Live Blog: Reign at Monsters – 10/27/17

Ontario Reign 4 (0-6-0-0) vs. Cleveland Monsters 7 (2-2-1-0)
Game #6
Friday, October 27, 2016, 4 p.m. PT
Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH
Referees: Reid Anderson, Tim Mayer
Linesmen: Bevan Mills, Denis Urban

Box score
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3rd Period:
– ONT Penalty: Holding against Justin Auger 1:52 into frame. First power play for Cleveland.
– CLE Goal: Paul Bittner draws call & G to bench. Calvin Thurkauf deflects Bittner shot for 5-2 lead. 6on5 delayed call goal. 5:23 of 3rd.
– ONT Penalty: 14:13 left in 3rd and Sean Walker takes hook to prevent breakaway on Petersen. 5-2 lead for CLE.
– Walker out of the box. Monsters 0/2 on the power play tonight.
– Good pressure for the Reign. Theissen caught wandering, but CLE blocking all chances. 5-3 CLE lead with 9:09 left in 3rd.
– ONT Penalty: Jamie Devane hooks Jordan Schroeder with 8:44 left in 3rd. 3rd PK for ONT.
– ONT Goal: Great shot by Brett Sutter shorthanded. Picked top right corner on Theissen with 7:27 left in 3rd. 5-3 CLE. 1st SHG of season.
– CLE Goal: Fantastic passing by the Monsters and Vingeault finds Thurkauf for his second goal of the game. 6-3 CLE at 15:55 of 3rd period.
– Rough stuff. Gravel boarded by Hodgson. Gravel jumps back up, drops gloves and goes right after Hodgson. Both go to penalty box.
– Hodgson will pick up an additional 2 minutes of penalty time, so PP for ONT with 2:52 left in the game. Petersen pulled for extra man.
– ONT Goal: Slam dunk for Mike Mersch on top of crease from Hensick. 2nd PPG for ONT tonight. 6-2 CLE with 1:20 left. Petersen back in net.
– CLE Penalty: Justin Scott slashes stick of LaDue with 38 seconds left. ONT back on PP. 2/4 tonight. Down by two.
– CLE Goal: Tyler Motte completes hat trick with empty-net goal with seconds to play.

2nd Period:
– Cal Petersen replaces Jack Campbell in goal for the Reign. Campbell made nine saves in the first period.
– Crescenzi banged up and returns to bench. Medical staff taking a look. Will keep an eye on him.
– Reign Goal: Defenseman Sean Walker sneaks in his first pro goal with 15:13 left in 2nd period. Thiessen not happy.
-Lintuniemi draws a hooking call against CLE, but refs call ONT defenseman for embellishment. 4on4 hockey with 13:56 left in 2nd. 3-1 CLE
– CLE Penalty: John Ramage heads to the box for tripping with 11:13 left in 2nd. ONT goes on 2nd PP. 0/1 & trail 3-1.
– 5on3 coming up for ONT. Cam Gaunce off for crosschecking. 5on3 for 1:43.
– LaDue hits the post. Maillet gives a perfect one-time feed. Reign pressuring.
– Reign Goal: Kevin Gravel grabs 1st PP marker for ONT. 5on4 score high blocker on Theissen. 3-2 CLE at 10:49 of 2nd.
– CLE Goal: Tyler Motte takes puck away from ONT D and walks in front of Petersen. Knocks in his own rebound. 7:18 left in 2nd. 4-2 CLE
– CLE close to reclaiming 3-goal lead. Campber catches Petersen off guard from below goal line. Petersen holds tight with seconds left in 2nd.

1st Period:

Photos: A closer look at the 1st period. ONT trailing 3-0 to CLE pic.twitter.com/yCA6rcgMgZ

— Joey Zakrzewski (@ReignInsider) October 27, 2017

– CLE: Goal. Leslie beat by Motte down right wing and chips over glove of Campbell 1:23 into the game.
– Monsters continue to buzz in front of Campbell. Two quality chances chip wide. 1-0 CLE w/ 16:38 to go.
– CLE Goal: Reign caught running around in own zone. Imama and Lintuniemi cough up puck. CLE cashes in. 2-0 with 14:33 left in 1st. Justin Scott with the second tally for CLE. Brett Gallant and John Ramage with assists.
– Monsters take 2-0 lead into first media timeout. 13:56 left in opening frame.
– Reign lose puck in own zone. Sam Vigneault all alone on Campbell, but denied by left pad.
– Reign with two shots on Brad Thiessen with 11:24 left in first.
– Sam Herr earns ONT best chance of game. D Andre Beniot turns over to Sam between circle. Denied by pads of Thiessen.
– CLE Penalty: Brady Austin takes a seat with 6:49 left in 1st. Cross checking. 2-0 CLE
– Shorthanded goal CLE. Jordan Schroeder catches Joe Pendenza breakaway feed & dances around Campbell. 5:05 left 1st. 3-0 CLE. ONT calls TO
– ONT Hensick and CLE Kukan flagged for penalties late in the first period. Slashing to both. 19:17 the time. 3-0 CLE lead. 4on4 hockey
– 1st period comes to a close. ONT down to CLE 3-0. 1:17 of 4on4 to start 2nd frame.

Pregame:
ONT Starters: Gravel, LaDue, Luff, Hensick, Brodzinski, Campbell
CLE Starters: Ramage, Schroeder, Gaunce, Broadhurst, Pendenza, Thiessen

ONT Scratches: Zatkoff, Iverson, Falkovsky

A closer look at tonight’s @ontarioreign projected lines vs. @monstershockey pic.twitter.com/PIJMLV2pii

— Joey Zakrzewski (@ReignInsider) October 27, 2017