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Reign Rout, Then Wranglers Rebound to Split Two-Game Set in Calgary

Erik Portillo left the rematch early with an apparent injury, sharpening questions about Ontario’s goalie rotation.

Overview

  • Ontario won 5-1 on Nov. 11 and Calgary answered 3-2 on Nov. 12, moving the Reign to 8-5-1-0 and the Wranglers to 7-5-2-0.
  • Portillo exited 2:51 into the rematch and Pheonix Copley stopped 27 of 30 shots in relief as Aydar Suniev’s power‑play goal stood as the winner.
  • Ontario’s power play went 0-for-4 on Wednesday and surrendered a shorthanded breakaway to captain Clark Bishop, who also set the tone with an early fight.
  • In Tuesday’s 5-1 win, Copley made 28 saves to halt his three‑game slide, the penalty kill went 3-for-3 with Jared Wright netting the club’s first short‑handed goal, and Koehn Ziemmer scored his first pro goal.
  • Calgary snapped a three‑game losing streak with the 3-2 victory and now begins a 10‑game road trip, with the season series shifting to Ontario for two games in early December.