LIVE: Gulls Fall To Reign 5-2 | San Diego Gulls

Apr 16, 2022

By AJ Manderichio/SanDiegoGulls.com

The San Diego Gulls fell to the Ontario Reign 5-2 in tonight’s recreation at Pechanga Enviornment San Diego.

Nelson Nogier led the Reign with a multi-point night time (1-1=2), with Martin Frk, Samuel Helenius, Brett Sutter and Austin Wagner (ENG) chipping in offensively. Goaltender Matthew Villalta stopped 30 photographs for his twenty seventh win of the season.

Trevor Carrick and Greg Printz scored for the Gulls, who noticed their shedding streak hit 5. Goaltender Olle Eriksson Ek made 16-of-20 photographs within the loss.

Third Interval Recap

Frk pushed Ontario’s result in two with 6:49 remaining within the interval, scoring on an odd-man rush to select up his thirty ninth aim of the season.

Wagner pushed the result in three with an empty-net aim with 5:04 remaining in regulation.

Second Interval Recap

Nogier prolonged Ontario’s lead, scoring his fourth aim of the season with 2:21 remaining within the center body. Akil Thomas fed the defenseman, who joined the push late, as he came to visit the blue line. The Saskatoon native wound up and fired a shot previous Eriksson Ek to get his first tally with the Reign.

Printz would reply 44 seconds later, bringing San Diego inside one.

Josh Lopina collected a unfastened puck in close to the nook, spinning and firing a cross to Printz. The left wing measured Villalta, floating a shot from the aspect wall to beat the Reign netminder for his ninth aim of the season.

The tally broke an 11-game aim drought for Printz, who sits only one aim shy of turning into San Diego’s twelfth double-digit aim scorer.

The Reign will start the third interval with 36 seconds remaining on their first power-play alternative.

First Interval Recap

The 2 groups traded objectives simply 30 seconds aside to open the scoring.

Carrick struck first, giving San Diego the 1-0 lead at 4:43 of the primary interval. San Diego’s aggressive forecheck induced a turnover in Ontario’s defensive zone, inflicting T.J. Tynan to ship a blind backhand cross to the slot. Carrick picked off the puck, firing a shot via Villalta for his tenth aim of the season.

It marks the third time in his profession he is recorded double-digit objectives. He is additionally reached the 30-point plateau (10-20=30) for the fifth time in his profession.

Villalta is 26-8-7 with a 2.88 GAA and .905 SV%, sitting third within the American Hockey League in wins and fourth in saves (1114). In eight video games towards the Gulls this season, Villalta is 6-2-0 with a 2.50 GAA and .897 SV%.

Sutter tied the sport moments later, amassing his eighth of the season.

The Reign pressured a key turnover on the blue line, with Cameron Gaunce feeding Ontario’s captain with a cross-ice cross. He despatched the puck to the far put up, beating a sliding Eriksson Ek for the game-tying tally.

Eriksson Ek entered tonight at 7-13-2 with one shutout, a 3.27 goals-against common (GAA) and .888 save share (SV%). In six begins towards Ontario this season, Eriksson Ek is 3-3-0 with a 2.69 GAA and .911 SV%. He is gained two straight selections towards San Diego’s rival, posting a .500 GAA and a .989 SV%.

Helenius put Ontario forward, ending off a 3-on-2 rush to gather his first AHL aim with 7:11 remaining within the interval.