After a sluggish effort yesterday in a 3-2 loss to the San Diego Gulls, the Reign looked to bounce back in the second leg of their home and home tonight:
Coming back from a back injury that had sidelined him for a couple weeks, Paul Bissonnette tried to set the tone on his very first shift, challenging Brian McGrattan to a true heavyweight scrap. This was especially meaningful because Mike Stothers called McGrattan out last night for some perceived liberties taken on rookie Kurtis MacDermid. "I wasn’t in the game last night, I just heard and saw what happened so just doing my job," said Bissonnette.