Monthly Archives: April 2009

Karl Taylor spoke at length Friday about what the off-season looks like for an ECHL coach, what he expects of the players, and how he’ll go about building next year’s team. Here’s some of what won’t make it into tomorrow’s … Continue reading →

In case you missed it, check out my season recap in today’s editions of the Daily Bulletin and Sun. Also, expect defenseman P.J. Atherton to be back in Grand Rapids in time for the Griffins’ AHL playoff game tomorrow in … Continue reading →

Kings goaltending consultant Bill Ranford was at Game 6 of the Reign-Thunder series Tuesday, along with Terry Murray, Dean Lombardi, Ron Hextall and Luc Robitaille. It was the first game for Murray and Lombardi, the second for Hextall and Robitaille, … Continue reading →

Thoughts in the moment: Now what? Now what, really. You don’t really think about these moments, what’s next after this. It’s a tough way to end the season. They played well, I think we responded real well. We missed some … Continue reading →

Thoughts in the moment: Obviously a large amount of disappointment. After the year we had, we looked forward to playing in the playoffs a long time. We had given ourselves a chance to be contenders. What happened in the final … Continue reading →

Thoughts on the series: You saw it go all the way down right to Game 7. You’d think a 4-1 lead — no lead was safe in the series. It shows that both teams were focused. The desire level was … Continue reading →

Thoughts in the moment: We’re very disappointed. We got a great team, and we’re real competitive. Lots of heart and soul, and we never quit. I don’t know if we could have gotten another bad bounce today. We lost because … Continue reading →

In general, the postgame comments from both sides pointed toward the number of calls at critical moments that favored Stockton. Specifically, the first-period whistle that negated Geoff Walker’s goal, which Karl Taylor said his team was still thinking about as … Continue reading →

And that’s how the season ends. More to come. The official scoresheet is here.

Needing a big period to climb back in the game, the Reign … put a paltry seven shots on goal and didn’t score. Stockton went into a more defensive mode and the Reign labored to get the puck out of … Continue reading →