2015-16 Ontario Reign Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 44-19-4 (SO: 0-1) - 93 points
Finishing 1st in the AHL's Pacific Division
Lost Conference Final
Coach: Mike Stothers (44-19, 4 OTL)
Location: Ontario, California
Attendance: 291,366, Avg. 8,570 in 34 home dates
2015-16 Ontario Reign RosterTeam Record: 44-19-4 (SO: 0-1) - 93 points
Finishing 1st in the AHL's Pacific Division
Lost Conference Final
Coach: Mike Stothers (44-19, 4 OTL)
Location: Ontario, California
Attendance: 291,366, Avg. 8,570 in 34 home dates
The Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League ended the 2015-16 season with a record of 44 wins and 19 losses (and 4 overtime losses), with a 0-1 showing in shootouts for 93 points finishing first in the AHL's Pacific Division.
The Reign paced the circuit with just 138 goals allowed. Ontario scored 192 goals. Michael Mersch netted 24 goals for the team, while Sean Backman and Nic Dowd each accounted for 34 assists. Peter Budaj earned 42 wins for the squad and a team-best 1.75 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Mike Stothers coached the team. The 2015-16 Ontario Reign lost in the Conference Final of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Backman | RW | 68 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 36 | +7 | 8 | 1 | 250 | 8.4 |
| Nic Dowd | F | 58 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 49 | +13 | 3 | 1 | 140 | 10.0 |
| Michael Mersch | F | 52 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 26 | +14 | 7 | 0 | 211 | 11.4 |
| Justin Auger | RW | 68 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 57 | +17 | 4 | 2 | 129 | 14.7 |
| Vincent LoVerde | D | 56 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 54 | +19 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 13.4 |
| Jonny Brodzinski | RW | 65 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 16 | +11 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 8.7 |
| Adrian Kempe | LW/RW | 55 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 27 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 118 | 9.3 |
| Kris Newbury | C | 44 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 79 | +12 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 14.7 |
| Jordan Samuels-Thomas | LW | 58 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 46 | +12 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 12.8 |
| Andrew Crescenzi | C | 67 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 56 | +10 | 1 | 2 | 95 | 5.3 |
| Kevin Gravel | D | 55 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 30 | +4 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 7.1 |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 66 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 24 | +17 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 5.0 |
| Kurtis MacDermid | D | 56 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 121 | +24 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6.6 |
| Ryan Horvat | LW | 59 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 91 | +14 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Valentin Zykov | RW | 43 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 20 | +7 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 7.6 |
| Nick Ebert | D | 44 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | +12 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 2.7 |
| Joel Lowry | LW | 41 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 32 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 |
| Derek Forbort | D | 40 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 40 | +13 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Brett Sutter | C | 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Scott Sabourin | RW | 28 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 56 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Derek Army | F | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Zac Leslie | D | 30 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Raine | D | 59 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1.8 |
| Matt Leitner | F | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Paul Bissonnette | L | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 51 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Christian Ehrhoff | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jamie McBain | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Matt Schmalz | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Sam Herr | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Ray Emery | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxim Kitsyn | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kenton Miller | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Clifford | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Damir Sharipzyanov | LD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Curt Gogol | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Michael Houser | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Budaj | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Arnold | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1293 | 192 | 304 | 496 | 1047 | 209 | 42 | 7 | 2184 | 8.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Budaj | 60 | 3574:33 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 104 | 1.75 | 1535 | 1431 | .932 | |
| Ray Emery | 3 | 181:56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.31 | 82 | 72 | .878 | |
| Michael Houser | 6 | 320:49 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.44 | 134 | 121 | .903 | |
| Empty Net | 31:15 | 0 | 10 | 19.35 | 10 | |||||||
| Totals | 69 | 4106 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 2.00 | 1771 | 1634 | .923 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Backman | RW | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 2.4 |
| Nic Dowd | F | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 |
| Michael Mersch | F | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Justin Auger | RW | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Vincent LoVerde | D | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Jonny Brodzinski | RW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Adrian Kempe | LW/RW | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14.3 |
| Kris Newbury | C | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Jordan Samuels-Thomas | LW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Andrew Crescenzi | C | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Kevin Gravel | D | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Kurtis MacDermid | D | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Ryan Horvat | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nick Ebert | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Joel Lowry | LW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28.6 |
| Derek Forbort | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Brett Sutter | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Zac Leslie | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Raine | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Paul Bissonnette | L | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Sam Herr | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul LaDue | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Michael Houser | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Amadio | C | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Peter Budaj | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 248 | 30 | 47 | 77 | 122 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 443 | 6.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Budaj | 13 | 799 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.18 | 301 | 272 | .904 |
| Michael Houser | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 824 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2.18 | 309 | 279 | .903 |
