Game 10: Reign 6, Iowa 5 (SO) + postgame notes/video

Ontario Reign 6, Iowa Wild 5 (SO)
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SOG: ONT 41, IA 28
PP: ONT 1/6, IA 0/4

ONT starters: G Anders Lindback, D Rob Scuderi, D Paul LaDue, LW Michael Mersch, C T.J. Hensick, RW Sean Backman
IA starters: G Steve Michalek, D Scott Czarnowczan, D Mike Weber, F Jordan Schroeder, F Alex Tuch, F Colton Beck

FIRST PERIOD
1) IA – Alex Tuch (2) (Jordan Schroeder, Colton Beck), 9:02
2) ONT – Adrian Kempe (3) (Mike Amadio), 18:17

SECOND PERIOD
3) IA – Maxime Fortunus (1) (Teemu Pulkkinen, Sam Anas), 1:18
4) ONT – Justin Auger (3) (Kurtis MacDermid), 1:33
5) IA SHG – Adam Gilmour (2) (Pat Cannone), 7:05
6) IA – Mario Lucia (3) (Marc Hagel, Gustav Olofsson), 12:25

THIRD PERIOD
7) ONT – Andrew Crescenzi (3) (unassisted), 5:57
8) ONT PPG – Paul LaDue (1) (Vincent LoVerde, Michael Mersch), 11:05
9) ONT – Mike Amadio (2) (Justin Auger, Kurtis MacDermid), 12:10
10) IA – Jeff Hoggan (2) (Teemu Pulkkinen, Pat Cannone), 19:41

OVERTIME
No scoring

SHOOTOUT
ONT goalie: Anders Lindback; IA goalie: Steve Michalek
ONT – Jonny Brodzinski, goal
IA – Grayson Downing, no goal
ONT – Adrian Kempe, no goal
IA – Sam Anas, goal
ONT – Michael Mersch, no goal
IA – Alex Tuch, no goal
ONT – T.J. Hensick, no goal
IA – Jordan Schroeder, no goal
ONT – Sean Backman, goal
IA – Teemu Pulkkinen, no goal

POSTGAME NOTES

–With the win the Reign improved to 4-3-3-0 and 3-2-2-0 on the road while Iowa dropped to 5-8-0-1 overall. The win halted the Reign’s three-game losing streak. They improved to 1-0-0-0 against Central Division teams and will face Rockford on Sunday at 2 p.m. PT.

–Goalie Anders Lindback played in his third game and stopped 23 of 28 shots and four of five shooters in the shootout for his first win of the season.

–With a goal and an assist each, Mike Amadio (2-1=3) and Justin Auger (1-2=3) have three points in the last two games. Kurtis MacDermid (2 assists) also had multi-point game.

–Paul LaDue was credited with his first AHL goal with his power play tally in the third period.

–The Reign outshot Iowa 41-28 and were led by Michael Mersch, Jonny Brodzinski and Justin Auger, who all had four SOG.

–Rob Scuderi played in his first game with the Reign and had no shots on goal and finished a minus-1.

–With an assist, captain Vincent LoVerde (4-5=9) moved into a tie with T.J. Hensick (3-6=9) for the Reign points lead.

–On special teams the Reign went 1-for-6 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.

–Ontario allowed its second shorthanded goal of the season on Adam Gilmour’s second period goal.

VIDEO

IN-GAME NOTES

Here’s how the Reign are aligned tonight:
Michael Mersch – T.J. Hensick – Sean Backman
Adrian Kempe – Mike Amadio – Jonny Brodzinski
Joel Lowry – Brett Sutter – Justin Auger
Paul Bissonnette – Andrew Crescenzi – Michael Latta

Rob Scuderi – Paul LaDue
Kurtis MacDermid – Vincent LoVerde
Alex Lintuniemi – Zac Leslie

PREGAME NOTES

–Scratched tonight for the Reign are F Sam Herr, F Patrick Bjorkstrand, D Damir Sharipzianov, D Zach Trotman (upper-body injury/did not travel), G Jonah Imoo (did not travel).

–Defenseman Rob Scuderi will make his Reign debut after being a healthy scratch the first nine games of the season. He’ll be paired with first-year pro Paul LaDue. Zach Trotman (upper-body) did not travel with the team due to an injury suffered Wednesday against San Antonio and will miss his first game of the season. “We feel with Scuds going in there’s some good experience there,” head coach Mike Stothers told Joey Zakrzewski today. “A great NHL career, maybe the helter-skelter play of the American Hockey League might take a little bit for him to get used to, and hasn’t played in a while.”

–Earlier in the day the Reign recalled goalie Jack Flinn from ECHL-Manchester due to the Kings recalling Jack Campbell on an emergency basis. Campbell will join the Kings in Winnipeg. Kings G Jeff Zatkoff (lower-body) removed himself from Friday’s loss vs. Ottawa in his first game back from a groin injury. Anders Lindback will make the start tonight, his third with the Reign as he looks for his first win of the season. The mood for Stothers is ever-changing in the ongoing goalie injuries/swapping so early this season: “It depends on what moment you catch me on,” Stothers told Joey Zakrzewski today. “There’s moments where I just laugh it off and say ‘holy smokes, we’re nine games into it and we’ve already experienced another first. And then there’s other moments where I get a little frustrated, but I try not to. … There’s nothing you can do about it. We’re here to help out the Kings. Nobody’s doing it on purpose. Nobody’s trying to have these situations – how it keeps happening though, there’s no explanation. We just try to deal with it and move on. … It’s endless, it just keeps continuing and who knows when it’s gonna stop. But, it’s a complete change from last year when you know that I just automatically wrote down Budaj for every game. Maybe it’s paybacks for me.”

–Brett Sutter is facing his former organization for the first time. The Reign acquired Sutter in February 2016 in a trade for Scott Sabourin.