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Ontario Reign: #FancyStats 1st Half Review

Nelson Emerson dishes on the development of Kempe, Zykov, Dowd, Gravel & other prospects + 1st half Reign scoring chance, Corsi & faceoff figures.

Here are estimated Ontario Reign even strength scoring chance, ES Corsi, and all situations faceoff counts at the halfway point of the season.

But before we get to those, Nelson Emerson, Kings Director of Player Development, was kind enough to share his thoughts about some Reign prospects.

Emerson on Justin Auger, who scored five goals in the 12 games that Michael Mersch missed:

We're now expecting a lot from him. I think last year, we were kind of like, "Wow, way to go Augsy. You had a great year. It was a little surprising." But now, we're in the position where, "Well, let's go. We expect this out of you. We expect you to be a contributor. We expect you to be a solid performer. Be a top guy for us down here. A real good prospect."

Expectations are a little higher for him now. We're going to demand that from him. I think lately, he's kind of put that upon himself and is succeeding.

Emerson on Jonny Brodzinski, who had just 14 individual even strength scoring chances in his first 17 games...and 26 such chances in his last 15:

Brods came in, a college kid who probably wasn't real familiar with the American Hockey League and how it works. I think he realized real soon, that geez, there's a lot of great players down here. Now that he's gone through the league once, I think he's really getting comfortable with the pace of the play. I think his skating has really picked up over the last three weeks. And you can see it in his game.

And I tell you, he can shoot the puck at the top level of players who can score. So it's only a matter of time, I really believe, before he gets on a roll.

Emerson on Nic Dowd, who leads all Ontario forwards with 1,032 Corsi events (following him is Sean Backman with 890):

Nic's progressed into a great player. There's nights where he's the best player on the ice for either team. So that's his challenge now: When he goes on the ice, he needs to be a leader. He needs to be not only the top player for our team, but the top player on the ice of all 40 players. A lot of nights he is. That's special...he's right there on the cusp. So now we got to get him to that next level.

Emerson on Nick Ebert, who leads most-used Reign defensemen with a 58.0 Corsi For %:

He's still got to realize that it's not a sprint. It's a process...one thing with him is game to game, he's got to stay focused. He's got to realize that he can't get out of rhythm. He's got to understand what's in front of him. Let the game play in front of him and not lose focus.

Emerson on Kevin Gravel, who has seen 1,161 Corsi events this season, the most of any Ontario player (trailing him is Vincent LoVerde at 1,059):

Gravs has been great. He's a real leader and his game is blossoming. I know he's depended on down here. His offense is really on the upswing. He's hard to play against because he's got a long reach, a long stick. He's big, he's lanky. He passes the puck at the correct speeds. As a forward, you like D that know how to pass pucks to you, make it comfortable for you.

We're going to keep talking to him about being quick to close...His strength. He needs to keep working in the weight room.

Emerson on Adrian Kempe, who has a 62.1 Corsi For % in his last nine games, after a 46.6% mark in the first quarter of the season:

He was able to be with us when this team won last year, so that really helped him. Not just winning, but getting to know the players and the coaches. He came here, and he's got a little strut to him. He knows he's expected to be a good player in this league. I think he takes it upon himself each night to make sure that that happens.

And with him [and Zykov], we're going to keep pushing them to better themselves. To be an NHL'er, to be a long-time NHL'er, it takes commitment, strength, and usually a lot of history of how the game works. That's what they're going through now.

[That strut] is just something that he has...he realizes that he's capable of doing positive things. And it's good to see. Because he's got a confidence about him.

Emerson on Zac Leslie:

Zac's finally getting in the rotation now. He's a dynamic player, he's quick. He provides offense. We don't have a lot of players like him, not only here, but even in our organization. If he can...not allow [the offensive emphasis] to affect us negatively, then he can be a real asset. We're going to continue to work on him to play his position, to play his side of the ice...everything should go from there.

Emerson on Joel Lowry:

Joel's been great. What a tough situation coming in, not playing, injury, had to wait so long to get in. I know it's tough for him the first couple games. He was almost out a whole year.

Now you've seen over the last 10 days, a lot of little things he does that make him effective. Little nuances of a player that kind of go unnoticed, that we really, really like. It going to take time. I hope he doesn't get too frustrated. He's still got to put the time in and get comfortable. He's on his way though, he sure is.

Emerson on Kurtis MacDermid, who perhaps surprisingly, is third among most-used defensemen in shot attempts per game with 2.5 (Ebert leads at 4.0, Gravel follows at 3.5):

The kid's driven. He's a kid that has maybe turned a lot of heads this year with his play. Give him credit. He's going to do whatever he can to be an NHL'er, and that's what's awesome about him. He tries as hard as he can, and he's really moved up himself in a lot of people's eyes.

I got a lot of respect for him. Never count that kid out. Cause he's just starting, he's going to get a lot better. He's...becoming a great pro in this league. He's young and determined...he's just going to continue to keep going upward.

[He has to keep working on his] movements. His passing. Not getting frustrated.

Emerson on Valentin Zykov:

Zykov, it's interesting. He's a kid, this is his first year as a professional. So I think those guys come in and they're not really sure what to expect. I think we saw that with Z. He came to training camp, and it was all new to him. It took him a little while to grasp how that all works. He came down to Ontario here, and geez, he had a heck of a start for the first couple weeks of the season. He was really on and things were really going good with him.

But then, you know, as a professional, there's peaks and valleys to a season. And that's what you're seeing with him now. He's going through a little tougher time where he's not scoring. I think as a young kid that weighs on you. We've all been through it. He's just got to work his way through it himself.

Team Even Strength Corsi/Scoring Chances

GP SCF SCA SCF% CF CA CF%
ONT 34 399 288 58.08% 1729 1407 55.13%

These were figures from the first quarter of the season:

GP SCF SCA SCF% CF CA CF%
ONT 17 199 147 57.51% 854 729 53.95%

Individual Even Strength Corsi/Scoring Chances

Number Player GP iSCF CF CA CF%
3 D. Forbort 7 1 155 91 63.01%
4 K. Gravel 34 8 628 533 54.09%
5 V. LoVerde 34 9 568 491 53.64%
6 J. McBain 3 3 80 49 62.02%
7 V. Zykov 32 29 470 283 62.42%
8 Z. Leslie 15 3 199 164 54.82%
9 A. Kempe 26 20 336 301 52.75%
10 D. Army 8 11 123 75 62.12%
11 K. Newbury 14 18 215 148 59.23%
12 J. Brodzinski 32 40 392 337 53.77%
13 C. Gogol 7 0 38 32 54.29%
14 D. Arnold 4 3 38 40 48.72%
15 P. Bissonnette 22 5 129 106 54.89%
16 S. Backman 34 36 503 387 56.52%
17 K. Miller 1 0 9 0 100.00%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 30 33 347 323 51.79%
20 K. MacDermid 24 1 334 298 52.85%
21 A. Crescenzi 33 20 385 387 49.87%
23 N. Ebert 24 2 436 316 57.98%
24 R. Horvat 32 13 296 274 51.93%
25 S. Sabourin 25 13 209 213 49.53%
26 N. Dowd 34 45 612 420 59.30%
27 M. Mersch 22 50 444 257 63.34%
28 J. Lowry 17 2 137 136 50.18%
33 K. Raine 31 1 459 395 53.75%
39 J. Auger 34 30 403 421 48.91%
55 J. Schultz 33 2 572 466 55.11%

If you'd like to compare to earlier in the season, check out my first quarter review.

Faceoffs

Recorded from October 31, 2015 on:

Name FOW FOL FO%
A. Kempe 35 58 37.6%
D. Army 41 57 41.8%
K. Newbury 73 65 52.9%
A. Crescenzi 228 165 58.0%
R. Horvat 85 91 48.3%
N. Dowd 339 255 57.1%

Past Reign #FancyStats Recaps

Week 1: Ontario Opens on Top

Week 2: Mashing Manitoba

Week 3: Sweet Home Ontario

Week 4-5: Ontario Rolls On

Week 6: Ontario Hiccups

1st Quarter Review

Week 9: Ontario Revoir, Mike

Week 10-12: Ontario Owns California...Almost

12/29/15

Budaj makes 39 saves and Brodzinski notches both goals as Ontario survives a 2-1 scorcher in Stockton.

[Highlights]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 TOTAL
ONT 7 7 3 17
STK 6 4 3 13

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 TOTAL
ONT 28 26 13 67
STK 17 16 21 54

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
K. Newbury 5 11 31.3%
P. Bissonnette 1 0 100.0%
A. Crescenzi 7 5 58.3%
R. Horvat 4 1 80.0%
N. Dowd 12 7 63.2%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
4 K. Gravel 26 16 61.9%
5 V. LoVerde 20 14 58.8%
7 V. Zykov 22 13 62.9%
8 Z. Leslie 21 16 56.8%
11 K. Newbury 25 13 65.8%
12 J. Brodzinski 16 13 55.2%
13 C. Gogol 1 3 25.0%
15 P. Bissonnette 6 3 66.7%
16 S. Backman 25 12 67.6%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 15 16 48.4%
21 A. Crescenzi 14 18 43.8%
23 N. Ebert 28 21 57.1%
24 R. Horvat 10 4 71.4%
26 N. Dowd 22 21 51.2%
28 J. Lowry 22 24 47.8%
33 K. Raine 20 19 51.3%
39 J. Auger 20 22 47.6%
55 J. Schultz 19 22 46.3%

Lines

Ontario Reign

16 Backman - 11 Newbury - 7 Zykov

28 Lowry - 26 Dowd - 39 Auger

18 Samuels-Thomas - 21 Crescenzi - 12 Brodzinski

15 Bissonnette - 24 Horvat - 13 Gogol

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

4 Gravel - 33 Raine

55 Schultz - 23 Ebert

31 Budaj

29 Houser

Stockton Heat

32 Lomberg - 27 Grant - 21 Poirier

15 Agostino - 11 Hamilton - 18 Klimchuk

48 Van Brabant - 22 Heard - 20 Carroll

13 Elson - 46 Arnold - 34 Smith

6 Stevenson - 2 Kulak

4 Kylington - 33 Nakladal

5 Wotherspoon - 10 Sieloff

31 Ortio

30 Simpson

12/31/15

The Heat set the Reign's New Year's Eve's plans ablaze + this 4-1 loss ends in a way I've never seen.

[Recap]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 TOTAL
STK 3 1 5 9
ONT 1 2 4 7

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 TOTAL
STK 22 11 15 48
ONT 14 16 18 48

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
K. Newbury 6 7 46.2%
A. Crescenzi 8 4 66.7%
R. Horvat 2 5 28.6%
N. Dowd 9 12 42.9%
J. Lowry 0 1 0.0%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
4 K. Gravel 11 25 30.6%
5 V. LoVerde 18 16 52.9%
7 V. Zykov 9 20 31.0%
8 Z. Leslie 18 15 54.5%
11 K. Newbury 8 8 50.0%
12 J. Brodzinski 21 12 63.6%
13 C. Gogol 6 6 50.0%
15 P. Bissonnette 6 4 60.0%
16 S. Backman 12 9 57.1%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 7 12 36.8%
21 A. Crescenzi 8 19 29.6%
23 N. Ebert 18 7 72.0%
24 R. Horvat 14 7 66.7%
26 N. Dowd 18 14 56.3%
28 J. Lowry 12 14 46.2%
33 K. Raine 13 24 35.1%
39 J. Auger 20 15 57.1%
55 J. Schultz 18 8 69.2%

Lines

Ontario Reign

28 Lowry - 11 Newbury - 16 Backman

39 Auger - 26 Dowd - 12 Brodzinski

18 Samuels-Thomas - 21 Crescenzi - 7 Zykov

13 Gogol - 24 Horvat - 15 Bissonnette

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

4 Gravel - 33 Raine

55 Schultz - 23 Ebert

31 Budaj

29 Houser

Stockton Heat

32 Lomberg - 27 Grant - 13 Elson

15 Agostino - 11 Hamilton - 18 Klimchuk

48 Van Brabant - 22 Heard - 20 Carroll

34 Smith - 46 Arnold - 21 Poirier

6 Stevenson - 2 Kulak

4 Kylington - 33 Nakladal

5 Wotherspoon - 10 Sieloff

31 Ortio

30 Simpson

1/2/15

Ontario holds a 70%+ edge in both shot attempts and scoring chances but are doubled up 4-2 by the Checkers.

[Recap]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 TOTAL
CHA 2 1 0 3
ONT 2 1 8 11

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 TOTAL
CHA 11 7 5 23
ONT 17 17 20 54

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
D. Army 6 10 37.5%
J. Brodzinski 0 1 0.0%
A. Crescenzi 7 5 58.3%
R. Horvat 2 6 25.0%
N. Dowd 17 8 68.0%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
4 K. Gravel 11 15 42.3%
5 V. LoVerde 19 8 70.4%
7 V. Zykov 17 3 85.0%
8 Z. Leslie 20 9 69.0%
10 D. Army 19 3 86.4%
12 J. Brodzinski 18 5 78.3%
13 C. Gogol 8 4 66.7%
15 P. Bissonnette 5 7 41.7%
16 S. Backman 20 4 83.3%
21 A. Crescenzi 2 9 18.2%
23 N. Ebert 24 2 92.3%
24 R. Horvat 13 6 68.4%
25 S. Sabourin 8 6 57.1%
26 N. Dowd 20 5 80.0%
28 J. Lowry 4 9 30.8%
33 K. Raine 11 11 50.0%
39 J. Auger 23 5 82.1%
55 J. Schultz 23 1 95.8%

Lines

Ontario Reign

16 Backman - 10 Army - 7 Zykov

39 Auger - 26 Dowd - 12 Brodzinski

28 Lowry - 21 Crescenzi - 15 Bissonnette

13 Gogol - 24 Horvat - 25 Sabourin

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

4 Gravel - 33 Raine

55 Schultz - 23 Ebert

31 Budaj

29 Houser

Charlotte Checkers

7 McGinn - 10 Ryan - 16 Tolchinsky

21 Woods - 12 Sutter - 24 Brown

33 Karlsson - 15 Hensick - 38 Wohlberg

11 Boychuk - 14 Shugg - 18 Hagel

4 Lowe - 9 Biega

2 Rissanen - 6 Murphy

27 Chelios - 36 Cornell

1 Tirronen

31 Altshuller

1/3/16

Mired in a 12 goals in eight games scoring slump, the Reign are whitewashed by Charlotte 2-0.

[Recap]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 TOTAL
CHA 2 1 0 3
ONT 3 2 6 11

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 TOTAL
CHA 13 10 5 28
ONT 18 13 16 47

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
D. Army 4 6 40.0%
A. Crescenzi 13 6 68.4%
R. Horvat 7 2 77.8%
N. Dowd 14 10 58.3%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
4 K. Gravel 16 18 47.1%
5 V. LoVerde 18 7 72.0%
7 V. Zykov 13 4 76.5%
8 Z. Leslie 15 8 65.2%
10 D. Army 21 8 72.4%
12 J. Brodzinski 17 7 70.8%
15 P. Bissonnette 4 3 57.1%
16 S. Backman 17 8 68.0%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 9 5 64.3%
21 A. Crescenzi 12 2 85.7%
23 N. Ebert 16 6 72.7%
24 R. Horvat 3 11 21.4%
25 S. Sabourin 3 9 25.0%
26 N. Dowd 15 7 68.2%
28 J. Lowry 11 13 45.8%
33 K. Raine 14 15 48.3%
39 J. Auger 18 7 72.0%
55 J. Schultz 15 2 88.2%

Lines

Ontario Reign

16 Backman - 10 Army - 7 Zykov

39 Auger - 26 Dowd - 12 Brodzinski

18 Samuels-Thomas - 21 Crescenzi - 15 Bissonnette

28 Lowry - 24 Horvat - 25 Sabourin

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

4 Gravel - 33 Raine

55 Schultz - 23 Ebert

31 Budaj

29 Houser

Charlotte Checkers

21 Woods - 12 Sutter - 24 Brown

33 Karlsson - 15 Hensick - 14 Shugg

11 Boychuk - 38 Wohlberg - 18 Hagel

25 Werek - 10 Ryan - 16 Tolchinsky

5 Carrick - 9 Biega

2 Rissanen - 6 Murphy

27 Chelios - 4 Lowe

31 Altshuller

1 Tirronen

1/5/16

Gravel snaps the team's three-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime winner over Texas.

[Recap]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 OT TOTAL
TEX 4 6 4 1 15
ONT 4 1 3 1 9

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 OT TOTAL
TEX 26 15 13 1 55
ONT 18 10 14 4 46

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
D. Army 5 4 55.6%
P. Bissonnette 0 1 0.0%
J. Samuels-Thomas 1 0 100.0%
A. Crescenzi 14 3 82.4%
R. Horvat 1 1 50.0%
N. Dowd 10 12 45.5%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
4 K. Gravel 20 22 47.6%
5 V. LoVerde 12 24 33.3%
7 V. Zykov 12 19 38.7%
8 Z. Leslie 9 14 39.1%
10 D. Army 10 10 50.0%
12 J. Brodzinski 16 15 51.6%
15 P. Bissonnette 6 6 50.0%
16 S. Backman 10 13 43.5%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 11 16 40.7%
21 A. Crescenzi 12 18 40.0%
23 N. Ebert 18 16 52.9%
24 R. Horvat 6 10 37.5%
25 S. Sabourin 6 5 54.5%
26 N. Dowd 21 23 47.7%
28 J. Lowry 8 5 61.5%
33 K. Raine 13 16 44.8%
39 J. Auger 16 24 40.0%
55 J. Schultz 16 17 48.5%

Lines

Ontario Reign

28 Lowry - 10 Army - 16 Backman

39 Auger - 26 Dowd - 12 Brodzinski

18 Samuels-Thomas - 21 Crescenzi - 7 Zykov

15 Bissonnette - 24 Horvat - 25 Sabourin

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

4 Gravel - 33 Raine

55 Schultz - 23 Ebert

31 Budaj

29 Houser

Texas Stars

24 Hulak - 38 Dickinson - 27 Rallo

9 Elie - 10 Dowling - 20 Ritchie

16 McKenzie - 23 Morin - 19 Ranford

8 Kane - 14 Smith - 28 Stransky

3 Lindell - 6 Honka

5 Backman - 12 Blacker

17 Bystrom - 26 Mangene

40 Muse

30 Desrosiers

1/8/16

Ontario explodes with a pair each of even strength, power play, and shorthanded markers in a 6-1 shellacking of Stockton.

[Recap]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 TOTAL
STK 1 6 0 7
ONT 6 7 3 16

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 TOTAL
STK 14 13 17 44
ONT 18 26 16 60

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
D. Army 5 10 33.3%
A. Crescenzi 8 5 61.5%
R. Horvat 2 6 25.0%
N. Dowd 11 8 57.9%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
3 D. Forbort 24 14 63.2%
4 K. Gravel 22 13 62.9%
5 V. LoVerde 18 21 46.2%
7 V. Zykov 20 10 66.7%
8 Z. Leslie 14 15 48.3%
9 A. Kempe 22 10 68.8%
10 D. Army 22 11 66.7%
12 J. Brodzinski 12 12 50.0%
15 P. Bissonnette 7 7 50.0%
16 S. Backman 21 13 61.8%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 15 9 62.5%
21 A. Crescenzi 12 9 57.1%
24 R. Horvat 11 10 52.4%
26 N. Dowd 11 13 45.8%
28 J. Lowry 11 10 52.4%
33 K. Raine 20 10 66.7%
39 J. Auger 11 14 44.0%
55 J. Schultz 22 15 59.5%

Lines

Ontario Reign

9 Kempe - 10 Army - 16 Backman

39 Auger - 26 Dowd - 12 Brodzinski

18 Samuels-Thomas - 21 Crescenzi - 7 Zykov

28 Lowry - 24 Horvat - 15 Bissonnette

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

3 Forbort - 4 Gravel

55 Schultz - 33 Raine

31 Budaj

29 Houser

Stockton Heat

13 Elson - 27 Grant - 23 Shore

15 Agostino - 11 Hamilton - 9 Hathaway

48 Van Brabant - 32 Lomberg - 34 Smith

18 Klimchuk - 46 Arnold - 21 Poirier

6 Stevenson - 2 Kulak

4 Kylington - 33 Nakladal

5 Wotherspoon - 10 Sieloff

31 Ortio

39 Poulin

1/9/16

Ontario can't fight off the buzzards as Bakersfield reigns 4-0.

[Highlights]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 TOTAL
ONT 1 2 1 4
BAK 4 7 2 13

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 TOTAL
ONT 13 10 17 40
BAK 14 14 7 35

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
D. Army 4 10 28.6%
J. Brodzinski 1 0 100.0%
A. Crescenzi 6 4 60.0%
R. Horvat 2 6 25.0%
N. Dowd 8 11 42.1%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
3 D. Forbort 15 12 55.6%
4 K. Gravel 18 9 66.7%
5 V. LoVerde 11 9 55.0%
7 V. Zykov 9 9 50.0%
8 Z. Leslie 11 6 64.7%
9 A. Kempe 17 10 63.0%
10 D. Army 17 8 68.0%
12 J. Brodzinski 11 17 39.3%
15 P. Bissonnette 5 2 71.4%
16 S. Backman 15 6 71.4%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 10 6 62.5%
21 A. Crescenzi 9 6 60.0%
24 R. Horvat 8 7 53.3%
26 N. Dowd 6 14 30.0%
28 J. Lowry 8 5 61.5%
33 K. Raine 12 17 41.4%
39 J. Auger 5 15 25.0%
55 J. Schultz 12 17 41.4%

Lines

Ontario Reign

9 Kempe - 10 Army - 16 Backman

39 Auger - 26 Dowd - 12 Brodzinski

18 Samuels-Thomas - 21 Crescenzi - 7 Zykov

28 Lowry - 24 Horvat - 15 Bissonnette

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

3 Forbort - 4 Gravel

55 Schultz - 33 Raine

31 Budaj

29 Houser

Bakersfield Condors

12 Hamilton - 17 Miller - 11 Ford

19 Moroz - 7 Khaira - 20 Kassian

16 Jones - 36 Currie - 22 Kessy

23 Christoffer - 38 Roy - 21 Chase

2 Reinhart - 15 Oesterle

18 Simpson - 6 Musil

28 Gernat - 8 Nikitin

1 Laurikainen

31 Brossoit

1/15/16

Mersch returns, as surprisingly, there are more goals than fights in this 5-0 shutout of the Gulls.

[Recap]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 TOTAL
SD 2 3 2 7
ONT 4 6 2 12

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 TOTAL
SD 4 13 14 31
ONT 12 19 10 41

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
A. Kempe 1 1 50.0%
D. Army 7 7 50.0%
J. Brodzinski 0 1 0.0%
S. Backman 1 0 100.0%
A. Crescenzi 11 7 61.1%
R. Horvat 2 2 50.0%
N. Dowd 11 5 68.8%
M. Mersch 1 1 50.0%
J. Auger 0 2 0.0%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
3 D. Forbort 18 12 60.0%
4 K. Gravel 18 13 58.1%
5 V. LoVerde 16 10 61.5%
7 V. Zykov 9 6 60.0%
8 Z. Leslie 10 8 55.6%
9 A. Kempe 17 5 77.3%
10 D. Army 14 12 53.8%
12 J. Brodzinski 15 6 71.4%
15 P. Bissonnette 4 5 44.4%
16 S. Backman 14 13 51.9%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 5 3 62.5%
21 A. Crescenzi 9 5 64.3%
24 R. Horvat 2 7 22.2%
26 N. Dowd 16 11 59.3%
27 M. Mersch 9 13 40.9%
33 K. Raine 10 9 52.6%
39 J. Auger 9 7 56.3%
55 J. Schultz 10 10 50.0%

Lines

Ontario Reign Lines

27 Mersch - 10 Army - 16 Backman

9 Kempe - 26 Dowd - 12 Brodzinski

39 Auger - 21 Crescenzi - 7 Zykov

18 Samuels-Thomas - 24 Horvat - 15 Bissonnette

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

3 Forbort - 4 Gravel

55 Schultz - 33 Raine

31 Budaj

29 Houser

San Diego Gulls Lines

20 Ritchie - 18 Sgarbossa - 21 Czarnik

28 Laganiere - 15 Mueller - 11 Noesen

16 McGrattan - 14 Bonis - 29 Ryan

23 Moore - 6 Larraza - 12 Carzo

5 S. O’Brien - 24 Megna

25 A. O’Brien - 2 Bickel

7 Piskula - 26 Montour

35 Khudobin

39 Tokarski

1/16/16

A slow start dooms the Reign in a 4-2 loss to the Condors.

[Recap]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 TOTAL
BAK 9 2 4 15
ONT 4 7 4 15

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 TOTAL
BAK 26 12 13 51
ONT 16 30 14 60

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
A. Kempe 1 0 100.0%
D. Army 5 10 33.3%
A. Crescenzi 7 4 63.6%
R. Horvat 3 3 50.0%
N. Dowd 9 13 40.9%
M. Mersch 1 0 100.0%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
3 D. Forbort 28 14 66.7%
4 K. Gravel 32 17 65.3%
5 V. LoVerde 20 17 54.1%
8 Z. Leslie 19 11 63.3%
9 A. Kempe 12 25 32.4%
10 D. Army 9 12 42.9%
12 J. Brodzinski 6 21 22.2%
15 P. Bissonnette 13 3 81.3%
16 S. Backman 24 15 61.5%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 13 11 54.2%
21 A. Crescenzi 9 13 40.9%
24 R. Horvat 14 7 66.7%
26 N. Dowd 25 18 58.1%
27 M. Mersch 22 11 66.7%
28 J. Lowry 14 4 77.8%
33 K. Raine 8 20 28.6%
39 J. Auger 14 11 56.0%
55 J. Schultz 13 23 36.1%

Lines

Ontario Reign Lines

27 Mersch - 10 Army - 16 Backman

9 Kempe - 26 Dowd - 12 Brodzinski

18 Samuels-Thomas - 21 Crescenzi - 39 Auger

28 Lowry - 24 Horvat - 15 Bissonnette

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

3 Forbort - 4 Gravel

55 Schultz - 33 Raine

31 Budaj

29 Houser

Bakersfield Condors

12 Hamilton - 17 Miller - 11 Ford

37 Klinkhammer - 7 Khaira - 9 Pitlick

27 Winquist - 10 McRae - 23 Christoffer

38 Roy - 36 Currie - 19 Moroz

18 Simpson - 6 Musil

2 Reinhart - 15 Oesterle

28 Gernat - 8 Nikitin

31 Brossoit

1 Laurikainen

1/17/16

Crescenzi pots the last second-winner to extinguish the Stars 2-1.

[Recap]

Even Strength Scoring Chances

1 2 3 TOTAL
TEX 3 3 1 7
ONT 0 2 6 8

Even Strength Corsi

1 2 3 TOTAL
TEX 14 20 14 48
ONT 7 10 18 35

Faceoffs

Name FOW FOL FO%
D. Army 5 0 100.0%
A. Crescenzi 3 4 42.9%
R. Horvat 1 4 20.0%
N. Dowd 17 12 58.6%

Individual Even Strength Corsi

Number Player CF CA CF%
3 D. Forbort 17 14 54.8%
4 K. Gravel 13 17 43.3%
5 V. LoVerde 11 20 35.5%
7 V. Zykov 8 10 44.4%
8 Z. Leslie 4 5 44.4%
9 A. Kempe 8 8 50.0%
10 D. Army 11 11 50.0%
15 P. Bissonnette 1 7 12.5%
16 S. Backman 23 17 57.5%
18 J. Samuels-Thomas 4 14 22.2%
21 A. Crescenzi 2 16 11.1%
24 R. Horvat 1 6 14.3%
26 N. Dowd 21 16 56.8%
27 M. Mersch 22 16 57.9%
28 J. Lowry 1 8 11.1%
33 K. Raine 11 14 44.0%
39 J. Auger 3 15 16.7%
55 J. Schultz 14 26 35.0%

Lines

Ontario Reign Lines

27 Mersch - 26 Dowd - 16 Backman

9 Kempe - 10 Army - 7 Zykov

18 Samuels-Thomas - 21 Crescenzi - 39 Auger

28 Lowry - 24 Horvat - 15 Bissonnette

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde

3 Forbort - 4 Gravel

55 Schultz - 33 Raine

29 Houser

31 Budaj

Texas Stars Lines

16 McKenzie - 23 Morin - 19 Ranford

28 Stransky - 29 Faksa - 27 Rallo

24 Hulak - 38 Dickinson - 20 Ritchie

21 Ully - 14 Smith - 9 Elie

3 Lindell - 6 Honka

7 Oleksiak - 26 Mangene

5 Backman - 17 Bystrom

30 Desrosiers

33 Lagace

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