REIGN FINAL – Reign 0, Silver Knights 2 – Lord, Guttman

The Ontario Reign (1-1-1-0) fell to the Henderson Silver Knights (1-1-1-0) Friday night by a final score of 2-0 in front of 6,468 at Toyota Arena. The Reign will host the Colorado Eagles on Sunday, Oct. 19th at 7 p.m. PST.

After a scoreless 40 minutes of play Tanner Lacynski gave the Silver Knights a 1-0 lead 70 seconds into the third period. Ontario was assessed two late penalties and Raphael Lavoie potted a five-on-three power-play score with 70 seconds left in regulation.

BOX SCORE

There was no score after the first period as each team had five shots. In the second period Henderson outshot Ontario 11-7 but the contest remained scoreless. The Reign had a five-on-three power-play in the early stages of the stanza for 1:13.

Tanner Lacynski broke through for the Silver Knights scoring an even strength unassisted goal 70 seconds into the third period. He located a loose puck in the right circle and spun around sending the puck into the back of the net. The Reign were assessed penalties at 16:51 and 17:45 sending the Silver Knight on a late five-on-three man advantage where Raphael Lavoie made it 2-0 with 70 seconds left in the contest from Luke Cormier and Jeremy Davies.

Postgame reactions from Andrew Lord and Cole Guttman are below –

Andrew Lord

Cole Guttman

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