What was supposed to happen Tuesday in Bakersfield will now take place on Friday night in Ontario.
Following the Condors needing to postpone their game vs. the Reign earlier this week, Kings prospect Quinton Byfield will finally make his return to the ice tonight at Toyota Arena vs. the Gulls.
For one night only, the Reign will be wearing a special Reverse Retro-type jersey, which we leaked here:
Before getting to the lineup Ontario is expected to use vs. San Diego, it’s worth taking a quick step back for a moment and reviewing what the Reign were able to accomplish in their last game played.
Last Saturday, things turned out as well as they possibly could have — especially considering the team were without their top three centers (Alex Turcotte, TJ Tynan, and Jaret Anderson-Dolan) heading into action.
Puck drop is at top of the hour.
Reign win tonight. #BookIt
— The Mayor (@mayorNHL) December 5, 2021
Tkachev scores on the powerplay to give the #Reign a 1-0 lead early in the second period.
Assisted by: Wolanin (1), and Burke (5) pic.twitter.com/vRUIgIXXS6
— Eric (@kingsgifs2) December 5, 2021
Tyler Madden scores his 6th goal of the season to give the #Reign a 2-0 lead
Assisted by: Vilardi (4), Spence(8) pic.twitter.com/HUyPXH93h2
— Eric (@kingsgifs2) December 5, 2021
Gabe Vilardi wins it for the #Reign with a shootout goal pic.twitter.com/eJXtAWAzVe
— Eric (@kingsgifs2) December 5, 2021
https://twitter.com/mayorNHL/status/1467370943286693892
With Akil Thomas, Byfield, and Tynan back in the lineup now, things are generally trending up with the forwards — sans a few exceptions. Jaret Anderson-Dolan played for the Kings on Thursday night vs. Dallas and he remains up with the big club. Further, Alex Turcotte was a little banged up at practice last Friday, so he was held out of the Bakersfield game for precautionary reasons. He’ll remain out for tonight and tomorrow, as well.
Tonight will be the first of back-to-back games vs. the Gulls, featuring their common home-and-home format… where the action shifts to San Diego tomorrow night.
ONTARIO REIGN PROJECTED LINEUP vs. SAN DIEGO on 12/10
Burke – Tynan – Frk
Madden – Byfield – Vilardi
Tkachev – Thomas – Fagemo
Wagner – Sutter – Dudas
Other options include: Doty, Johnson and Sodergran
Moverare – Spence
Wolanin – Grans
Phillips – Strand
Other options include: Gaunce and Kasastul
Villalta (starter)
Sparks
Puck drop is scheduled for 7pm tonight in Ontario and the game can be viewed on AHL TV.
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Turcotte banged up and on IR yet again…surprise, surprise. That cat just can’t stay healthy.
The 2nd and 3rd lines look good for the future!
Wagner has fallen off the cliff. Going from the NHL to a forth line minor league player. Yikes