March 19: Gulls 4, Reign 1 + postgame notes/video

San Diego Gulls 4, Ontario Reign 1
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SOG: ONT – 23; SD – 28
PP: ONT – 0/2; SD – 0/4

First Period
1) SD – Corey Tropp (13) (Matt Bailey), 1:25

Second Period
2) SD – Ondrej Kase (6) (unassisted), 1:33

Third Period
3) SD – Antoine Laganiere (11) (Corey Tropp, Shea Theodore), 9:37
4) ONT – Derek Forbort (1) (Adrian Kempe, Jeff Schultz), 12:21
5) SD ENG – Stefan Noesen (9) (unassisted), 19:47

Ontario Reign (37-14-4-1, .705 win %) vs. San Diego Gulls (32-21-2-2, .596)
Saturday, March 19, 2016, 6 p.m. PT
Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA
Referee: #34 Stephen Reneau
Linesmen: #98 John Grandt, #33 Mike Voyer
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ONT starters: G Peter Budaj, D Nick Ebert, D Jeff Schultz, LW Adrian Kempe, C Brett Sutter, RW Jonny Brodzinski
ONT scratches: D Vincent LoVerde, D Zach Leslie, F Matt Leitner, F Paul Bissonnette

SD starters: G Anton Khudobin, D Brandon Montour, D Jaycob Megna, LW Nic Kerdiles, C Chris Wagner, RW Stefan Noesen
SD scratches: F Chris Mueller, G Dustin Tokarski, D Martin Gernat, D Joe Piskula, F Kyle MacKinnon, F Tim Jackman

Also …

–The Gulls went up 1-0 when Corey Tropp chased down the puck after his shot from the right circle, banging it by Peter Budaj. Video courtesy of ieProSports:

.@ontarioreign trail @SDGullsAHL 1-0 after 1st on funky G by @CTropp25 #AHL pic.twitter.com/xQLtY3Rbpe

— ieProSports (@ieProSports) March 20, 2016

–Another period, another early goal surrendered by the Reign in the second. Ondrej Kase stripped the puck from Kevin Gravel and beat Budaj low from the right circle:

.@ontarioreign turnover leads to @SDGullsAHL G by @ondrej_kase, Reign down 2-0 after 2nd. #AHL pic.twitter.com/YAdz3BUeZz

— ieProSports (@ieProSports) March 20, 2016

–The Reign gave up goals in the first two minutes of each the first and second periods.

–The Gulls are the only team the Reign have a losing record against this season at 3-4-1-1. The Gulls improved to 7-3-0-0 in the head-to-head this season.

–The first line of Michael Mersch (minus-4), Nic Dowd (minus-3), Sean Backman (minus-3) finished a combined minus-10.

–Peter Budaj made his 12th straight start, stopping 24 shots as his record dropped to 35-11-4.

–Anton Khudobin, who does not have a shutout this season, saw his bid end with 7:29 left in the third period on Derek Forbort’s first goal of the season.

.@derek4bort scores first G of yr, but @ontarioreign fall 4-1 to @SDGullsAHL. #AHL pic.twitter.com/HgN29DPbZ0

— ieProSports (@ieProSports) March 20, 2016

–Backman’s three-game point streak was snapped.

–Here are full highlights of the game: