Updated 1/3/15.
Ontario Reign @ Stockton Thunder (Tuesday) / Stockton Thunder @ Ontario Reign (Thursday) / Charlotte Checkers @ Ontario Reign (Saturday/Sunday)
Days: Tuesday (Stockton Arena), Thursday, Saturday and Sunday (CBBA)
Times: 7 p.m. Pacific (Tuesday), 7 p.m. (Thursday), 6 p.m. (Saturday), 3 p.m. Pacific (Sunday)
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Ontario Reign Lines
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
55 Schultz – 23 Ebert
4 Gravel – 33 Raine
31 Budaj
29 Houser
- The Reign continue to make do without Kurtis MacDermid, who was suspended for 12 games because of this hit on San Diego’s Matt Bailey.
- Kris Newbury is out for the Reign indefinitely, which is why Derek Army (yes, seriously) was called up. Army slid in almost seamlessly for Newbury on Saturday night; we’ll see how he performs on Sunday./
Charlotte Checkers Lines
? – 10 Ryan – 16 Tolchinsky
33 Karlsson – 12 Sutter – 24 Brown
11 Boychuk – 15 Hensick – 14 Shugg
18 Hagel – 38 Wohlberg – 25 Werek
2 Rissanen – 9 Biega
27 Chelios – 6 Murphy
36 Cornell – 4 Lowe
31 Altshuller
1 Tirronen
- As we mentioned the last time the Reign took on the Checkers, Charlotte features a chockful of NHL bloodlines, including a Sutter and Chelios.
- Mark Morris, who helmed the Manchester Monarchs from 2006-14, is in his first year as Checkers head coach.
- 2015 SHL MVP Derek Ryan sits fifth in AHL scoring with 30 points.
- Charlotte is on an nine-game points streak that has seen seven wins.
- Brock McGinn was called up on Saturday night, leaving his spot on a Charlotte scoring line in question./
Stockton Heat Lines
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
2015-2016 Records
Ontario: 17-7-2-1, 37 points (1st Pacific Division, 2nd Western Conference)
Charlotte: 18-11-1-1, 36 points (4th Central Division, 5th Western Conference)
Ontario vs. Stockton, Head-to-Head in 2015-16
3-2-0-0
Ontario vs. Charlotte, Head-to-Head in 2015-16
2-1-0-0