Ontario Reign Weekly: Reign Return Home for Quarrel with Gulls on Thursday; Visit Stockton Saturday
November 2, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Ontario Reign News Release
The Week That Was...
The Ontario Reign hosted the San Antonio Rampage Friday and Saturday and Citizens Business Bank Arena and visited the San Jose Barracuda at SAP Center Sunday to compete a three-game in three-day weekend for a week record of 0-1-2-0 and an over record of 5-1-2-0.
The Reign and Rampage entered the weekend as the last two teams in the American Hockey League without a regulation loss, so it was no surprise that overtime was needed in both tilts to keep the Reign's season-opening unbeaten streak rolling along.
Reign forward Nic Dowd opened the scoring on Friday and forward Justin Auger buried the game-tying marker with less than four minutes to play to force the extra skate, but Rampage forward Ben Street buried the game-winning tally with less than a minute remaining in overtime to seal a 3-2 victory. Reign goaltender Peter Budaj made 25 saves.
The Reign needed late-game heroics again on Saturday as defenseman Kevin Gravel made it 1-1 with 44 seconds left in the third period. Street would force the Reign to settle for a single point with his second-straight game-clinching goal in OT. Ray Emery made his Reign and season debut between the pipes, making 19 saves.
The busy weekend came to a close Sunday afternoon at SAP Center in San Jose, California. The Reign erased two Barracuda leads off goals from Michael Mersch and Ryan Horvat, but the home team grabbed two goals late in the third period to seal a 4-2 victory. The loss snapped the Reign's seven-game unbeaten streak to start the season.
The Numbers
Record: 5-1-2-0 (4th Pacific Division, 5th Western Conference)
Home: 2-0-2-0
Away: 3-1-0-0
Last 10 Games: 5-1-2-0
Streak: 0-1-0-0
Goals: Michael Mersch (5)
Assists: Sean Backman (8)
Points: Sean Backman (8)
Penalty Minutes: Ryan Horvat (21)
Power-Play Goals: Kris Newbury, Valentin Zykov, Adrian Kempe, Kevin Gravel, Michael Mersch, Justin Auger (1)
Power-Play Assists: Sean Backman (5)
Power-Play Points: Sean Backman (5)
Shorthanded Goals: N/A
Shorthanded Assists: N/A
Shorthanded Points: N/A
Game-Winning Goals: Valentin Zykov (2)
Wins: Peter Budaj (5)
GAA: Peter Budaj (1.54)
SPCT: Peter Budaj (.934)
League Leaders:
Forward Sean Backman is tied for second in the American Hockey League with five power-play assists.
Forward Ryan Horvat is tied for first in the AHL with three major penalties.
Forward Michael Mersch leads the AHL with 41 shots.
Goaltender Peter Budaj is second in the league with a 1.54 goals-against average (GAA), tied for first with five wins and first with three shutouts.
Forward Valentin Zykov is tied for first among AHL rookies with two game-winning goals.
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This Week:
Ontario Reign vs. San Diego Gulls
Thursday, Nov. 5
7:00 p.m. PT
Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California
Listen Live: OntarioReign.com, AHL Live
Tickets: AXS.com, OntarioReign.com and Citizens Business Bank Arena Box Office
Preview: 1st of 12 meetings (0-1-0-1 head-to-head record in the preseason)
Ontario Reign at Stockton Heat
Saturday, Nov. 7
7:30 p.m. PT
Stockton Arena in Stockton, California
Listen Live: OntarioReign.com, AHL Live
Preview: 1st of 12 meetings
National Hockey League Affiliate Update
Los Angeles Kings
Record: 7-3-0-0, 14 points (Seven-game Winning Streak)
Standing: 1st Pacific Division, 6th Western Conference
Upcoming Games: Today at Chicago, Tuesday at St. Louis, Thursday vs. Columbus, Saturday vs. Florida
Leading Scorer: Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli
ECHL Affiliate Update
Manchester Monarchs
Record: 2-2-0-0, 4 points
Standing: 4th East Division, 11th Eastern Conference
Upcoming Games: Friday at Brampton, Saturday at Brampton, Sunday at Brampton
Leading Scorer: Matt Leitner and Joe Diamond
Latest Reign News...
Reign Fight Back; Fall to Barracuda for First Regulation Loss
San Jose, CA - The Ontario Reign (5-1-2-0) erased two deficits, but could not power past the San Jose Barracuda (3-3-0-1), falling 4-2 at SAP Center Sunday afternoon. The loss snaps a season-opening seven-game unbeaten streak for the Reign. Recap
Reign Send Unbeaten Streak to Seven Contests
Ontario, CA - Ontario Reign (5-0-2-0) defenseman Kevin Gravel scored the tying goal late in the third period, but the rally came up short, falling 2-1 in overtime to the San Antonio Rampage (4-0-2-0) Saturday night at Citizens Business Bank Arena. Recap
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