Reign score three in second period to beat Gulls 3-2
Ontario erased a first-period deficit and held on after San Diego scored with 23 seconds remaining.
The Ontario Reign scored three unanswered goals in the second period to defeat the San Diego Gulls 3-2 at Pechanga Arena San Diego on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Taylor Ward tied the game on the power play at 3:12 of the second period. Jack Hughes put Ontario ahead at 6:31, and Koehn Ziemmer added the eventual winning goal at 14:44.
Matt Basgall had opened the scoring for San Diego at 7:33 of the first period. Yegor Sidorov cut the deficit to one with a power-play goal at 19:37 of the third, but the Gulls could not complete the comeback.
Erik Portillo stopped 25 of 27 shots for Ontario. Laurent Brossoit made 19 saves as San Diego outshot the Reign 27-22. Ontario went 1-for-5 on the power play, while San Diego finished 1-for-7.
