Reign Fall to Condors, 4-3, at Home
Published on January 6, 2011 under ECHL (ECHL)
Ontario Reign News Release
ONTARIO, Calif. - The Ontario Reign, proud affiliate of the NHL ¬â¢s Los Angeles Kings, lost 4-3 to the Bakersfield Condors before 4,670 Reign faithful at Citizens Business Bank Arena Wednesday night.
Lane Caffaro got the Reign on the board first with a wrist shot through traffic that found the back of the net. Pat Bowen and Michael Pelech assisted on the play. Erickson made a sliding pad save against a Condor perched all alone on his doorstep and turned away a breakaway opportunity to keep the score 1-0 at the first intermission.
Pascal Morency scored the equalizer with a power play goal at 13:23 of the second period, but Chaz Johnson netted his tenth goal of the season to restore the Reign ¬â¢s one-goal lead, 2-1, at 17:52. Tape-to-tape passes from Shawn Collymore and Lane Caffaro found Johnson in the slot and he one-timed it past Peter Hirsch low on the stick side.
Brett O ¬â¢Malley gave Ontario a 3-1 lead with a short-handed goal early in the third period. However, Bakersfield scored three unanswered goals to win by a score of 4-3.
Hirsch made 14 saves to earn the win, while Erickson absorbed the loss with 28 saves.
Tonight ¬â¢s three stars were:
1) BAK - Vyacheslav Trukhno
2) ONT - Lane Caffaro
3) BAK - Pascal Morency
REIGN DROPS
The Reign face-off against the Utah Grizzlies on Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th. The first 3,000 fans in attendance at Saturday's game will receive a limited edition Bud Holloway bobblehead, so be sure to arrive early!
Saturday also features a post-game player party at Boston's Pizza (4th & Milliken location) immediately following the game. Come out, meet your favorite Reign players, and enjoy 15% off of your bill (excluding alcohol) when you show your ticket stub from the game against Utah.
Ontario concludes its home stand Wednesday the 12th against the Alaska Aces with another Buffalo Wings & Rings $5 Wednesday! Upper level tickets are only $5 (not including facility fees). This offer is only available by picking up a ticket voucher at Buffalo Wings & Rings (Baseline & Day Creek).
Tickets start at $10 and can be purchased at the Citizens Business Bank Arena box office or online at ticketmaster.com.
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