Reign Weekly Wrap-up: New Year, New Opportunity For 7th Place Team
- Updated: January 4, 2018
Things will have to change in 2018 if the Ontario Reign want to see the playoffs this season.
After going 1-2 last week, the Ontario Reign finished the year 2017 in seventh place, at 15-13-1-1 and 32 points, only three points behind the Tucson Roadrunners, a team that has played two fewer games.
The Reign get a chance for new resolutions and a great opportunity to make up some ground as it plays the Roadrunners Friday, January 5 and Saturday, January 6 in Tucson at 6:05 p.m. pst.
In last weeks play, the Reign beat the Bakersfield 3-2 on December 27 at the Rabobank Arena. Though equaling shots at 28, and behind 2-0 going into the 2nd period, Ontario netted the next three goals to take the win. Goals came from Matt Moulson, Michael Mersch and Mike Amadio the latter named the CCM/AHL Player of the Month for December (pictured above).
On December 29, the Reign took another win with a margin of one goal, this time 4-3 against the Stockton Heat at the Citizens Bank Arena. A wild third period saw two goals from Stockton and three from Ontario, including the game-winner at 19:07 from Andrew Crescenzi. Matt Luff found the back of the net two times in the win.
Closing out the year on New Year’s Eve, Ontario lost to the Tucson Roadrunners, 2-1, scoring its only goal from Philippe Maillet with just under two minutes to go in the match.
The Reign will get two more chances at the first-place Roadrunners this weekend.
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