The Three-Way Chevrolet Condorstown Outdoor Classic presented by Mission Bank is just going to be known as The Rain Game from now on, and that’s quite all right. The Ontario Reign and the Bakersfield Condors took each other on at Memorial Stadium in Bakersfield, and after last year’s AHL outdoor contest was delayed a day by rain, the organizers decided that nothing would stop them from getting this game in. So the AHL affiliates of the Los Angeles Kings and the Ontario Reign played on…
and on…
Start of the 2nd period. pic.twitter.com/VQHPzZZpK2
— Tom Gazzola (@TomGazzola) January 8, 2017
and on…
Never seen anything like it. pic.twitter.com/36Qj6KMHvb
— Lindsay Czarnecki (@ReignInsider) January 8, 2017
and on…
There is so much rain at the AHL Outdoor Classic tonight that whenever anyone shoots the puck, they also shoot a puddle of water pic.twitter.com/RJ8O72ia2w
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) January 8, 2017
and on.
It’s not rain, it’s FoxTrax! pic.twitter.com/gTIxkvJdCz
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) January 8, 2017
The rain did finally let up before the third period, and though the Reign carried a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes, the Condors took advantage of “normal” playing conditions to tie the game in the third. In the end, defenseman Griffin Reinhart got the overtime winner for Bakersfield, sending the (drenched) fans home happy.