THIS WEEK’S GAMES
Saturday, Dec. 27 at San Jose | 6 p.m. (PST) 

LAST WEEK’S GAMES
Wednesday, Dec. 17
ONT (4) at BAK (0) 
Full Recap
Box Score
Ontario earned their first shutout of the season as Isaiah Saville made 19 saves for his second career AHL shutout. Martin Chromiak scored a pair of goals including a power-play marker giving Ontario a 1-0 lead late in the first period. Andre Lee increased the lead to 3-0 in the early stages of the second period 71 seconds after Chromiak notched his second of the game while Kirill Kirsanov made it 4-0 early into the final frame. Glenn Gawdin notched a pair of assists collecting his 200th career AHL assist while Taylor Ward also finished the game with two helpers. 

Saturday, Dec. 20
ONT (3) vs. SJ (4) SO
Full Recap
Box Score
Highlights
Martin Chromiak made the Teddy Bears fly in an eventful first period with the score tied at 2-2 through the opening 20 minutes. Andre Lee finished the night with a pair of goals and an assist. His short-handed score gave the Reign a 2-1 lead late in the first while he scored with Isaiah Saville pulled with 43 seconds left in regulation to force extra hockey. Egor Afanasyev who scored a pair of goals in regulation provided the game winner in the shootout. 

Sunday, Dec. 21 
ONT (3) vs. SJ (6) 
Full Recap
Box Score
Highlights
Koehn Ziemmer and Jared Wright each scored a goal and tallied an assist for the Reign in the loss while Jack Hughes scored his second goal of the season. Glenn Gawdin picked up an assist extending his point streak to six-games. Jacob Doty appeared in the lineup for the first time since Nov. 4 after missing the last 16 games with an injury and finished the contest with 17 penalty minutes including a fighting major. Mattias Shollmade his AHL debut making 21 saves. 

PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS
1. Colorado Eagles (26GP, 19-6-0-1, 39pts, 0.750%)
2. San Jose Barracuda (28GP, 17-9-1-1, 36pts, 0.643%)
3. Ontario Reign (27GP, 16-9-1-1, 34pts, 0.630%)
4. Calgary Wranglers (30GP, 14-10-5-1, 34pts, 0.567%)
5. Coachella Valley Firebirds (26GP, 14-8-4-0, 32pts, 0.615%)
6. Bakersfield Condors (27GP, 13-9-5-0, 31pts, 0.574%)
7. Henderson Silver Knights (26GP, 13-10-3-0, 29pts, 0.558%)
8. San Diego Gulls (26GP, 11-8-6-1, 29pts, 0.558%)
9. Tucson Roadrunners (26GP, 10-12-4-0, 24pts, 0.462%)
10. Abbotsford Canucks (28GP, 8-15-2-3, 21pts, 0.375%)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
December 26: Tim Rego recalled from loan assignment from Greenville.
                            Parker Berge recalled from loan assignment from Greenville.

December 22: Joe Hicketts loaned to Canadian National Team for Spengler Cup. 

December 19: Keaton Mastrodonato recalled from loan assignment from Greenville.

December 16: Pheonix Copley recalled from loan assignment by LA. 
                          Mattias Sholl recalled from loan assignment from Greenville. 

UPCOMING MILESTONES
#7 Kyle Burroughs is three assists shy of 100 pro assists and seven points shy of 100 career AHL points. 

#21 Glenn Gawdin is one game shy of 100 with Ontario.

#26 Andre Lee is one games shy of 200 pro games. 

#37 Jacob Doty is four games shy of 200 with Ontario.

#59 Nikita Alexandrov is one point shy of 150 career AHL points and three assists shy of 100 pro assists. He is four games shy of 200 pro games. 

AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS
#8 Martin Chromiak is tied for fifth with five power-play goals and tied for seventh with 11 goals. 

#17 Kenny Connors is tied for third among rookies at +13 which is tied for seventh among all skaters. 

#21 Glenn Gawdin is tied for ninth with 15 assists. 

#26 Andre Lee is tied for fifth with five power-play goals, tied for seventh with 11 goals, and tied for ninth with 23 points.  

#34 Taylor Ward is tied for seventh with 11 goals. 

#78 Jared Wright is tied for second among rookies at +14 which is tied for sixth among all skaters. 

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
#1 Erik Portillo (5-1-1, 2.26, .915) was injured on 11/12 and has missed 13 straight games.

#7 Kyle Burroughs (18GP, 1-6-7, +8, 10PIMS) has played in 18 games since making his debut on Nov. 4 as the Reign are 11-6-0-1 with him in the lineup. He has been an even or plus rating in 12 straight games. 

#8 Martin Chromiak (27GP, 11-9-20, +2, 8PIMS) has three goals in his last three games and has 16 points (8G, 8A) in his last 15 games. He is tied for the team lead with eight power-play points (5G, 3A) The Reign are 9-3-0-1 when he records a point. 

#10 Otto Salin (16GP, 1-0-1, -3, 16PIMS) has been a healthy scratch the last two games after skating in nine of the previous 10 games. 

#13 Koehn Ziemmer (19GP, 2-6-8, +5, 9PIMS) snapped a 12-game goal-less drought on Sunday scoring a goal and an assist last Sunday for his second multi-point game of the season. He has four points (1G, 3A) in his last eight games and has appeared in 16 of the last 17 games. 

#17 Kenny Connors (27GP, 6-9-15, +13, 15PIMS) is pointless in his last five games after a three-game point streak. 

#19 Kiril Kirsanov (24GP, 3-2-5, +3, 4PIMS) has three goals in his last five games. 

#21 Glenn Gawdin (27GP, 6-15-21, -1, 37PIMS) has a six-game point streak (3G, 5A) and has 15 points (5G, 10A) in his last 16 games. He is tied for the team lead with five multi-point games and the Reign are 10-5-0-1 when he records a point. 

#22 Kaleb Lawrence (2GP, 0-1-1, +2, 0PIMS) has missed 25 straight games with an injury.

#24 Angus Booth (17GP, 1-5-6, +3, 10PIMS) has four assists in his last seven games. He has appeared in 15 straight games after missing 10 of the first 12 with an injury. 

#26 Andre Lee (27GP, 11-12-23, +6, 22PIMS) has three goals and an assist in his last three games and has 16 points (8G, 8A) in his last 16 games. He is tied for the team lead with eight power-play points (5G, 3A) and five multi-point games. Ontario is 13-2-1-1 when he records a point. 

#27 Joe Hicketts (27GP, 3-9-12, -6, 25PIMS) is the only Reign defensemen to have appeared in every game this season. 

#33 Mattias Sholl (1GP, 0-1-0, 4.05, .840) made his AHL debut on Sunday making 21 saves on 25 shots suffering the loss.

#34 Taylor Ward (27GP, 12-7-18, -2, 21PIMS) has eight points (4G, 4A) in his last 12 games. The Reign are 9-1-0 when he scores a goal and 12-1-0 when he records a point. 

#37 Jacob Doty (9GP, 0-1-1, +1, 33PIMS) appeared in the lineup last Sunday for the first time since Nov. 4 after missing the previous after missing 16 games with an injury. He recorded his team leading third fighting major of the season Sunday. 

#45 Jack Millar (13GP, 0-2-2, +2, 7PIMS) has missed 14 straight games with an injury. 

#46 Kenta Isogai (5GP, 0-0-0, 0, 2PIMS) has played in three straight games. 

#47 Jack Hughes (22GP, 2-5-7, +1, 16PIMS) snapped a 16-game goal-less drought on Sunday and has two points (1G, 1A) in his last three games. 

#49 Isaiah Saville (5GP, 4-1-1, 2.27, .888) picked up his second career shutout in Bakersfield last Wednesday making 19 saves. He has started three of the last four games. 

#55 Jakub Dvořák (19GP, 2-1-3, +8, 10PIMS) has played six straight games. 

#58 Samuel Bolduc (26GP, 4-9-13, +2, 14PIMS) has seven assists in his last 10 games and has been an even or plus rating in eight straight games. 

#59 Nikita Alexandrov (26GP, 6-14-20, -10, 10PIMS) has six points (3G, 3A) in eight games for Ontario and has an assist in three straight games.  

#71 Francesco Pinelli (23GP, 4-8-12, +4, 14PIMS) was injured last Wednesday in Bakersfield and has missed two straight games. 

#78 Jared Wright (27GP, 6-5-11, +14, 7PIMS) scored a goal and added an assist last Sunday for his third multi-point game of the season. He has five points (1G, 4A) in his last seven games. 

#81 Cole Guttman (26GP, 5-11-16, +3, 29PIMS) saw his point streak end at eight-games last Wednesday. He was assessed a two-game suspension last Saturday for an illegal check to the head and will miss Ontario’s game in San Jose Saturday. 

#86 Aatu Jämsen (27GP, 4-4-8, -8, 18PIMS)

#91 Logan Brown (2GP, 0-0-0, -1, 2PIMS)

TEAM NOTES
RECORD: (16-9-1-1)
HOME: (9-3-1-1)
AWAY: (7-6-0-0)
GOALS FOR: 6th (90, 3.33)
GOALS AGAINST: 13th (78, 2.89)
SHOTS FOR: 29th (25.81)
SHOTS AGAINST: 5th (25.78)
POWER-PLAY: 16th (19/105, 18.1%)
PENALTY KILL: 21st (66/83, 79.5%)

STATISTICAL LEADERS
Goals: Taylor Ward, Martin Chromiak, Andre Lee (11) 
Assists: Glenn Gawdin (15) 
Points: Andre Lee (23)
Plus/Minus: Jared Wright (+14)
PIMS: Glenn Gawdin (37)
PPGS: Andre Lee, Martin Chromiak (5)
Shots: Nikita Alexandrov (63)
Wins: Pheonix Copley (7) 
GAA: Erik Portillo (2.26) 
SV%: Erik Portillo (.915) 

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