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Rob Blake on training camp, roster, Athanasiou, World Juniors, AHL & expectations

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comDecember 30, 20200 Comments

LA Kings General Manager Rob Blake spoke to the media this afternoon for the first time since October’s NHL Draft. Included in the list of topics he addressed were the Kings training camp roster, player availability, the World Juniors, the 2021 AHL season, his expectations for this year’s Kings and ... Full Story

AHL targeting February 5 as start date for 2020-21 season

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comOctober 28, 20200 Comments

Ontario ReignProspects and Scouting2 min read

Some important news this afternoon from the American Hockey League - The league has announced that it is targeting February 5 as a start date for the 2020-21 AHL season. From the league's official release - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO Scott Howson has announ... Full Story

AHL announces 2020-21 season to begin “no sooner than December 4, 2020”

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comJuly 30, 20200 Comments

Ontario Reign2 min read

In a press release this afternoon, following the league's Board of Governor's meeting earlier today, the American Hockey League announced that the 2020-21 season will begin "no sooner than December 4, 2020". The AHL's announcement jives with the NHL's 2020-21 target start date of December 1. 12/... Full Story

Reign coaching search update, Andrews retires, Reigny Day Podcast

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comJuly 6, 20200 Comments

CoachingHockey OperationsNotebooksOntario Reign3 min read

Happy Monday, Insiders! A few odds and ends as come out of the holiday weekend. Coaching Search Update For the first time with the Ontario Reign as their AHL affiliate, the LA Kings are looking for a new bench boss for their top developmental prospects. Following the news last month that t... Full Story

With flood of young prospects on professional precipice, tough decision made at AHL level

LA Kings InsiderJune 1, 20200 Comments

Ontario Reign10 min read

So, it's disappointing to see Stutts go. The direction the team is heading is understandable. There are a flood of young prospects on the precipice of their professional careers, and just as other parts of the organization have experienced re-boots or re-freshes or re-builds, so too will the AHL aff... Full Story

Grundstrom recalled (+ recent scouting report); Luff assigned to Ontario

LA Kings InsiderFebruary 3, 20200 Comments

Advanced StatsOntario ReignProspects and ScoutingRoster Moves5 min read

Movin' and shakin' as the LA Kings travel east: Carl Grundstrom has been recalled and Matt Luff was assigned to AHL-Ontario, the team announced Monday morning. They maintain a roster of 23 skaters that's presumably healthy, given Drew Doughty's recovery from a lower-body injury that should make him ... Full Story

All-Star Photos: Kopitar, Clague, Frk, Petersen

LA Kings InsiderJanuary 29, 20200 Comments

NHL NewsOntario ReignPhotographyTournamentsVideo9 min read

NHL ALL-STAR GAME Saturday, January 25, 2020, Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Mo. Atlantic 9, Metropolitan 5 Pacific 10, Central 5 Championship: Pacific 5, Atlantic 4 Statistics Anze Kopitar: 0 G, 4 A, 4 Pts For the third time in five seasons, the Pacific Division split a million-d... Full Story

AHL All-Star, West Hills native Matt Ford takes pride in being part of SoCal’s earliest pro wave

LA Kings InsiderJanuary 27, 20200 Comments

Ontario ReignOpposition5 min read

Grand Rapids Griffins forward Matthew Ford suited up for the North Division in the 2020 American Hockey League All-Star Classic, hosted Monday in Ontario. It wasn’t his first time in the building. Ford, 35, appeared in a game with Grand Rapids in Ontario late last season and a handful of games t... Full Story

Manning, Keith Gretzky statements following Monday’s racist slur; Imama statement

LA Kings InsiderJanuary 22, 20200 Comments

NHL NewsProspects and Scouting3 min read

On Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, Bakersfield defenseman Brandon Manning was assessed a game misconduct for his violation of AHL Rule 23.9, which penalizes the use of racial slurs towards an opponent. Via @KingsGifs: After a scrum with Boko Imama in yesterday's Reign vs ... Full Story

You Luff to see it: Winger recalled from AHL-Ontario; recent scouting reports

LA Kings InsiderNovember 12, 20190 Comments

Uncategorized5 min read

Matt Luff has been recalled by the LA Kings. Luff, 22, has 10 points (3-7=10) and a plus-five rating in 13 games with Ontario this season and last year totaled eight goals and 11 points in 33 games with Los Angeles. He shot a crisp 17.8% as he adjusted to structure and forechecking in the NHL and w... Full Story

Reign add defenseman Ryan Stanton on AHL contract

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comJuly 29, 20190 Comments

Contracts and FinancesHockey OperationsOntario ReignRoster Moves3 min read

The Ontario Reign nabbed their veteran defenseman, as they added Ryan Stanton on an AHL contract. Stanton is a veteran of more than 500 professional games, including 120 in the NHL with Chicago, Vancouver and Washington. Stanton spent the past two season’s in the AHL with Pacific Division rival ... Full Story

The 2019-20 Ontario Reign schedule: Facts, Stats, Tidbits and other synonyms!

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comJuly 10, 20190 Comments

Ontario ReignSchedules6 min read

After yesterday’s news regarding the team’s home opener, the 2019-20 Ontario Reign schedule is here in full! The Reign’s 2019-20 schedule consists of 68 regular-season games, 34 in Ontario and 34 away games spread out against seven different opponents. As announced yesterday, the Reign will begin... Full Story

Reign to open 2019-20 season on October 4; Herr to England

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comJuly 9, 20190 Comments

Ontario ReignSchedules2 min read

The Ontario Reign announced today that they will open the 2018-19 season at home on Friday, October 4 at Toyota Arena. Puck drop is slated for 7 PM as the Reign take on the San Jose Barracuda, the second straight season that the two teams have opened the season against each other, following last sea... Full Story