Reign Fall to Wranglers 6-3
Published on December 20, 2012 under ECHL (ECHL)
Ontario Reign News Release
ONTARIO, Calif. - The Ontario Reign (18-7-1-0), defending Pacific Division Champions and proud affiliate of the NHL's 2012 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings, lost 6-3 to the Las Vegas Wranglers (10-11-1-3) before a crowd of 7,493 on Wednesday night.
The game was scoreless until 3:39 of the second period when Colton Yellow Horn scored his 17th goal of the season to put Ontario up 1-0. Derek Couture reversed direction along the goal line and snapped a saucer pass toward the front of the net where Yellow Horn redirected it past goaltender Mark Owuya. Dan DaSilva also had an assist. Eric Lampe tied the game with a power-play goal at 8:51 as he tipped in Charlie Cook's shot from the blue line. The Reign regained the lead at 13:00. Mario Lamoureux set up a screen in front of Owuya which allowed Brodie Sheahan to skate into the slot and lift a wrist shot into the top of the cage.
Las Vegas drew even again at 2:54 of the third stanza. Chris Francis threw the puck to the front of the Reign net and it found an opening between Chris Carrozzi's pads to make it 2-2. The Wranglers got their first lead of the game on a goal by Adam Huxley at 6:48 and extended their lead to 5-2 with a power-play goal by Andrew Sarauer at 14:34 and an empty-net goal by Sean Wiles at 16:16. Lamoureux picked up his 11th marker of the season at 18:36 before Sarauer extended the Las Vegas lead to 6-3 with his second goal of the game, an empty-netter at 19:12.
Carrozzi gave up four goals on 26 shots in the loss while Owuya let in three goals on 29 shots to earn the win.
Congratulations to Logan Jalynski of Riverside who took home a pair of season tickets for next season and several other prizes as the Reign's one millionth fan.
Three Stars:
1. LV - Eric Lampe
2. LV - Andrew Sarauer
3. ONT - Colton Yellow Horn
Reign Drops:
Saturday, Dec. 22nd at 6 p.m. Be sure to wear your ugliest holiday sweater to the game. Out of the bag from Cole, there will be prizes for the ugliest holiday sweater. The game is also a SUBWAYî Saturday! Every Saturday if the Reign scores during the second period a lucky section wins a free cookie from SUBWAY.
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