Gulls Defeat Reign 2-1

The San Diego Gulls earned the redemption recreation that they had hoped for Wednesday evening as they took down the rival Ontario Reign 2-1 at Pechanga Enviornment San Diego, giving them three wins within the first 4 video games of their six-game homestand (3-1-0-0).

The evening was highlighted by a profession evening from Calle Clang, who blocked 41-of-42 pictures on the night to set a brand new AHL profession excessive.

“We simply tried to actually survive,” Clang stated. “They’re a extremely good staff, so we form of must battle and conquer. I feel we did a extremely good job. Some guys doing massive blocks there, that helps quite a bit and it was a extremely good staff effort in the present day and I’m glad we bought the 2 factors.

“We simply bought to maintain doing what we did in the present day. Play as a staff and have one another’s again.”

With their rivalry renewed for the seventh time this season, tensions had been excessive to open the match as Travis Howe and Jacob Doty dropped their gloves lower than two minutes into the primary.

Howe’s heavyweight tilt sparked the Gulls, as Nikita Nesterenko notched his thirteenth purpose of the season halfway via the primary to place the Gulls on prime.

Robert Hagg (2-6=8) then fired a shot previous Erik Portillo at 15:38 within the opening body to increase San Diego’s lead.

San Diego stored Ontario off the scoreboard till round 35 seconds into the center body, as Samuel Fagemo tucked one into the online for the Reign’s lone purpose.

Regardless of Ontario clawing to shut the hole, the ultimate body noticed no new motion in both internet, which might safe a hard-earned victory for the Gulls.

“We thought that our key phrase going out for the third interval was going to be composure,” head coach Matt McIlvane stated. “It was going to be can we flip the script on their entice and may we have the ability to keep calm and composed.”

Andrew Agozzino (14-29=43) and Glenn Gawdin (17-25=42) every recorded an help on the evening.  

San Diego’s Wednesday evening win marks their fourth over the Reign this season (4-3-0-0). The groups will meet once more in April to shut out their common season-series.

The Gulls will hit the ice once more on Friday evening as they kick off back-to-back video games with the Milwaukee Admirals at Pechanga Enviornment San Diego starting on Friday, Mar. 15 (7 p.m. PST).

By Morgan Korovec/SanDiegoGulls.com