It’s the final game of the regular season for the Ontario Reign and their first against the Henderson Silver Knights in the brand new Dollar Loan Center. The Reign have already locked up second place in the Pacific Division and a matchup against the San Diego Gulls.
More tomorrow in our Ontario Reign lineup article, but don't look for Byfield, Kupari, Vilardi, or Spence to be sent back to Ontario for AHL playoffs. They're staying up.
Turcotte is expected back tomorrow, as we reported last wk. Nousiainen too. Madden is close, just not tmrw.
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The big news of the night is the return of Alex Turcotte to the lineup. This is his first game since suffering an injury back on the 12th of February.
With the Reign having already locked up a playoff spot and seeding veterans Martin Frk and Brett Sutter will get the night off. For the Reign the push for the Calder Cup will start on May 4th at Toyota Arena.
ONTARIO REIGN PROJECTED LINEUP vs. HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS
JAD – Tynan – Ward
Tkachev – Turcotte – Fagemo
Wagner – Thomas – Dudas
Lee – Helenius – Doty
Other options include: Sutter, Frk
Injured: Madden
Nousiainen – Grans
Inamoto – Nogier
Wolanin – Allard
Other options include: Gaunce, Hickey
Villalta (starter)
Hrenak
Puck drop is scheduled for 7pm PST tonight and the game can be viewed on AHL TV.
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