AHL All-Star Michael Mersch makes it back for potential Ontario-San Diego powder keg
$2 beer night and Reign-Gulls in their first tilt since Kurtis MacDermid ended Matt Bailey's season...what could go wrong? For Ontario though, all was right in the world, as they just welcomed Michael Mersch back into the fold.
And lo and behold!
Mersch kicks off gm w wraparound chance...it's like he never left sniff
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) January 16, 2016
Shortly thereafter, an Antoine Laganiere delay of game and Stu Bickel closing hand on puck gifted the home team with over a minute and a half on a 5v3, but the Reign managed zero set-up time, as they lost puck battles, failed to gain the zone as a unit, and once, most bafflingly, attempted a dump-in.