With the Ontario Reign season over, we continue our season reviews for the prospects. Up next: Francesco Pinelli! Games: 70 Goals: 15 Assists: 14 Points: 29 +/-: -8 PIM: 46 Francesco Pinelli entered his sophomore season looking to carry over the strong ending from his rookie campaign.
A slow start but a strong finish led by Francesco Pinelli’s game-winning goal saw the Ontario Reign comeback for their 33rd win of the season. First period:
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The Ontario Reign earned a point but couldn’t grab the second one in their overtime loss to the San Diego Gulls. First period: ONT: PP Samuel Fagemo (22),
Today we will be looking at Francesco Pinelli’s season and his future outlook in the Kings organization and his potential ceiling. He ended his first professional season last year with 13 goals and seven assists for 20 points and had a -9 rating in 67 games which isn’t bad for a rookie.
During the holidays we talked about how the rookies were doing for the Ontario Reign. Today will be about the second and third-year players. The Reign have four players who are in their second or third year since turning pro.
A week has passed, and it’s time for another LA Kings prospect update. This weekly update was highlighted by the Kings’ second-round pick from the 2021 draft, Francesco Pinelli.
Francesco Pinelli was touted as a crafty, two-way center when he was selected by the LA Kings in the second round, 42nd overall, in the 2021 NHL Draft.
The regular season has ended for the Ontario Reign, and it’s time to evaluate the four rookies under entry-level contracts. Every year new players come to AHL teams, including high-end prospects that teams assign to the American Hockey League, allowing them to develop and be NHL-ready.
As the Reign traveled to Kern County Wednesday to play the Bakersfield Condors, focus in the locker room likely shifted toward sending a message against a Pacific Division rival who is the current (and likely) first round opponent in next week’s Calder Cup Playoffs.
With the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs looming next month, the Ontario Reign hosted Abbotsford on Sunday evening at Toyota Arena in a matchup that could very well mirror what’s to come.
After starting at wing and seeing a handful of games in the press box, Ontario Reign rookie forward Francesco Pinelli may see a bigger role. Juniors to the professional level, just like graduating from high school and going off to college.