Ontario Reign Preview - Back in the Saddle

After being swept by Charlotte and suffering their first three regulation losses of the season, the Reign don't get much time to dwell on things as they square off against the Texas Stars. They'll also face divisional foes Stockton Heat and Bakersfield Condors again this weekend.

Updated 1/9/15.

Texas Stars @ Ontario Reign (Tuesday) / Stockton Thunder @ Ontario Reign (Friday) / Ontario Reign @ Bakersfield Condors (Saturday)

Days: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday (CBBA) and Sunday (Rabobank Arena)

Times: 7 p.m. Pacific (Tuesday), 7 p.m. (Friday), 7 p.m. (Saturday)

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Ontario Reign Lines

9 Kempe - 10 Army - 16 Backman
39 Auger - 26 Dowd - 12 Brodzinski
18 Samuels-Thomas - 21 Crescenzi - 7 Zykov
28 Lowry - 24 Horvat - 15 Bissonnette

8 Leslie - 5 LoVerde
3 Forbort - 4 Gravel
55 Schultz - 33 Raine

31 Budaj
29 Houser

  • Ontario will benefit from the returns of Adrian Kempe and Derek Forbort this weekend.
  • The Reign have been struggling to score, something that was expected with Michael Mersch's recall. But they busted out in a big way last night, putting up a six-spot on Stockton. Will the goal times keep rolling tonight against Bakersfield?

Bakersfield Condors Lines


12 Hamilton - 17 Miller - 11 Ford

19 Moroz - 7 Khaira - 20 Kassian

16 Jones - 36 Currie - 22 Kessy

23 Christoffer - 38 Roy - 21 Chase


2 Reinhart - 15 Oesterle

18 Simpson - 6 Musil

28 Gernat - 8 Nikitin


1 Laurikainen

31 Brossoit

  • It's our first look in a while at the much-maligned Zach Kassian!
  • Eetu Laurikainen will start his first game since mid-October. /

Stockton Heat Lines

(based on last game)


15 Agostino - 11 Hamilton - 18 Klimchuk

23 Shore - 27 Grant - 13 Elson

34 Smith - 46 Arnold - 21 Poirier

48 Van Brabant - 32 Lomberg - 20 Carroll


4 Kylington - 33 Nakladal

45 Johnson - 2 Kulak

7 Morrison - 5 Wotherspoon


31 Ortio

39 Poulin


Texas Stars Lines

(based on last game)

16 McKenzie - 23 Morin - 19 Ranford
10 Elie - 9 Dowling - 20 Ritchie
24 Hulak - 38 Dickinson - 27 Rallo

14 Smith - 28 Stransky
3 Lindell - 6 Honka
17 Bystrom - 4 Johns
5 Backman - 22 Evans
26 Mangene

30 Desrosiers
40 Muse

  • Rookie Devin Shore, who had been tied for second in the AHL in goals, underwent season-ending shoulder surgery just before Christmas.
  • Like their NHL counterpart, Texas scores a lot, tallying an AHL-best 139 goals. But, as mentioned above, have had some issues in the goals-against area./