Villalta, Reign Blank Bakersfield
April 24, 2021 - 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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