Updated 1/9/15.
Texas Stars @ Ontario Reign (Tuesday) / Stockton Thunder @ Ontario Reign (Friday) / Ontario Reign @ Bakersfield Condors (Saturday)
Days: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday (CBBA) and Sunday (Rabobank Arena)
Times: 7 p.m. Pacific (Tuesday), 7 p.m. (Friday), 7 p.m. (Saturday)
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Ontario Reign Lines
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
- Ontario will benefit from the returns of Adrian Kempe and Derek Forbort this weekend.
- The Reign have been struggling to score, something that was expected with Michael Mersch’s recall. But they busted out in a big way last night, putting up a six-spot on Stockton. Will the goal times keep rolling tonight against Bakersfield?
Bakersfield Condors Lines
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
- It’s our first look in a while at the much-maligned Zach Kassian!
- Eetu Laurikainen will start his first game since mid-October. /
Stockton Heat Lines
(based on last game)
15 Agostino – 11 Hamilton – 18 Klimchuk
23 Shore – 27 Grant – 13 Elson
34 Smith – 46 Arnold – 21 Poirier
48 Van Brabant – 32 Lomberg – 20 Carroll
4 Kylington – 33 Nakladal
45 Johnson – 2 Kulak
7 Morrison – 5 Wotherspoon
31 Ortio
39 Poulin
Texas Stars Lines
(based on last game)
16 McKenzie – 23 Morin – 19 Ranford
10 Elie – 9 Dowling – 20 Ritchie
24 Hulak – 38 Dickinson – 27 Rallo
14 Smith – 28 Stransky
3 Lindell – 6 Honka
17 Bystrom – 4 Johns
5 Backman – 22 Evans
26 Mangene
30 Desrosiers
40 Muse
- Rookie Devin Shore, who had been tied for second in the AHL in goals, underwent season-ending shoulder surgery just before Christmas.
- Like their NHL counterpart, Texas scores a lot, tallying an AHL-best 139 goals. But, as mentioned above, have had some issues in the goals-against area./