Well, their popularity continued Saturday night for the 2010-11 home opener, with an announced attendance of over 9,500 at Citizen's Business Bank Arena. Although the fans saw an exciting back and forth game, when all was said and done, it was the visiting Stockton Thunder who were leaving happy. They prevailed 3-2 in a shootout and left town with the two points.
A full game recap is available on the Reign website (click here to view). Think of the notes below as more of The Mayor's Mumblings...
* There was a frustrating moment for the Reign in the first period on what should have been the first goal of the game. Jeff Corey skated in on a breakaway and fired the puck so hard it went straight through the back of the net. It was a goal. No doubt about it. Yet, all the officials missed it. No goal. Coach Karl Taylor says the ref apologized for missing the call. Corey said he asked the ref about it also, "in a polite manner, of course - and he did acknowledge that it went in." Wonder if he really was, um, polite about it.
