Victoria 4, Reign 3, shootout.

This one had to sting: The Victoria Salmon Kings scored the game-tying goal with 11 seconds left in regulation, then pulled out a 4-3 win in a shootout.

Goaltender Jeff Zatkoff stopped 44 of the 47 shots he faced between regulation and overtime, but couldn’t quite withstand a third-period barrage that saw the Salmon Kings (33-24-2-4) outshoot the Reign (35-23-3-2) 21-6.
In the shootout, Victoria was a perfect 3-for-3, but the Reign couldn’t put one past netminder Julien Ellis. The teams conclude their four-game series tonight at the Save-On Foods Memorial Center.
Geoff Walker scored a power-play goal in the first period, and Bud Holloway and Ryan MacGregor tallied goals in the third to give the Reign a 3-2 lead. They survived a brief 5-on-3 disadvantage with three minutes left in the game, but Victoria’s Aaron Brocklehurst scored past Zatkoff to tie the game 3-3 and send it to overtime.
Official scoresheet is here.

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.