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Blue Bears vs Purple Reign

Regular SeasonSunday, August 16, 2026 · 12:50PMFamily Ice Center — opens in maps in a new tab

Blue Bears

Away

Final · Shootout

5–4

Purple Reign

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Blue Bears win 5–4 in a shootout

Tied 3 timesDecided in round 2 of the shootout
Scoring by period
Scoring1st2nd3rdSOFinal
BEARS03115
REIGN11204

Who was in front

Blue Bears in frontTiedPurple Reign in front
1st2nd3rdSO
Puck dropShootout

How it happened

First Period
After 1st · REIGN 1–0
  1. 8:35
    #73Quinton WardREIGN 1–0

    Unassisted

Second Period
After 2nd · BEARS 3–2
  1. 8:54
    #47Zac CreamerTied 1–1

    Unassisted

  2. 8:41
    #98Collin HoveyBEARS 2–1

    Unassisted

    Thirteen seconds later.

  3. 7:55
    #51Peter PierceTied 2–2

    Set up by Bob Grady

  4. 2:48
    #47Zac CreamerBEARS 3–2

    Set up by Benjamin Starobin

Third Period
Still tied 4–4
  1. 8:14
    #47Zac CreamerBEARS 4–2

    Unassisted

    Biggest lead of the night.

  2. 1:23
    #88Levi DimauroREIGN 4–3

    Set up by Julie Ransom · on the power play

  3. 0:03
    #11Bob GradyTied 4–4

    Set up by Michael Hathaway

The shootout

Still tied after three periods, so each team takes turns on a breakaway. Purple Reign scored 0, Blue Bears 2.

  1. Round 1Drew KellyscoredJulie Ransomno goal
  2. Round 2Zac CreamerscoredMatthew Guidano goal

The numbers

Blue BearsPurple Reign
BEARS 19

Shots on goal

REIGN 23
BEARS 5

Goals

REIGN 4
BEARS 4

Penalty minutes

REIGN 0
Two points or more · 2 players
Zac Creamer 3G 0ABob Grady 1G 1A
Penalties · 2
In net · 2
Blue BearsAndrew Vantrease19 saves on 23 shotsShootout win
Purple ReignMichaela Koveleskie15 saves on 19 shots
Who dressed · 26 skaters

Blue Bears (11)

3Caragh Beasley13Drew Kelly15Kyle Lonabaugh20Andrew Buczkowski23Ben Nitschke24Benjamin Gray41Bobby Dorr47Zac Creamer88Benjamin Starobin91Logan Nickerson98Collin Hovey

Purple Reign (15)

4Bobby Lewis8Julie Ransom11Bob Grady15Daniel Martin21Matthew Guida22Katie Spoo24Jacey Mathy27Warren Wilmot28Michael Hathaway36Tommy Gibson42Dustin Sleight51Peter Pierce62Brian Stam73Quinton Ward88Levi Dimauro
Who officiated · 2 officials
Referee
Ryan Patridge
Scorekeeper
Chris/Amy Drew

Blue Bears

Previousvs Green MonstersAug 8 · L 0–2Nextvs Gold RushAug 21 · W 5–1

Purple Reign

Previousvs Gold RushAug 8 · L 0–1Nextvs Black SheepAug 23 · W 6–4