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44-614: 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 . On January 29, 2015,

88-537: A drier climate (often to treat tuberculosis ). To impress visitors and potential settlers with the "abundance" of water in Ontario, a fountain was placed at the Southern Pacific railway station . It was turned on when passenger trains were approaching and frugally turned off again after their departure. The original "Chaffey fountain", a simple spigot surrounded by a ring of white stones, was later replaced by

132-592: A land route between the province of Sonora and San Gabriel. An Ontario city park and a middle school now bear his name. The route became known as the El Camino Real . In 1804, the northern part of Las Californias became the new province of Nueva California . In 1810, the San Gabriel Franciscans took over the Tongva village of Kaawchama (in today's west Redlands ), replacing it with

176-491: A parcel of Hellman's Rancho Cucamonga land, and rights to Mount San Antonio water. The brothers established a settlement they named "Ontario" in honor of the province of Ontario in Canada , where they were from. The land was sometimes referred to the "San Antonio lands", as they included half the water rights to Mount San Antonio (colloquially known as "Mount Baldy"). They engineered a drainage system channelling water from

220-656: Is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area . As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 175,265. The city is home to Ontario International Airport , which is the 15th-busiest airport in the United States by cargo carried. Ontario handles the mass of freight traffic between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the rest of the country. It takes its name from the Ontario Model Colony development established in 1882 by

264-545: The Ontario Record newspaper was founded. (It would later be known as The Daily Report .) The new "Model Colony" (called so because it offered the perfect balance between agriculture and the urban comforts of schools, churches, and commerce) was originally conceived as a dry town, early deeds containing clauses forbidding the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages within the town. Ontario attracted farmers (primarily growing citrus ) and ailing Easterners seeking

308-622: The 2015–16 season , the Monarchs traded places with the Kings' affiliate in the ECHL , the Ontario Reign . The AHL franchise moved to Ontario , California , and play at Citizens Business Bank Arena where they became the new Ontario Reign ; the ECHL team moved to New Hampshire retaining the Manchester Monarchs name. In 1999, Howard Baldwin founded Manchester Hockey Group LLC, while in

352-529: The Buffalo Bisons in 1970). Ontario, California Ontario is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County in the U.S. state of California, 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown Los Angeles and 23 miles (37 km) west of downtown San Bernardino , the county seat. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire metropolitan area, it lies just east of Los Angeles County and

396-685: The Guachama rancheria . This included a chapel devoted to San Bernardino (beginning the association of the saint with the area). The rancheria was destroyed by the Serrano in 1812, and was rebuilt nearby as the San Bernardino de Sena estancia in 1819. In 1822, word of the Mexican triumph in the Mexican War of Independence reached Nueva California, and the lands previously controlled by

440-560: The Metrolink rail service opened in 1993 (it later became known as "Ontario – East"). Large shopping mall Ontario Mills opened to the public on November 14, 1996, on the old Ontario Motor Speedway parking lot. On December 13, 1996, AMC Theatres opened AMC Ontario Mills 30 in Ontario, which it billed as the "world's largest theater". Three months later, Edwards Theaters opened the Edwards Ontario Palace 22 across

484-695: The National Old Trails Road , Route 66 , and today's Foothill Boulevard .) Use of the San Gabriel mission's Rancho Cucamonga was in 1839 granted to Tiburcio Tapia by Alta Californian governor Juan Bautista Alvarado as part of the secularization of California land holdings . This emancipated the Tongva enslaved there. The name Mount San Antonio was probably bestowed by Antonio Maria Lugo , owner of Rancho San Antonio near present-day Compton circa 1840, in honor of his patron saint, Anthony of Padua . In 1845, Rancho Cucamonga

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528-684: The Ontario Reign of the ECHL would move to Manchester to become the new ECHL Manchester Monarchs , the first ECHL team to play in New England . The Monarchs finished the regular season winning the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy with the best regular season record of the AHL and Brian O'Neill receiving the Les Cunningham Award as Most Valuable Player. The playoffs saw the Monarchs losing only three games among

572-700: The Santa Ana River in 1769. They also explored the Cucamonga area. In 1771, Franciscans from New Spain settled nearby, and established the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel , founding what is today San Gabriel . They enslaved the Tongva people. The area was now part of the New Spain Province of Las Californias . Juan Bautista de Anza is said to have passed through the area on his 1774 expedition, which created

616-436: The 2014–15 season. For the 2014–15 season, the Monarchs ditched their purple and gold (the former Los Angeles Kings' colors) that had been with the team since its inception, and adopted the same black and silver color scheme that the Kings have used since 2011. On January 29, 2015, it was confirmed by the AHL via press conference that the Monarchs would relocate from Manchester, New Hampshire, to Ontario, California. In return,

660-687: The Avenue, operated by the Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company . The San Antonio Water Company was incorporated in October 1882. Since then it has served the area that is today Ontario, Upland and San Antonio Heights, and to a lesser extent Montclair. In 1885, the Chaffey brothers opened a campus of the University of Southern California . This included a secondary school. Also in 1885,

704-614: The Canadian engineer George Chaffey and his brothers William Chaffey and Charles Chaffey. They named the settlement after their home province of Ontario . Ontario was inhabited by the Tongva people for over 1,000 years. Their country is now known as Tovaangar . The Ontario area was connected to the village of Cucamonga , whose location is not now precisely known. The Spanish Empire 's New Spain Portolá expedition found and named

748-873: The Eastern teams, leading to the team's first Richard F. Canning Trophy as conference champions to qualify for the Calder Cup Final . The Monarchs beat the Utica Comets 4–1 to win the Calder Cup in their final season in New Hampshire. They became the first team since the New Brunswick Hawks in 1982 to win the Calder Cup in their last game of existence, and fourth overall (along with the Pittsburgh Hornets in 1967 and

792-599: The Kings organization, Garnet Bailey and Mark Bavis , were killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as they were going home back to Los Angeles after a scouting trip. The Monarchs played their first game on October 6, 2001, against the Lowell Lock Monsters , losing 6–3. Their first win was a week later, on October 13, against the Norfolk Admirals . The team has been competitive within

836-544: 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"). The Reign's AHL logo, based on the Kings' late 1980s-early 1990s " Chevy " logo,

880-589: 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 . By the end of the season, the Reign qualified for the playoffs in third place in the Pacific Division, losing in

924-533: The Ontario Land & Improvement Company. Its president was Charles Frankish. He founded the Ontario State Bank in 1887, the settlement's first bank. Central Ontario was incorporated as a city in 1891. The San Antonio Electric Light & Power Company was organized in 1891 to provide electricity to Ontario, Pomona and Redlands. The Graber Olive House was established in 1894, and is now

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968-775: The Reign's home games closed to spectators. Updated November 23, 2024. Manchester Monarchs (AHL) The Manchester Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They played in Manchester , New Hampshire , at the Verizon Wireless Arena . They were the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL) Los Angeles Kings during the team's entire existence. The Monarchs won their only Calder Cup in their final AHL season. For

1012-604: The Spanish Empire passed to the custody of the Mexican government . In 1824, the province of Nueva California was renamed Alta California . In 1826, American explorer Jedediah Smith passed through what is now Upland on the first known overland journey from the east coast to the west coast of North America. He used Native American trails that he helped establish as the California Trail . (This later became

1056-543: The Tongva, which came to be known as being part of the California genocide . 1850's Act for the Government and Protection of Indians ensured that slavery of the people it covered remained legal. San Bernardino County was founded in 1853, following the establishment of a new Mormon settlement . A road was built between San Bernardino and Los Angeles that year, passing through Rancho Cucamonga. Rancho Cucamonga

1100-552: The defending champions, the Hershey Bears , in four games. Following their run in 2007, the Monarchs looked to have holes to fill, as Jason LaBarbera was called up to the Kings, along with several other players. The 2007–08 season was an up-and-down one, which ended following a sweep by the Providence Bruins in the first round of the playoffs. The 2008–09 season was a landmark year for the franchise, but not in

1144-478: The division every year of its existence. They won their first Atlantic Division title in 2004–05 , but lost in the first round to the Providence Bruins . This continued the streak of first round playoff exits, which the team had experienced in every year of existence, and would come to include the 2005–06 season . The 2006–07 campaign was the team's best season prior to 2014–15 , the season in which

1188-446: The first Filipinos and Japanese farm laborers arrived, and later many came to own plant nurseries. In 1901, the original college closed, and a new Ontario High School replaced it. This soon became Chaffey College , and offered college courses as well as high school education. Ontario was declared a "model colony" by an act of Congress in 1903. North Ontario broke away from the city in 1906, calling itself Upland . In 1912,

1232-647: The first round to San Diego. 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. 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. The Sports Center hosted all

1276-416: The foothills of the mountain down to the flatter lands below that performed the dual functions of allowing farmers to water their crops and preventing the floods that periodically afflict them. They also created the main thoroughfare of Euclid Avenue ( California Highway 83 ), with its distinctive wide lanes and grassy median. A mule-drawn passenger tramway was used from 1887 to 1895 on the central reservation

1320-581: The game-winning goal in front of 9,035 fans at the Verizon Wireless Arena on October 16, 2010. The game was also noteworthy as left wing Brandon Kozun and center Justin Azevedo were awarded penalty shots, the first time in franchise history that two players were awarded penalty shots in the same game. The Manchester Monarchs have made it to the playoffs all but one season since coming into existence, winning their first Calder Cup following

1364-593: The higher education part of Chaffey College moved to nearby Rancho Cucamonga. From 1970 to 1980, the Ontario Motor Speedway hosted motor racing events including the California 500 , and music events like California Jam . The Cardenas supermarket chain began in Ontario in 1981. The Daily Report merged with the nearby Progress Bulletin to become the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin in 1990. An Ontario station of

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1408-530: The land. It ruled it under a military administration until a new civilian body was established in December 1849, which became the state of California in September 1850. In February 1850, the interim California government established Los Angeles County . (The earlier Los Angeles municipal government did not cover today's Ontario.) The new Californian administration soon began a war of extermination against

1452-477: The longest operating olive packing business in the United States. In 1895, the Ontario Electric Company was established by Charles Frankish. In its first year it took over the mule-cars, and replaced them with electrical powered vehicles. The City of Ontario's territory was greatly expanded in 1900. Tens of thousands of European immigrants came to work in agriculture. In the early 1900s,

1496-539: The more ornate "Frankish Fountain", an art nouveau creation now located outside the Ontario Museum of History and Art. Agriculture was vital to the early economy, and many street names recall this legacy. The Sunkist plant remains as a living vestige of the citrus era. The Chaffey brothers left in 1886 to found the Australian irrigation settlements of Mildura and Renmark , selling their Ontario assets to

1540-404: The process of moving a dormant AHL franchise to New Hampshire to start play in 2001. On June 14, 2000, the Los Angeles Kings bought the team from Baldwin's group. Three months later, the Kings hired Jeff Eisenberg as team president. The team, to play in the still under construction Verizon Wireless Arena , was baptized Manchester Monarchs on November 13. Prior to the first game, two members of

1584-702: The season injured. The team faced the Worcester Sharks in the first round. With LaBarbera coming back by Game 2, the Monarchs defeated the Sharks in six games, including double-overtime thrillers in Games 2 and 6. The second round brought the Providence Bruins, who put up as much, if not more, of a fight. The Monarchs found a way, however, and defeated the Bruins in six games. This brought the Monarchs to their first ever Eastern Conference Finals, but they were swept by

1628-478: The street. Ontario now had 52 screens on the one site, more than any other location in the United States. The opening of that many screens in the Inland Empire came about as the culmination of a lifelong rivalry between AMC's Stanley Durwood and Edwards Theaters' James Edwards. Edwards was infuriated when he learned Durwood had beaten him to a deal with Ontario Mills, and later told him, "I had to teach you

1672-725: The streetcar line became the Upland–Ontario Line of Pacific Electric . It was closed in 1928. In 1929, the city of Ontario established the Ontario Municipal Airport. This is now the Ontario International Airport , and is the largest employer in the city. AM radio station KOCS began in 1946, which was followed by sister station KOCS-FM in 1947. The stations initially operated as part of The Daily Report, and would go on to change their name, format and ownership many times. In 1960,

1716-601: 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. During the next season in 2016–17 , due to goaltender injuries and call-ups for their parent club,

1760-526: The team won its only Calder Cup championship. With rookie head coach Mark Morris , leading scorers Matt Moulson and Noah Clarke , and former League MVP Jason LaBarbera in goal, the team had their best-ever finish, winning the Atlantic Division title with the second-best points total in the League. Heading into the playoffs, there were doubts within the team, as goaltender LaBarbera had ended

1804-413: The way they would hope. Despite a late surge, the team finished fifth, five points out of the playoffs, for the first time in franchise history. The first half of the 2009–10 season proved to be successful for the Monarchs squad. Several players were promoted to Los Angeles, including Richard Clune and Alec Martinez . The Monarchs won their home opener of the 2010–11 season , as David Meckler scored

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1848-532: Was inherited by Tapia's daughter, Maria Prudhomme, and her husband Leon Prudhomme. In January 1847, the area became controlled by the United States following the conquest of California as part of the Mexican-American War , and was formalised by the Treaty of Cahuenga . Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, the United States recognised the existing land tenure, and took formal control of

1892-475: Was sold in 1858 to John Rains . Slavery of Native Americans became illegal in California in 1865. John Rain's heirs sold Rancho Cucamonga in 1870 to an Isaias Hellman -led syndicate, the "Cucamonga Company". 20 years after the initial application, the California government formally converted the title of the rancho to freehold in 1872. In 1881, the Chaffey brothers, George and William , purchased

1936-431: Was unveiled on Wednesday, February 11. The franchise retained head coach Mike Stothers during the move from Manchester. 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 . Sean Backman lead

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