Monthly Archives: January 2009

When you’re up three goals with 9:28 to play, you hope to leave town with more than one point. Not only do the Reign not get to leave town after squandering a late 6-3 lead, they lost 7-6 in overtime … Continue reading →

With the Reign enjoying an off-day in beautiful Anchorage (currently 20° and partly cloudy), it’s time to acknowledge the Alaska Aces seem to have the Reign’s number. It didn’t seem to matter last night that the Reign were unbeaten in … Continue reading →

The Reign drop Game 1 of a three-game set in Anchorage, a game in which they fell behind 3-0 and couldn’t recover despite taking just two penalties. Jon Rheault notched his seventh goal of the season at 8:23 of the … Continue reading →

The New York Fire Department-Ontario Fire Department game last Sunday (the final score to which I can’t remember) netted quite a bit of money for the Muscular Dystrophy Fund and the Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome Family Network. From the official … Continue reading →

In case you missed it, Karl Taylor and ECHL commissioner Brian McKenna discussed possible changes to the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game in Ontario in today’s editions: When the ECHL All-Star Game comes to Ontario in January 2010, Reign coach Karl … Continue reading →

It was a tough night for the goaltenders … actually, they held their own just fine. In an interesting footnote to Sunday’s Reign-Condors game, in which both teams wore the jerseys of their NHL affiliates (Kings and Ducks, respectively), the … Continue reading →

The other interesting tidbit I got from practice today (that won’t be in tomorrow’s paper) was Taylor’s take on how they’ve been coping at left wing since Maxime Boisclair left the team, and Ryan MacGregor got injured. Three defensemen – … Continue reading →

I asked Reign forward Itan Chavira today about the NHL skills competition over the weekend. Chavira is known for his trickery, which would easily have been on par with anything Saturday. That’s what I thought, at least. Said Chavira: “(Anaheim’s … Continue reading →

Kellen Briggs made his season debut and made 36 saves. Tim Kraus scored twice, including the game-winner. They were Kraus’ first two goals since Jan. 2. Quite a breakthrough performance for both of them. Itan Chavira also scored to extend … Continue reading →

Tim Kraus and Jon Rheault scored in the shootout (Itan Chavira didn’t shoot … hmm), making a winner out of goaltender John Murray, who stopped 6 of 7 in the shootout and 33 of 35 in regulation. Todd Jackson’s 13th … Continue reading →