Outdoor Classic: Bakersfield 3, Reign 2 (OT) + postgame notes/video

Bakersfield Condors 3, Ontario Reign 2 (OT)
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SOG: ONT 26, BAK 33
PP: ONT 0/2, BAK 0/3

ONT starters: G Jack Campbell, D Paul LaDue, D Kurtis MacDermid, LW Brett Sutter, C Mike Amadio, RW Jonny Brodzinski
BAK starters: G Laurent Brossoit, D Jordan Oesterle, D Mark Fraser, LW Joey LaLeggia, C Jujhar Khaira, RW Patrick Russell

FIRST PERIOD
1) ONT – Brett Sutter (8) (Jonny Brodzinski, Mike Amadio), 18:43

SECOND PERIOD
2) ONT – Justin Auger (7) (unassisted), :34

THIRD PERIOD
3) BAK – Mark Fayne (1) (Ryan Hamilton, Taylor Beck), 1:21
4) BAK – Josh Currie (6) (Scott Allen, David Musil), 17:43

OVERTIME
5) BAK – Griffin Reinhart (1) (unassisted), :46

VIDEO

POSTGAME NOTES

–The Reign dropped to 17-7-5-0 on the season and 2-0-1-0 against the Condors, who improved to 12-12-4-1. The Reign dropped to 9-2-5-0 on the road.

–Jack Campbell made his 14th consecutive start and saw his record fall to 14-3-3. He made 30 saves in the loss.

–Brett Sutter scored his eighth goal of the season in his 700th pro game.

–Justin Auger’s goal broke a 10-game drought for the winger.

–Both T.J. Hensick and Teddy Purcell saw their 7-game points streaks come to an end.

–The Reign were outshot 33-26 and Sean Backman led all players with seven shots on goal.

IN-GAME NOTES

–With 4:53 left in the first workers started trying to repair the stanchion near the Reign bench and instead of having the players wait through it, the first intermission was called. They will play the remaining time after intermission, have a brief break, then play the second.

(RAINY) PREGAME NOTES

–Here’s how the Reign aligned in rushes (through binoculars!):

Michael Mersch – T.J. Hensick – Teddy Purcell
Justin Auger – Adrian Kempe – Sean Backman
Brett Sutter – Mike Amadio – Jonny Brodzinski
Sam Herr – Andrew Crescenzi – Michael Latta

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

–Jack Campbell will start in net tonight, going up against Laurent Brossoit.

–Scratched for tonight: D Damir Sharipzianov, F Patrick Bjorkstrand, F Paul Bissonette (injured), F Joel Lowry (injured), F Daniel Ciampini and D Zach Trotman (injured).

–5:58 p.m. PT: Warmups are under way!

–5:32 p.m. PT: Start time has been pushed back to 6:30, which means warmups around 6. For now, the rain has subsided.

DELAYED! 6:30 PM START TIME. WE ARE PLAYING TONIGHT. #OutdoorClassic

— Bakersfield Condors (@Condors) January 8, 2017

–5:21 p.m. PT: Just watched the Zambonis exit the ice and proceed to dump out all the water they had at Bakersfield College’s Memorial Stadium’s 15-yard-line. Not great. Believe we should be getting an update soon as warmups are “scheduled” to start momentarily.

–5:15 p.m. PT: It’s raining. Pouring really. Two Zambonis on the ice just sucking up water, trying to keep the ice in playable shape. Kudos to them. Conversations up in the press box are about how last year’s Bakersfield-Stockton outdoor game was postponed due to rain.