Monthly Archives: October 2008

Print it out and put it on your wall! 2 Chad Starling (D) 5 Shawn Germain (D) 6 Darren McMillan (D) 7 Todd Jackson (LW) 9 Itan Chavira (RW) (3-Day IR) 10 Ryan MacGregor (LW) 11 Chris Curran (LW) 13 … Continue reading →

Three more Reign contracts to announce: Center Tim Kraus (stats here) a Garden Grove guy, scored twice in the preseason. Goaltender John Murray for a moment there looked like he might be squeezed out of a job when the Reign … Continue reading →

It became official at 3 p.m. today: Itan Chavira, a 20-year-old from Upland who has been playing ice hockey full-time for two years, became an official member of the Ontario Reign after he signed his first professional contract this morning. … Continue reading →

When the Reign held open tryouts in September for anyone interested in playing for the Inland Empire’s first pro hockey team, it’s no stretch to say Mike Thomson went out on the biggest limb.

Words cannot do justice to Itan Chavira’s goal in the shootout, but I’ll try in tomorrow’s editions of the Sun and Bulletin. He and Andrew Martens scored in the shootout, John Murray only allowed one shootout goal, and the final … Continue reading →

We’re going to the shootout at Center Ice Arena. Itan Chavira’s goal with 5:20 left tied it up, and no one scored in overtime, despite a few good chances on both sides. Update coming as soon as it’s over.

With just a few seconds left on a 5-on-3 power play, Bakersfield scored 46 seconds into the period to make it 3-2. With 8:54 left, Bakersfield defenseman Chris Kaufman scored when it seemed he was the only one on the … Continue reading →

The Reign got off to an ugly start, allowing the game’s first two goals and not managing a shot until 6:12 into the game (a slapshot by Upland’s Itan Chavira). Then Andrew Martens beat former Kings goalie Yutaka Fukufuji not … Continue reading →

I wanted to be able to go with a round number, like “24 hours,” but here’s the skinny from Reign camp, five hours early:

Head coach Karl Taylor has never seen Jeff Zatkoff play, but he has this advice for fans curious about the newest member of the Ontario Reign: “He was number one in save percentage, number one in goals-against average, playing for … Continue reading →