Ontario Reign hockey returned to the Inland Empire after a three-month hiatus following their Game 5 double-overtime elimination by the Coachella Valley Firebirds in the Pacific Division Semifinal round.
It’s early, but why not? Free agency is almost 36 hours old, and the LA Kings have added only one forward (as of this writing) as depth, with intentions of playing for the Ontario Reign.
In a summer set to be filled with a plethora of LA Kings roster news and contract maneuvering, one of the first pieces of business has now been completed.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
The Kings took care of one of their pending restricted free agents on Friday. The team announced that they’ve signed forward Aatu Jamsen to a one-year, two-way extension for next season. The deal will pay $850K at the NHL level.
The Los Angeles Kings have signed forward Aatu Jamsen to a one-year, two-way contract extension, the club announced Friday afternoon. Jamsen, 23, collected 16 goals and 28 points in 59 games with the AHL’s Ontario Reign during the 2025-26 regular season.
With the Ontario Reign season over, we will begin our player reviews for the 2025-26 season. Up first: Aatu Jamsen! *Note: These player reviews will be
After a lackluster showing in Game 1, Andrew Lord’s Ontario Reign squad will look to respond tonight and even their series with the Firebirds. While not technically a must-win for the home team, tonight feels like one.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Win and they’re in. Playoff stakes are front and center tonight in Tucson, as Ontario will look to punch their ticket to the 2026 Calder Cup playoffs. The scenario is simple: a win over the Roadrunners secures a Reign postseason berth for the sixth consecutive season.
Editor’s Note: Aatu Jamsen is currently out with an injury, but this interview was conducted on Tuesday, March 3rd. The chances of seventh-round draft picks making an NHL roster are extremely slim.
If the Olympic gold medal game wasn’t enough to satisfy your hockey fix, there’s more on tap later today, as the Ontario Reign square off with the Roadrunners in Tucson.
Gooooooooood morning Insiders! The LA Kings have made four roster moves to begin this Tuesday morning. The Kings have loaned forwards Aatu Jamsen, Kaleb Lawrence and Koehn Ziemmer to the AHL’s Ontario Reign, where they will link up with the Reign group for training camp later on today.
With the Ontario Reign’s season over, we will begin our season reviews for the prospects. Up next: Aatu Jamsen! Games: 36 Goals: 7 Assists: 4 Points: 11 +/-: -8 PIM: 15 2024-25 season Aatu Jamsen made the jump to North America after spending the last three years with the Pelicans in Liiga.
Wednesday night in Tucson, coach Marco Sturm guided his Ontario Reign squad to their second straight victory and things are starting to feel more normal again.
After going through a mini slump earlier this month, coach Marco Sturm saw his Ontario Reign club pump out six goals in a win over Calgary on Tuesday — their largest offensive explosion in a single game since producing back-to-back eight goal efforts in early November.
For what will most likely be the final time in history, the Reign are hosting ‘Quakes Baseball Night’ at Toyota Arena on Tuesday. With the Dodgers set to move their Single-A affiliate to an all-new stadium in Ontario for the 2026 season, this could be the end of the Quakes-Reign relationship.
Things don’t always go as planned; that’s the easy recap of Tuesday night’s opener of Ontario’s back-to-back set in Abbotsford. More so, it was another double-up game.
The first of four scrimmages took place on Thursday between coach Jim Hiller’s new look LA Kings. Team Black came out on top 5-3 in a game that was fairly close throughout, until Trevor Moore potted an empty net goal late in regulation.
The LA Kings announced today that they have signed forward Aatu Jamsen to a two-year, entry level contract. For Jamsen, he’s coming off a strong season over in Finland, playing with Pelicans in SM-Liiga.