ECHL Ontario Reign

Reign Held off by Aces in 3-2 Loss

Published on February 23, 2014 under ECHL (ECHL)
Ontario Reign News Release


ANCHORAGE, AK - The Ontario Reign (34-15-2-3), back-to-back Pacific Division Champions and proud affiliate of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and Winnipeg Jets, dropped an early lead and couldn't recover in time, ultimately falling 3-2 to the Alaska Aces (34-15-2-1) on Saturday night at Sullivan Arena.

To start things off, Cameron Burt made a tape-to-tape pass to Maxim Kitsyn who snapped a shot past Alex Kangas 1:12 into the second period. Matt Register started the play with a pass from the Reign zone. The goal came right after a missed opportunity for Brendan Connolly who rang a shot off the post. Connolly made up for it at 5:43 with a quick power-play goal.

Kitsyn made another great play resulting in a goal for his second point of the night. The forward stickhandled the puck in close to the crease and sent a last minute pass across the front of the crease to Adrian Van De Mosselaer who knocked it in to re-establish the lead for Ontario. Sebastian Stalberg add the secondary assist at 14:25.

Just 35 seconds into the final frame Andy Taranto wristed a shot high, past the glove of Jussi Olkinuora to tie the game 2-2. While shorthanded, Nick Mazzonlini powered by the Reign defense and from the blue line went two-on-one with Jordan Morrison. Mazzolini faked a shot sending Burt into a diving block, but passed the puck to Morrison who was wide open and slammed it backdoor for what would be the game-winner in a 3-2 win for Alaska.

Olkinuora made some tremendous saves but took the loss with 31 saves; Kangas earned the win stopping 28 shots.

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