ONTARIO, CA. — It’s been two weeks since Ontario Reign’s first dwelling recreation, the place they welcomed again their followers with ay.
And within the second dwelling recreation of the season, the Reign would endure a 5-2 defeat to the Henderson Silver Knights on Saturday evening.
4 totally different gamers scored for the Silver Knights, however their protection could be probably the most notable, as they didn’t enable Ontario to get right into a constant, offensive rhythm.
“There ought to be no excuse,” Ontario captain Joe Hicketts stated. “It’s a house recreation early within the season … It’s an enormous recreation. It could appear early within the yr, however these are huge factors and invaluable division video games and it’s simply disappointing that it’s now two (losses) at dwelling.”
Henderson goalie Carl Lindbom performed the primary two durations, saving 9 of 10 pictures.
Cameron Whitehead guarded the online for the Silver Knights within the ultimate interval and saved 7 of 8 pictures.
Ontario had eight penalties, with six of them being energy play alternatives for Henderson.
Fortunately for the Reign, they killed all six penalties. However having eight infractions within the first place is a self-discipline problem that wants fixing.
“We now have to get away from the hooks and journeys and slashes,” Hicketts stated. “If we’re going to take a boarding penalty or roughing, sticking up for a teammate – I’m all for that. However now we have to do away with the ticky-tack stuff that’s consistently sending us to the (penalty) field.”
The opening interval was lackluster from the Reign, taking 4 pictures and three penalties was not the way in which to start out your fifth recreation of the season.
Jackson Hallum could be the primary to search out the again of the online 1:13 into interval two with assists from Viliam Kmec and Matyas Sapovaliv.
And fewer than two minutes later, Mitch McLain’s first objective of the season would give Henderson a 2-0 lead.
Hicketts scored a shorthanded penalty shot to place the Reign down by one, but it surely didn’t fairly give the momentum the crew or followers had been on the lookout for.
In Aatu Jämsen’s one centesimal AHL recreation, he scored a power-play objective for his first of the season, however the Silver Knights would rating three extra occasions.
Alexander Holtz discovered the again of the online with an help from Jonas Røndbjerg 38 seconds into the ultimate interval whereas each McLain and Jakub Demek scored empty-net objectives to present the Reign a 0-2 dwelling report to start out the season.
“(It’s a) actually irritating evening,” Ontario coach Andrew Lord stated. “Clearly solely 5 video games into the yr, however a extremely disappointing evening via and thru. Just about from begin to end.”
Ontario goalie Hampton Slukynsky saved 22 of 25 pictures as he earns his second loss this season.
The Reign (3-2-0; 6 factors) will host the Calgary Wranglers (5-2-0; 10 factors) on Tuesday October 11 at 7 p.m at Toyota Enviornment.
