Ontario Reign

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Ontario Reign
Ontario Reign (AHL) logo.svg
City Ontario, California
League American Hockey League
ConferenceWestern
DivisionPacific
Founded2001
Home arena Toyota Arena
ColorsBlack, silver
  
Owner(s) Anschutz Entertainment Group
General manager Richard Seeley [1]
Head coach Andrew Lord
Captain Joe Hicketts
Media Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
FloHockey (TV Internet)
KCAL-TV
Mixlr (Radio Internet)
ESPN LA
Affiliates Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL)
Franchise history
2001–2015 Manchester Monarchs
2015–presentOntario Reign
Championships
Division titles1 (2015–16)
Hockey current event.svg Current season

The Ontario Reign are a professional ice hockey team based in Ontario, California. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Arena.

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The franchise is a relocation of the former Manchester Monarchs AHL franchise when several other franchises created a Pacific Division in 2015. The team is owned by the Anschutz Entertainment Group. The Reign replaced the ECHL team of the same name, which played from 2008 until 2015, after which they moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, to play as the Manchester Monarchs.

History

On January 29, 2015, the Los Angeles Kings announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, to Ontario as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The team retained the Reign nickname from its ECHL predecessor (which moved to Manchester and took on the Monarchs moniker, in essentially a "franchise swap"). [2] The Reign's AHL logo, based on the Kings' late 1980s-early 1990s "Chevy" logo, was unveiled on Wednesday, February 11. The franchise retained head coach Mike Stothers during the move from Manchester.[ citation needed ]

In its inaugural season in California, the Reign won the first Pacific Division regular season title with a 44–19–4–1 record. Goaltender Peter Budaj was named to the 2015–16 AHL First All-Star Team and was selected as the league top goaltender with the Baz Bastien Memorial Award. [3] Sean Backman lead the team in scoring with 21 goals and 34 assists while playing all 68 games for the Reign. The Reign would also win the division in the playoffs, defeating the San Jose Barracuda three-games-to-one and the San Diego Gulls four-games-to-one. In the conference finals, the Reign were swept by the eventual Calder Cup champion Lake Erie Monsters in four games.[ citation needed ]

During the next season in 2016–17, due to goaltender injuries and call-ups for their parent club, the Los Angeles Kings, the Reign ended up using a Canadian father-son duo Dusty and Jonah Imoo during a game in October 2016. Dusty Imoo (age 46) was a goaltending consultant with the Kings. Jonah (age 22) made his AHL debut on a tryout contract. Both the Imoos had grown up in Surrey, British Columbia. [4] By the end of the season, the Reign qualified for the playoffs in third place in the Pacific Division, losing in the first round to San Diego.[ citation needed ]

The 2019–20 season was curtailed by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. During the offseason, Stothers' contract was not renewed and was replaced by John Wroblewski as the new head coach. [5] Approaching the delayed 2020–21 season, the Reign announced they would temporarily relocate and play out of the Kings' practice rink, Toyota Sports Center, in El Segundo due to pandemic-related restrictions. [6] The Sports Center hosted all the Reign's home games closed to spectators. [7]

Season-by-season records

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonGPWLOTLSOLPtsPCTGFGAStandingYearPrelims1st round2nd round3rd roundFinals
2015–16 6844194193.6841921381st, Pacific 2016 W, 3–1, SJ W, 4–1, SD L, 0–4, LE
2016–17 68362110183.6101991903rd, Pacific 2017 L, 2–3, SD
2017–18 6836254379.5812001943rd, Pacific 2018 L, 1–3, TEX
2018–19 6825336460.4412132747th, Pacific 2019 Did not qualify
2019–20 5729225164.5611661985th, Pacific2020Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 4017194038.4751361496th, Pacific 2021 [a] OTL, 4–5, COL
2021–22 6841185491.6692592192nd, Pacific 2022 W, 2–0, SD L, 0–3, COL
2022–23 7234325174.5142062116th, Pacific 2023 L, 0–2, COL
2023–24 7242233491.6322311983rd, Pacific 2024 W, 2–0, BAK W, 3–0, ABB L, 0–3, CV
2024–25 7243253190.6252252073rd, Pacific 2025 L, 0–2, SJ
  1. The 2021 Calder Cup playoffs were not held; the Pacific Division held a postseason tournament for the division title. The bottom four teams had single-elimination play-in games to qualify for the semifinals (the first two rounds). The division semifinals and finals were best-of-three for the John D. Chick Trophy (the last two rounds).

Players

Current roster

Updated August 12, 2025. [8]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G AgeAcquiredBirthplaceContract
62 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Parker Berge D L22 2024 Edmonton, Alberta Reign
37 Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Doty RW/C R32 2019 Denver, Colorado Reign
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Hughes C L21 2025 Westwood, Massachusetts Reign
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Isogai LW L20 2025 Nagano, Japan Reign
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Keaton Mastrodonato C R24 2025 Powell River, British Columbia Reign
45 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Millar D R24 2024 Westminster, Colorado Reign
95 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Parker-Jones RW R25 2024 Brantford, Ontario Reign
0 Flag of the United States.svg Tim Rego D R24 2025 Mansfield, Massachusetts Reign
Flag of the United States.svg Isaiah Saville G R24 2025 Anchorage, Alaska Reign
Flag of the United States.svg Mattias Sholl G L24 2025 Hermosa Beach, California Reign

Team captains

References

  1. "Monarchs looking for new coach after Seeley named general manager of LA Kings' AHL affiliate". New Hampshire Union Leader . June 5, 2018.
  2. "Reign Become the AHL Affiliate of LA Kings". Ontario Reign. January 30, 2015. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  3. "Reign's Budaj named AHL's top goaltender". American Hockey League. April 11, 2016. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  4. Greenizan, Nick (October 25, 2016). "Hockey history for Surrey father-son goalie tandem in AHL game in California". Peace Arch News . Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  5. "Kings part ways with minor-league coach Mike Stothers". Los Angeles Times . May 20, 2020.
  6. "28 teams to participate in 2020-21 season". American Hockey League. January 4, 2021. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  7. "Closed to spectators, Reign to play home games at TSC". Toyota Sports Center. January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  8. "Ontario Reign roster". Ontario Reign. 2025-08-12. Retrieved 2025-08-12.