They say familiarity breeds contempt, and the Ontario Reign and San Diego Gulls will have faced each other 12 times in the AHL's regular season.
Now, the two teams will face each other in the best-of-5 Conference Quarterfinal of the 2017 Calder Cup Playoffs
If the opening round matchup winds up needing all five games to be decided, the Reign and Gulls will have played each other in nine of their previous ten games.
If the two teams weren't already intimately familiar with one another, the two teams met last season in the Conference Semi-Finals, with Ontario defeating the Gulls in five games, 4-1.
Familiar Foes: Ontario Reign and San Deigo Gulls
The Reign and Gulls are extremely acquainted with one another and will meet in the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs
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