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Sivak Scores First, Blackwater Beats Thunder

December 31, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Stockton Thunder News Release


Stockton, Calif. - The Stockton Thunder fall victim to the Ontario Reign by a score of 3-1 Tuesday night at Stockton Arena. Peter Sivak opened the scoring in his first game back with the team to extend his point streak to a team-high nine games, but a flurry of penalties in the second period put the Thunder behind and they were not able to recover. The Thunder and Reign faceoff once more Wednesday night as the two teams will skate on fan-painted ice on New Year's Eve in the Ray Morgan Company Painted Classic.

1st Period

-THUNDER GOAL : F Peter Sivak (8) rebound off goalie's pad is chipped over his blocker-side shoulder (Henry, Stebner assists), 3:33

-Shots: STK - 8 | ONT - 8

2nd Period

-ONT goal: F Judd Blackwater (10) shot from the slot goes high glove side (Walker, Julseth-White assists), 5:53 (PP)

-ONT goal: F Judd Blackwater (11) backdoor tap in after a pass across the goal mouth (Ezekiel, Scofield assists), 13:58

-Shots: STK - 7 | ONT - 14

3rd Period

-ONT goal: F Derek Couture (12) empty netter shot from outside of the offensive blueline just in front of the benches (Bigos, Kopitar assists), 19:06 (EN)

-Shots: STK - 10 | ONT - 6

W: Jussi Olkinoura (25 shots, 24 saves)

L: Kent Simpson (27 shots, 25 saves)

Notable Statistics

-Three Stars: 1- Judd Blackwater (2 goals) 2- Jussi Olkinoura (25 shots, 24 saves) 3- Kent Simpson (27 shots, 25 saves)

-Final Shots: STK - 25 | ONT - 28

-Power plays: STK - 0/4 | ONT - 1/6

-Peter Sivak (1 goal) extends his point streak to nine games dating back to 11/20. 12 points (6 goals, 6 assists) during streak

Quotes

"I didn't think we had any life after [Tyler] Maxwell got into that fight stepping in for [Jack] MacLellan. It was a cheap, dirty hit and Maxwell responded the way we'd want him to but we didn't respond quickly enough as a team after that" - Head Coach Rich Kromm on the hit Jack MacLellan took in the second and his team's response.

"It's huge. That's his linemate and his teammate. He saw the hit for what it was and the ref said he didn't see it so you can't argue with the ref if he says he didn't see it." - Coach Kromm on Tyler Maxwell sticking up for MacLellan.

"We lost little battles all over the ice and we just didn't play well for much of the second. I felt our first period was strong and our third period was strong towards the end, but the middle portion of the game we just weren't there" - Coach Kromm on his overall assessment of the team's performance.

NEXT HOME GAME

-Ontario Reign vs. STOCKTON THUNDER

Wednesday, December 31 @ Stockton Arena

Ray Morgan Company Painted Classic

Doors open @ 5:00 p.m., Puck drops @ 6:00 p.m.

UPCOMING HOME GAMES

-Colorado Eagles vs. STOCKTON THUNDER

Friday, January 23 @ Stockton Arena

Team Photo to the First 500 Fans

Doors open @ 6:30 p.m., Puck drops @ 7:30 p.m.

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