For the third straight season, the Ontario Reign were eliminated from postseason play by Colorado. Friday night’s 6-4 loss gave the Eagles a clean sweep in their best-of-three Opening Round matchup. Despite a late push, coach Marco Sturm and the Reign were simply unable to overcome a three-goal deficit they had dug for themselves. Lias […]
Reign Recap: Ontario Wraps Up Regular Season With 4-1 Loss In Henderson
The Ontario Reign wrapped up their home-and-home weekend series with Henderson — as well as the 2022-23 AHL regular season — with a loss to the Henderson Silver Knights. Coming out on the wrong end of a 4-1 contest certainly was not the way Ontario wanted to finish things off heading into postseason play. They […]
Reign Recap: Third Period Mistakes Cost Ontario the Game and Playoff Seeding
In Ontario’s final home game of the 2022-23 AHL regular season, the Reign suffered a 5-2 loss to the visiting Henderson Silver Knights. Paired with Bakersfield’s win over Coachella Valley, the Reign fell to sixth in the Pacific Division. They’re locked in that spot with one regular season game remaining and will play either Colorado […]
Reign Recap: Ontario Falls to Colorado, Wrapping Up a Frustrating Weekend at Home
Ontario finished the weekend with a 2-1 loss against Colorado, despite a late comeback attempt. The Reign were in dire need of a goal to tie things up, however they ran into a hot goaltender in Colorado’s Keith Kinkaid. He stopped 27 of 28 shots and was simply excellent in the final moments of regulation, […]
Reign Recap: Laferriere Makes AHL Debut, Ontario Blanked by Coachella
Ontario’s special teams continued to struggle Friday, as they fell 4-0 to Coachella on the same night that Kings prospect Alex Laferriere made his AHL debut. The Reign are now a combined 0-for-10 on the man-advantage in their past two games, after missing out on six opportunities against the Firebirds. Coachella got right after it […]