As we’ve been known to do from time to time, we’re giving away some hockey tickets. After coming away with a 4-1 victory at home last night, the Ontario Reign will now face the Colorado Eagles in a winner-take-all Game 7 matchup tonight at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario. Puck drop is scheduled for […]
Reign Coach in a Better Mood After Team Ties Series 1-1
April 18, 2015 By
You just never know what you’re going to get with minor league hockey. Sure, the game is basically the same. However, there can be just enough differences to make things exciting and confusing, often all at the same time. For example, on Friday night, Ontario Reign P.A. announcer Dave Joseph commented post-game that he couldn’t […]
UPDATED: AHL West Official Announcement Set for Thursday
January 27, 2015 By
At Sunday’s AHL Board of Governors meeting in upstate New York, a vote was taken to finalize the plan to create an AHL West division (a concept first reported on by MayorsManor last spring). All parties were bound to silence regarding the closed door discussion by league president Dave Andrews. However, we have learned that relocation […]
Kings Appear Closer to Putting ECHL Team in Manchester
January 21, 2015 By
Expect the AHL West stories to ramp up in the coming days. While our sources indicate a formal announcement is not likely before next week, both the ECHL and AHL have Board of Governors meetings during their respective All Star Game festivities this week. How the plan impacts both leagues will be discussed, thus small […]
UPDATE: Where Things Stand as NHL Teams Prep for AHL West
December 11, 2014 By
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As mentioned last season, the majority of teams in the NHL’s Pacific Division have spent the past few years exploring the idea of moving their top minor league […]
Gasper Kopitar drawing rave reviews with ECHL’s Ontario Reign
February 18, 2014 By
While Team Slovenia and older brother Anze continue to gather big headlines over at the Sochi Olympics, Gasper Kopitar is grinding his way through the ECHL. Once thought to be a likely member of the squad his native country would send to Russia, the younger Kopitar took a few months off earlier this year, preventing […]
Gasper and Anze still setting people straight on the Kopitar Bros
January 7, 2014 By
It’s easy for some to watch the above video clip and begin wondering if there’s another Slovenian Sniper on his way up through the LA Kings system. However, nothing could be further from the truth.
First off, Gasper Kopitar is signed to an ECHL-only deal with the Ontario Reign, so he’s not even Kings property. […]
ECHL: Ontario Reign to wear special jerseys for Sunday game
October 24, 2013 By
Last season, the Ontario Reign helped contribute over $500,000 to the community – the most in team history. And this weekend they’ll be back at it again.
Through their charitable branch, the Hope Reigns Foundation, the team raises money via a variety of different methods, including live jersey auctions.
For Sunday’s game against the visiting Florida Everblades, […]
Berube leaning on Bernier, bringing his working shoes to Rookie Camp
September 1, 2013 By
Kings prospect Martin Jones, the top goaltender in Manchester the past two seasons, hasn’t signed a new contract yet. In early July GM Dean Lombardi made qualifying offers to Jones and seven other Restricted Free Agents – including Kyle Clifford, Trevor Lewis and Jake Muzzin. Since then, everybody excluding Jones has inked a new deal.
On the […]
Ontario Reign Coach Stops by to Preview Game 7
It doesn’t matter if you’re a fan, a player, a coach – or whatever – it simply doesn’t get any better than a Game 7 during the playoffs. Tonight, for only the second time in franchise history, the Ontario Reign will be tested in such a situation, when they take on the visiting Colorado Eagles in the […]