Week 5 USPHL Pacific Division Game Preview
- Lyanna Yeow
- Oct 14, 2025
- 5 min read
The 2025-26 regular season continued to deliver impressive games which ended with surprising winning and losing streaks being extended after a series of week 4 matchups. Looking into week 5, we can expect an exciting two-game series between the Ontario Jr. Reign vs. the Ventura Vikings as well as an intense three-game series between the San Diego Sabers vs. Fresno Monsters and the Long Beach Bombers vs. Henderson Force. Read more about what you need to know for the upcoming games!
Ontario Jr. Reign vs. Ventura Vikings Two-Game Series
When:
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM PST
Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM PST
Where:
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM PST
Iceoplex Simi Valley
Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM PST
Iceoplex Simi Valley
Watch:
Click the link below to find and stream the games!
The Ontario Jr. Reign will travel to Iceoplex Simi Valley where they will face the Ventura Vikings for the first time during the 2025-26 regular season. These teams will play in a two-game series which will start on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM PST and end after their game on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM PST.
The Ontario Jr. Reign are currently in 3rd place with 10 points in the Pacific division and have a season record of 5-2-0. The team’s points leaders are #11 Mason Welsh (11G, 5A) who has 16 points recorded and #77 Marc Belanger (5G, 10A) who has 15 points recorded this season.
The Ventura Vikings are currently in 1st place with 12 points in the Pacific division and have a season record of 6-0-0. The team’s points leaders are #16 Griffin Gagnon (4G, 14A) who currently has 16 points recorded and #51 Joe Lawrence (4G, 6A) who has 10 points recorded.
Going into this matchup, the Ventura Vikings have a 29% powerplay success rate which is slightly higher compared to the Ontario Jr. Reign’s 26% powerplay success rate. The Ontario Jr. Reign currently has an 84% penalty kill success rate which is lower than the Ventura Vikings’ 100% penalty kill success rate.
The Ventura Vikings go into this two-game series with the utmost confidence from their six-game winning streak while the Ontario Jr. Reign enter this series with determination to continue their three-game winning streak.
Fresno Monsters vs. San Diego Sabers Three-Game Series
When:
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST
Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM PST
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST
Where:
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST
Ice Realm Carlsbad
Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM PST
Ice Realm Carlsbad
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST
Ice Realm Carlsbad
Watch:
Click the link below to find and stream the games!
The Fresno Monsters will travel to Ice Realm Carlsbad where they will face the San Diego Sabers for the first time during the 2025-26 regular season. These teams will play in a three-game series which will start on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM PST and end after their game on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST.
The Fresno Monsters are currently in 4th place with 6 points in the Pacific division and have a season record of 3-0-0. The team’s points leaders are #20 Vertti Sakko (6G, 5A) and #21 Brian Erte (2G, 9A) who both have 11 points recorded so far in this 2025-26 regular season.
The San Diego Sabers are currently in 7th place with 2 points in the Pacific division and have a season record of 0-0-0. The team’s points leaders are #16 Austin Robinson (1G, 3A), #17 Nick Ryan (2G, 2A), and #23 Payton Hauge (2G, 2A) who all have 4 points recorded so far in this 2025-26 regular season.
Going into this matchup, the Fresno Monsters have a 33% powerplay success rate which is significantly higher compared to the San Diego Sabers’ 4% powerplay success rate. The San Diego Sabers currently have a 79% penalty kill success rate which is lower compared to the Fresno Monsters’ 82% penalty kill success rate.
The Fresno Monsters go into this two-game series with strong intentions to extend their three-game winning streak while the San Deigo Sabers go in with a hunger to secure a win and end their five-game losing streak.
Long Beach Bombers vs. Henderson Force Three-Game Series
When:
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM PST
Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM PST
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM PST
Where:
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM PST
America First Center
Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM PST
America First Center
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM PST
America First Center
Watch:
Click the link below to find and stream the games!
The Long Beach Bombers will travel to America First Center where they will face the Henderson Force for the first time during the 2025-26 regular season. These teams will play in a three-game series which will start on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM PST and end after their game on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM PST.
The Long Beach Bombers are currently in 6th place with 2 points in the Pacific division and have a season record of 1-7-0. The team’s points leaders are #11 Corbin Breen (3G), #88 Troy Smith (3G), #8 Hugo Aulestiac (2G, 1A), and Jeremy Loosmore (3A) who all have 3 points recorded so far during this regular season.
Henderson Force are currently in 2nd place with 11 points in the Pacific division and have a season record of 5-0-1. The team’s points leaders is #77 Riku Permi (5G, 7A) who has 12 points recorded so far in this 2025-26 regular season.
Going into this matchup, the Henderson Force have a 27% powerplay success rate which is significantly higher compared to the Long Beach Bombers’ 5% powerplay success rate. The Long Beach Bombers currently have a 73% penalty kill success rate which is lower than Henderson Force’s 83% penalty kill success rate.
Henderson Force goes into this three-game series with determination to gain another winning streak after losing their four-game winning streak in a Game 2 shootout loss against the Ontario Jr. Reign in week 3 of the regular season. In a similar manner, the Long Beach Bombers also go into week 5 eager to have another taste of victory ever since securing their first win of the 2025-26 regular season in Game 1 of their three-game series against the Iron County Yeti in week4.
Come back to read about how these games went down in the weekly Game Recap articles!
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