Ontario Reign 2018-2019

[Johnny Utah]

Boko Imama! Hope he replaces Clifford in the near future.

 

[damacles1156]

Boko Imama! Hope he replaces Clifford in the near future.

I would be shocked of he ever set foot on NHL ice and played a regular shift.

 

[regulate]

I would be shocked of he ever set foot on NHL ice and played a regular shift.

Truer words were never spoken.

 

[Kings4thecup]

I watched the game in Stockton last night, and Vilardi really stood out. He didn't get any points, but he really got stronger as the game went. Good vision, speed, size and hands. Moved up to the 1st line in the 3rd and that line really held the time in the Stockton end. Expect him up soon.

 

[Herby]

Boko Imama! Hope he replaces Clifford in the near future.

Hasn't he struggled to play regularly in the AHL?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[kingsboy11]

Nice dish to Maillet in front of the net. The Mayor was saying Vilardi was having a strong game tonight.

 

[regulate]

 

[Rekingsfan17]

SHELDON REMPAL NAMED CCM/AHL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH

DEC 3, 2018
LOS ANGELES, CA – Forward Sheldon Rempal has been named as the CCM/AHL Rookie of the Month for November. Rempal registered four goals and eight assists for 12 points in nine games played for the Reign in November.
Rempal began the month with a two-goal game on Nov. 1, including the game-winner late in the third period to send Ontario to a 5-3 win over Texas. He recorded two assists each in back-to-back wins over Stockton on Nov. 11 and Grand Rapids on Nov. 16, and his goal at San Diego on Nov. 21 sparked a comeback from 3-0 down and helped the Reign to a 4-3 victory. Rempal then tallied a goal and two assists vs. Tucson on Nov. 25, helping Ontario erase a four-goal third-period deficit in a 7-6 overtime win. Rempal was recalled by the Los Angeles Kings on Nov. 26 and finished the month by skating in three NHL games.
Signed as a free agent by the Kings on Mar. 30, 2018, Rempal is tied for second among AHL rookies in scoring with 20 points (eight goals, 12 assists) in 14 games for Ontario this season. The 23-year-old native of Calgary, Alta. made his NHL debut with Los Angeles on Oct. 16 and has appeared in seven games with the Kings this season. Rempal played two seasons at Clarkson University, earning First Team All-ECAC honors in 2017-18.

 

[regulate]

Jenys and Strand sent to Manchester. Reddekopp back to ONT.

 

[Rekingsfan17]

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Wagner (1-3=4 in 18 GP) assigned to Ontario, who play at Tucson tonight/tomorrow. Roster at 21.
11:04 AM - 7 Dec 2018

 

[Fat Elvis]

Good to see Matt Roy putting up some points this season. How has he looked?

 

[SuperAlmeida]

Kupari with 2 assists today for Karpat.

 

[regulate]

With Martinez to IR and Phaneuf and Doughty day-to-day, Brickley has been recalled leaving the Reign with 5 defensemen. I suspect Strand gets back on a plane and flies back to ONT.

 

[regulate]

Confirmed Strand is back with the Reign.

 

[member 88115]

Very entertaining game last that featured 3 fights and a couple small battles. MacDermid was pretty active with a fight with Gazdic and then later dropped the gloves protecting a teammate from a hit from behind by one the top Duck prospect in Jones. Still not impressed by Clague, but has that high end potential on offense. If Toronto wanted him to be in the Nylander trade, it should been done (hopefully m wrong). Officiating was the worst I have seen, Ducks take a penalty and a clean two on one developes, but a refs whistle the play down. Another play, a scramble happens in front of Gulls net and the Reign score but the refs lost sight of the puck. I could go on and surprised Stothers did not get kicked out of the game.

 

[regulate]

Very entertaining game last that featured 3 fights and a couple small battles. MacDermid was pretty active with a fight with Gazdic and then later dropped the gloves protecting a teammate from a hit from behind by one the top Duck prospect in Jones. Still not impressed by Clague, but has that high end potential on offense. If Toronto wanted him to be in the Nylander trade, it should been done (hopefully m wrong). Officiating was the worst I have seen, Ducks take a penalty and a clean two on one developes, but a refs whistle the play down. Another play, a scramble happens in front of Gulls net and the Reign score but the refs lost sight of the puck. I could go on and surprised Stothers did not get kicked out of the game.

That's not even the worst of the officiating. Something is rotten in San Diego. At the end of the 1st period, the Gulls shoot at the buzzer and the puck goes in, put clearly after the clock is at zero, the green light is on behind the net and the horn had sounded. Even the San Diego play by play guys say clearly no goal. Yet the refs go over and look at a replay, count the goal, and put 3 seconds back on the clock. What? This should NEVER happen at this level. Bush league. Stothers lost his mind, and rightfully so. He should have started throwing equipment on the ice.

 

[member 88115]

That's not even the worst of the officiating. Something is rotten in San Diego. At the end of the 1st period, the Gulls shoot at the buzzer and the puck goes in, put clearly after the clock is at zero, the green light is on behind the net and the horn had sounded. Even the San Diego play by play guys say clearly no goal. Yet the refs go over and look at a replay, count the goal, and put 3 seconds back on the clock. What? This should NEVER happen at this level. Bush league. Stothers lost his mind, and rightfully so. He should have started throwing equipment on the ice.

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and I so wanted one .

 

[Peter James Bond II]

Clague with 4 assists today...now has 15 points in 25 games.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Did I read that right?!? 7-6 game today??

 

[BallPointHammer]

Did I read that right?!? 7-6 game today??

I like seeing our young guys, Reign and Kings, going for it to make a big play, an unexpected play. It's important for young guys to experience taking a risk, expanding their comfort zone, even failing sometimes but maintaining the resolve to try again.

 

[damacles1156]

I like seeing our young guys, Reign and Kings, going for it to make a big play, an unexpected play. It's important for young guys to experience taking a risk, expanding their comfort zone, even failing sometimes but maintaining the resolve to try again.

This is what I love about developing prospects in the AHL a proper league for it. Players can be encouraged to try things and make mistakes and learn from them. You can't do that at the NHL level, because mistakes cause losses and the Coach/organization has to win games.

 

[regulate]

Well, for the first time since Stothers has been the head coach, the chances of the Reign making the playoffs this season are very thin. They are 14th out of 15 in the conference, and uncharacteristically of a Stothers coached team, the worst defensive team in the league. A combination of a lot of first year pros at forward and defense, constant thinning of the team due to the LA Kings injuries, and lack of skill, this team is struggling. They lack a 1C, there is not one solid puck distributor on the team in the forward group, with Moulson and Rempal being the closest, and the team defense is relapsing into the abyss after playing much better in the 2nd half of November until recently where they have fallen apart again. The Budaj magic has aged out, even Campbell in his rehab stint struggled with this team D. Turnovers galore by all the skaters have left the goalies at the mercy of the attackers. They are one of the most penalized teams in the league, and have paid for it. The whole organization is in a hole right now.

 

[Rekingsfan17]

FINAL – San Antonio 3, Ontario 2

Zach Dooley December 28, 2018

In the words of the Ontario Reign’s players and coaches, the time for excuses is in the rear-view mirror. Now almost halfway through the season, being a young team is no longer an excuse this group is willing to use. With a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes, the Reign played a strong first period, but gave up three unanswered goals in a 3-2 defeat on Friday evening at AT&T Center in San Antonio.
There were positives – It wasn’t a bad effort, but it also wasn’t a 60-minute effort. On a positive note, the Reign started strong as they jumped out to a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes, courtesy of goals from forwards Mikey Eyssimont and Kyle Bauman.

First, just past the halfway mark of the first period, Eyssimont took a cross-ice feed from forward Sam Herr, walked down the right wing and beat San Antonio netminder Evan Fitzpatrick clean on the glove side with a wrist shot, for his sixth goal of the season.
Bauman doubled his side’s advantage just 40 seconds from the buzzer as he knocked home a Brett Sutter feed late in the first period. After Bauman left the puck for Sutter down the right wing, the Ontario captain entered the offensive zone on the right side and sent a backhanded pass towards the slot, where Bauman split the Rampage defensemen and whacked home his third goal of the season, picking up his first career multi-point game in the AHL in the process.

San Antonio rebounded in the middle stanza, however, scoring the next two to tie the game at a pair apiece. San Antonio started with a shorthanded tally, as Austin Poganski moved down the right wing, deked to his backhand and roofed a shot over Reign goaltender Jack Campbell for his fourth tally of the season. Rampage forward Conner Bleackley tied the game at two 7:05 into the second as he cashed in on a rebound in front of Campbell, slotting home his second goal of the season after the Reign were unable to clear the front of the net. Forward Jordan Kyrou collected his team-leading 21st point of the season with the secondary assist.

The Rampage took their first lead of the evening midway through the third period as Samuel Blais moved towards the slot and beat Campbell over the glove hand, giving the hosts a 3-2 lead they would not relinquish. Ontario had a late flurry, with a power play and the extra attacker, but could not find the equalizer.

 

[Rekingsfan17]

FINAL – Texas 5, Ontario 1

Zach Dooley December 29, 2018http://lakingsinsider.com/2018/12/29/final-texas-5-ontario-1/#disqus_thread

The Ontario Reign concluded their two-game trip to Texas with a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Texas Stars, splitting the season series against their 2018 playoff foe.
The Reign, who played and traveled last night while their opponents sat idle at home, got a third-period goal from forward Brett Sutter, coming off of an assist from forward Sheldon Rempal, but it came with the score already at 5-0 against. The final shot count read 36-22 in favor of Texas, with goaltender Peter Budaj making 31 saves in defeat.
Similar to last evening, Ontario had a lot of energy in the opening period, but unlike Friday’s game, the Reign found themselves in a scoreless tie, after a period that saw Budaj turn aside all 12 of the shots he faced.
The Stars got on the board 3:50 into the middle stanza. Forward Colin Markison forced a turnover in his own end, won the race to the puck through the neutral zone and beat Budaj on the blocker side on a breakaway for the game’s first goal.
Texas tallied twice more in a span of 2:08 late in the second period to take a 3-0 advantage into the break. First, 15:51 into the second, Colton Hargrove redirected a Gavin Bayreuther shot, that Budaj got a piece of, but the rebound trickled through his five hole and Hargrove poked it home for his seventh goal of the season. Just over two minutes later, Texas struck again as forward Justin Dowling attempted a centering pass that deflected off the skate of Reign blueliner Daniel Brickley and in for Dowling’s ninth tally of the season.

The hosts would add two more goals in the third period, starting with James Phelan’s third goal of the season 2:19 into the final stanza, as he jammed home a rebound after previously hitting the left post. Texas made it a five-goal game before the halfway mark of the third as defenseman Joel Hanley wired a shot from the right-hand circle past a screened Budaj, his second goal of the season.
Ontario pulled a goal back 20 seconds after Hanley’s tally through Sutter, who collected his seventh goal of the season. After Rempal threw a puck towards the front of the net, Texas goaltender Landon Bow kicked the puck out with the right pad into the slot, where Sutter slotted it home.