Villalta, Reign Blank Bakersfield
Published on April 24, 2021 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Ontario Reign News Release
Matthew Villalta earns his first AHL shutout, stopping 34 shots faced. Villalta now has a (4-7-1-1) record and a 0.879 save percentage with 3.62 goals against average on the season so far.
Quinton Byfield (1-0=1) scored his 8th goal of the season off a faceoff in the second period, with an assist from Markus Phillips. Byfield now has 20 points in 29 games played this season.
Byfield's goal can be seen here: https://we.tl/t-uTpJF5DhXv
Arthur Kaliyev (1-0=1) scored his 9th goal of the season, on a breakaway pass from Adam Johnson. Kaliyev now has 20 points in 31 games played with the Reign.
Kaliyev's goal can be seen here: https://we.tl/t-3SSJll79gK
Byfield and Kaliyev continue to be tied at 20 for most Reign points on the 20-21 season.
Markus Phillips (0-1=1) picks up an assist from Byfield's goal, with a season total of 5 points.
Adam Johnson (0-1=1) adds his second assist on Kaliyev's goal in 5 games played with the Reign so far.
ONT Record: (10-17-4-0)
BAK Record: (19-11-0-1)
1st 2nd 3rd OT/SO Final
ONT 0 2 0 - 2
BAK 0 0 0 - 0
Shots PP
ONT 26 0/3
BAK 34 0/3
Three Stars:
1) ONT - Matthew Villalta
2) ONT - Quinton Byfield
3) ONT - Arthur Kaliyev
GWG: Quinton Byfield (8)
W: Matthew Villalta (4-7-1-1)
L: Stuart Skinner (16-7-1-2)
Next Game: Sunday, April 25th vs. San Jose Barracuda, 3:00 PM PDT at Toyota Sports Performance Center- El Segundo, CA
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