San Jose Barracuda @ Ontario Reign (Friday) / San Jose Barracuda @ Ontario Reign (Saturday)
Days: Friday and Saturday (CBBA)
Times: 7:00 p.m. (Friday), 6 p.m. (Saturday)
Listen: Mixlr
Watch: AHL Live
Ontario Reign Lines
(Based on last game – stick tap, Jason Lewis for the lines)
27 Mersch – 26 Dowd – 16 Backman
9 Kempe – 11 Newbury – 12 Brodzinski
18 Samuels-Thomas – 21 Crescenzi – 39 Auger
15 Bissonnette – 24 Horvat – 28 Lowry
3 Forbort – 4 Gravel
20 MacDermid – 5 LoVerde
55 Schultz – 33 Raine
31 Budaj
29 Houser
- Peter Budaj was absolutely fantastic in the Pacific’s 1-0 loss during the ASG.
- Sean Backman was terrific as well, scoring a goal for the Pacific in the championship elimination round.
- The team is now back to work and ready to take on the SJ Barracuda in a pair of games this weekend.
- “Big Mike” Michael Mersch scored his team-leading 17th goal of the season on the team’s first power play. He probably could’ve had a meat trick if not for Dell being terrific in net.
- Peter Budaj recorded his league-leading sixth shutout of the season. What can he possibly do tonight??
San Jose Barracuda Lines
(based on last game, from Fear the Fin):
89 Goodrow – 40 Carpenter – 84 Parkes
11 Lerg (C) – 86 Langlois – 21 Smith
38 Haley (A) – 17 McCarthy (A) – 82 Goldobin
13 Torres – 72 Doremus – 55 Emanuelsson
3 Stollery – 63 Bergman
70 Young – 41 Mueller
51 McNally – 45 Cundari
1 Grosenick
30 Dell
- Aaron Dell was absolutely fantastic in net for the Barracuda last night.
- Tonight, Grosenick will try to replicate that performance, except with a win.
- Coach Roy Sommer is still chasing his 637th career win (most in AHL history), while the Reign hope to hold him off just a little longer.
2015-2016 Records
Ontario: 27-10-3-1, 58 points (1st Pacific Division, 1st Western Conference)
San Jose: 19-15-5-3, 46 points (3rd Pacific Division, 8th Western Conference)
Ontario vs. San Jose, Head-to-Head in 2015-16
6-1-0-0