Toby’s Last Stand is no more. Or, more appropriately… it’s at least been delayed a bit. Heading into Wednesday night’s game, it appeared it would be defenseman Toby Bjornfot’s last game of his AHL conditioning assignment. After basically being idle for about a month, Kings management had him join the Reign for what was expected […]
Ontario Reign Lineup at Coachella Valley Firebirds; Notes on Portillo, Bjornfot, Moverare
How about this strange factoid — the Ontario Reign and Coachella Valley Firebirds have played three times this season, every game has ended in a shutout. Following Ontario blanking the second-year franchise twice previously, it was Coachella Valley reversing the tables for a 2-0 victory on Friday night. Now, everybody heads east to the desert […]
Ontario Reign Lineup vs. Coachella Valley Firebirds; Notes on Bjornfot, Pinelli, Clarke
For the first as part of the 2023-24 AHL campaign, the Coachella Valley Firebirds will visit Toyota Arena on Friday night. However, they have already met up with the Reign twice this season — and been shutout in both games by goaltender David Rittich. He’s expected back in net tonight, with rookie goaltender Erik Portillo […]
Ontario Reign Lineup vs. Tucson Roadrunners; Latest on Moverare, Fagemo, Pinelli, Chromiak
Tonight, there will be hockey played in Ontario. On its own, that’s a rarity. Maybe it’s even more scarce than this week’s Beaver Moon, somebody will need to fact check that one. We know this for sure, though — Ontario will only host a Tuesday night tilt on three occasions this season. After tonight, the […]
Ontario Reign Lineup at San Jose Barracuda; the B2B and Don’t Talk About It
Don’t look now, but the Ontario Reign have strung together three straight shutouts. According to hockey superstitions, don’t talk about it though. Goaltender David Rittich picked up the win on Friday in a 2-0 victory over San Jose. That was Rittich’s second straight game of holding the opponent scoreless. Look for rookie netminder Erik Portillo […]