Monthly Archives: January 2010

Idaho 5, Reign 2.

Posted on January 31, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

The Reign played the mirror opposite of Saturday’s effort — taking a 2-0 lead in the first period, then allowing five unanswered, including two in the final two minutes. Dan Knapp scored his first goal of the year, and Robert … Continue reading →

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Reign 5, Alaska 2.

Posted on January 30, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

The final score didn’t reflect the intensity of a game the Reign easily could have lost. They trailed 2-0 after seven minutes. They gave up seven power plays to the Aces, including a 5-minute long 5-on-4 shift in the third. … Continue reading →

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Friday’s postgame thoughts.

Posted on January 30, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

The consensus opinion (both Karl Taylor and Jon Francisco volunteered it after the game) was that the Reign were lucky to get a point Friday. Even though they led the Alaska Aces for all but the game’s final 6:23, the … Continue reading →

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Alaska 3, Reign 2, shootout.

Posted on January 29, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

Mike Howe and Greg Hogeboom staked the Reign to a 2-0 lead after 23 minutes, but that evaporated along with the Reign’s two-game losing winning streak. Nick Mazzolini scored with 1:23 left in the third period to force overtime, where the … Continue reading →

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Odds and ends.

Posted on January 28, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

Before we get to the current state of the Reign, an update for all you Bud Holloway fans out there … he has a new blog up on the Manchester Monarchs’ Web site. “Jersey Shore” is mentioned. So is the … Continue reading →

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ECHL All-Star epilogue.

Posted on January 28, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

Part of the hype of last week’s ECHL All-Star Game was its potential to launch players to the next level and beyond. Six scouts were in attendance and the game was televised almost nationwide … so did anyone’s career benefit from … Continue reading →

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Back to practice.

Posted on January 27, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

The Reign got back to practice today at Citizens Business Bank Arena and are approaching the happy part of their schedule: 15 of their next 17 games are at The Bank, following a brutal stretch of 24 of 30 on … Continue reading →

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Reign 4, Utah 0.

Posted on January 25, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

The Reign have their first back-to-back wins in more than a month, and their first series win in Utah ever.  Tony Voce scored twice for the second straight game, Tim Kraus and Sean O’Connor added tallies, and Curtis Darling recorded … Continue reading →

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Reign 5, Utah 3.

Posted on January 23, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

Mike Zacharias and Tony Voce haven’t done much for the Ontario Reign lately. Yet each was instrumental in the Reign’s win at the E-Center, which ended a four-game losing streak for the Reign and set up a rubber match Monday … Continue reading →

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Utah 5, Reign 2.

Posted on January 22, 2010 by J.P. Hoornstra

The Reign came back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game at 2, before allowing three goals to close out their fourth straight loss.  The three-games series at the E-Center saw the Grizzlies enjoy seven power plays, scoring on … Continue reading →

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