GDT: Hockey Day in SoCal Ontario Reign vs San Diego Gulls and LA Kings vs Anaheim Ducks double header

[kingsboy11]

Ontario Reign(21-18-4-1, 47pts, 4th in Pacific) @San Diego Gulls(19-16-3-2, 43pts, 5th in Pacific)
Pechanga Arena| San Diego, CA
TIME: 4:00pm PT | TV: FSW | RADIO: I Heart Radio App

QUICK STATS

	Ontario Reign	San Diego Gulls
PP/PK	28th/28th	25th/5th
Leading Scorers	Martin Frk: 21 goals, 10 assists. 31 points	Sam Carrick: 18 goals, 13 assists, 31 points

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*Lines subject to change*​

*Possible lines for the Reign. I'm just guessing I have no idea if these are accurate*

No way in hell am I trying to find the San Diego Gulls lines

Anaheim Ducks(20-26-5, 45pts, Last in Pacific) @Los Angeles Kings(19-28-5, 43pts, Last in Pacific)
Staples Center| Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 7:30pm PT | TV: FSW | RADIO: I Heart Radio App

QUICK STATS

PP/PK	24th/28th	31st/19th
Faceoffs	16th	8th
Leading Scorers	Anze Kopitar: 17 goal, 29 assists, 46 points	Ryan Getzlaf: 11 goals, 24 assists, 35 points

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*Lines subject to change*

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Matt Luff
Injuries: Drew Doughty

I bet Doughty plays tonight

Injuries: Patrick Eaves, Ryan Kesler
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[Raccoon Jesus]

Why do our goalies have the same aggressive inline skating haircut from the late 90s

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Vamos Rafa]

It's 2020 and I think it's sad that we have to promote hockey in SoCal as if it was a new sport. I feel that the sport was actually more popular in the 2000s than it is today.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Shhh, he's not an NHLer.

 

[Kingspiracy]

The battle of the suck, Lets Do This!!!

 

[Butch 19]

It's 2020 and I think it's sad that we have to promote hockey in SoCal as if it was a new sport. I feel that the sport was actually more popular in the 2000s than it is today.

Last week for the first time this season, KABC 790 did a news interview with a Kings player, Anze Kopitar.

They do many basketball interviews every day.

 

[bland]

Shhh, he's not an NHLer.

Thats a little harsh. I mean, maybe he shouldn't be captain...

 

[regulate]

First game I believe with the Reign on Fox Sports West today. Gulls have been red hot, 7-2-1 in their last 10. Reign have been much better since Brickley returned to the team. Reign could be dragging a bit with a game last night Bakersfield and a bus ride to San Diego. Looks like Brickley is out tonight.

 

[kingsboy11]

Villalta is starting which is good for him, but I kind of wanted to see Cal tonight

 

[kingsboy11]

Bad turnover on the blue line by Durzi

 

[Peter James Bond II]

Ok...so sitting out the second most skilled forward on the Kings tonight...yet, dressing the #370th, #371st, and #372nd WORST forwards in the NHL?? How do the Kings even have the 3 worst NHL forwards?
12 (forwards) x 31 (teams) = 372 forward in the NHL...the Kings have the 3 worst, dressing tonight: Lewis, Luff and Wagner. (yes, Wagner is that bad. There are better players in the ECHL) I know what you're thinking,...."Zac Rinaldo is worse than those 3"....no, he's not. He's a total POS, but he's a better hockey player than those 3.

 

[FrozenKing18]

I still chuckle seeing Doty there, after the whole Brad Doty fiasco years back.

 

[kovacro]

Villalta is starting which is good for him, but I kind of wanted to see Cal tonight

How has Villalta been this year? I wasn’t too impressed with him when he was in the OHL.

 

[kingsboy11]

How has Villalta been this year? I wasn’t too impressed with him when he was in the OHL.

The stats don't look too good on first glance, but you can't play Cal every game so he needs to get games sometime. Regulate could probably give a better scouting report.

Mikey Eyssimont with his 11th goal this year. Never thought much of him as a prospect, but it seems like he's starting get the hang of the AHL.

 

[kingsboy11]

Grundstrom to Vilardi to Clague for the 2nd goal. Love to see it.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Speaking of Eyssimont, a little OT but

Mirtle: The inspiring story behind why the Maple Leafs...

paywalled, obviously, but powerful read. Essentially Gravel has been fighting for his career since he was here but off the ice with his Crohn's disease as well, and came really close to having surgery to remove his colon!

tie in with Eyssimont there and in this previous writeup

Reign forward Mikey Eyssimont and his battle with Crohn's Disease - LA Kings Insider

The things these guys put their bodies through is insane at times even without managing a debilitating issue, both dudes are insanely likeable and wish them all the best.

 

[Little Psycho]

The ducks pp is 31 in the league. I can't imagine a PP worst than ours.

 

[kingsboy11]

Jesus Christ these Gulls announcers about as bad Ahlers and Hayward if not worse

 

[Jericho111091]

Vilardi with a pp goal to tie it at 3

 

[KingsHockey24]

Comtois is a punk bitch.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Grundstrom with the redirection to tie!

 

[kingsboy11]

Reign absolutely deserved to go to overtime. Completely dominated the 3rd period.

 

[Bandit]

Comtois is a punk *****.

Yeah I get the feeling we'll be hating him for a long time.

 

[kingsfan28]

Comtois is a punk *****.

Will fit in right where Perry left off.