San Jose Barracuda vs Ontario Reign on Wednesday November 4th at Toyota Arena (via ontario reign/flickr)
By Madison Montez
The San Jose Barracuda traveled to Ontario to take on the Ontario Reign. In the matchup, the game went into overtime and the Barracuda came out on top, 3-2.
The Ontario Reign lit the lamp when Alternate Captain Forward Taylor Ward scored his third goal of the season. Cole Guttman recorded the primary assist and Jack Hughes recorded the secondary assist. Following an odd man rush, San Jose tied the game at 1 a piece. Forward Brendan Hoffman came behind a group of Reign players to score his third goal of the season. Carson Wetsch recorded the primary assist and Roland McKeown recorded the secondary assist.
Ontario regained their initial lead by poking a puck through goaltender Eric Comrie. Kaleb Lawrence scored his second goal of the season to make it 2-1. Grabbing a redirected puck off of a Reign player, Forward Donovan Houle scored his third goal of the season. Happy birthday to him, tying the game at 2-2. Cam Lund recorded the lone assist.
Regulation wasn’t enough and 17 seconds in, Forward Cam Lund scored his first goal of the season to win it in overtine fashion, 3-2.
After the first period, San Jose outshot Ontario 11-10. After the second period, Ontario outshot San Jose 9-7. After the third period, San Jose outshot Ontario 7-5.
Tonight’s goalie matchup was Eric Comrie for San Jose versus Carter George for Ontario. Recording 22 saves on 24 shots, Comrie recorded tonight’s win. Recording 23 saves on 26 shots, George recorded tonight’s loss.
THREE STARS OF THE GAME:
- Cam Lund
- Taylor Ward
- Kaleb Lawrence
The Barracuda will be back in action on Friday November 6th where they will host the Bakersfield Condors for a two-game series on the 6th and the 7th.
