If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
That’s the saying, and that appears to be the approach Reign bench boss Marco Sturm will go with in goal Wednesday night. He’s expected to send veteran netminder Pheonix Copley back out to the crease after pulling him last night during first intermission.
Copley had given up three goals on 15 shots in the team’s opening frame at Texas. It was their first appearance in the building since 2018 and Sturm had seen enough after just 20 minutes. In came Jacob Ingham, who proceeded to stop all 11 shots he faced over the final 40 minutes of regulation. While the team tightened up defensively, the offense just couldn’t put enough pucks behind Texas’ goalie at the other end. It was Ingham’s fourth game in six days, as he had been playing quite a bit in ECHLL Greenville prior to his recall on Monday.
Without a true morning skate, it will be difficult to accurately predict Strum’s projected lineup for tonight. Should he opt for any changes at forward, first-year pro Kaleb Lawrence would seem to be a good option. He had a goal and assist in a previous game vs. Texas back in November.
On defense, Jakub Dvorak is always a candidate to rotate out, as he’s often been used in a platoon-type situation for much of this season.
While we still await a potential return date for Kings prospect Angus Booth, there was a significant update on goaltender Erik Portillo earlier today — and it wasn’t a good one.
REIGN PROJECTED LINEUP vs. STARS
Malott – Pinelli – Fagemo
Lee – Studnicka – Ward
Hudon – Gawdin – Chromiak
Element – Jamsen – Doty
Hicketts- Cecconi
Jones – Millar
Dvorak – Walsh
Copley
Ingham
Other roster options include: (F) Lawrence, Olson and (D) Rowe
Injured: (D) Booth, Krygier and (G) Portillo
Puck drop is scheduled for 5:00 pm Pacific Time and the game can be viewed on FloHockey. An audio only feed is also available on the ESPN LA app.
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