
Vs. Pacific Div.: 20-7-0-0
Vs. Mountain Div.: 9-2-1-2
Vs. Western Conf.: 29-9-1-2
Power play: 28/153 (18.3%)
Penalty kill: 27/183 (85.2%)
REIGN TRACKER:
- Kopitar - is on a 4-game point streak (2g, 3a)
- Guimond - will play his 100th pro game on 2/7
- Lamoureux - earned his 100th pro point with a goal on 1/31/14 at LV, is on a 4-game point streak (3g, 1a)
- Newton - is on a 3-game point streak
RECENT MOVES:
2/4 - DEL Barnett (traded to Orlando)
2/4 - DEL Kraemer (traded to Colorado)
1/31 - DEL Emmerson (released from contract)
1/31 - ADD Lyon (traded from Gwinnett)
1/29 - ADD Brace (assigned by Worcester)
1/29 - ADD Bigos (assigned by Worcester)
1/29 - DEL Costello (placed on reserve)
1/29 - ADD Tarasuk (assigned by Worcester)
1/29 - ADD Stalberg (assigned from Worcester by San Jose)
NEXT GAME:
Ontario hosts Bakersfield on Friday, Feb. 7 for a 7 p.m. game.
Reign Drops:
The Reign announced that season tickets for 2014-15 are now available! Secure your seats for the next season of Reign hockey today by calling 909-941-PUCK (7825).
The next home game is Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. when Ontario takes on their Pacific Division rival, Stockton Thunder. This is a Farmers Insurance 2-for-1 Wednesday so find your nearest Farmers Insurance agency and swing by their office for your 2-for-1 ticket vouchers.
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