2022 Ontario Reign Offseason Player Tracker

SEASON SYNOPSIS

The Ontario Reign had a very impressive 2021-22 season in a battle against the Stockton Heat for the top spot in the Pacific Division. They finished the regular season with a 41-18-5-4 record and fell in their second playoff round after sweeping the San Diego Gulls in the first round. Their postseason hopes were cut short by a sweep from the Colorado Eagles.

Centerman T.J. Tynan was a force for the Reign, almost reaching the 100-point accomplishment through the regular season. Interestingly enough, it was driven mainly by assists. Tynan had 14 goals and 84 assists through the regular season for a total of 98 points. This performance earned him the Les Cunningham Award for the AHL’s most valuable player for the second year in a row. Forward Martin Frk was close behind in scoring with 73 points on 40 goals and 33 assists. 

Matthew Villalta carried the bulk of the weight in net, playing 46 games through the regular season and earning a 2.98 GAA and .903 save percentage. 

Tynan and Jordan Spence were named to the AHL’s First All-Star Team while Frk was named to the AHL’s Second All-Star Team. Spence also received another recognition, earning a spot on the AHL’s All-Rookie Team.

(List accurate as of January 24th, 2023 at 12:00pm PT)

UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS

Forwards

• Aidan Dudas – Last year of entry-level contract
• Samuel Fagemo – Last year of entry-level contract
• Samuel Helenius – First year of entry-level contract*
• Andre Lee – Second year of entry-level contract
• Tyler Madden – Last year of entry-level contract
• Akil Thomas – Last year of entry-level contract
• Alex Turcotte – Second year of entry-level contract
• Austin Wagner – Last year of three-year contract
• Taylor Ward – Signed one-year, entry-level contract on March 19th
• T.J. Tynan – Signed two-year NHL contract extension (2022-23 is two-way; 2023-24 is one-way) on June 14th 
• Jacob Doty – Signed one-year AHL contract extension on June 30th
• Jaret Anderson-Dolan – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 23
• Gabriel Vilardi – Signed a one-year, one-way NHL contract on July 23
• Brett Kemp -Signed an AHL contract on August 23
• Nikita Pavlychev – Signed an AHL contract on August 23
• Christian Kåsastul – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 30

Defensemen

• Helge Grans – First year of entry-level contract
• Kim Nousiainen – First year of entry-level contract
• Jordan Spence – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Jacob Moverare – Signed a two-year NHL contract extension (2022-23 is two-way, 2023-24 is one-way) on June 15th
• Frederic Allard – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 1st
• Cameron Gaunce – Signed one-year AHL contract on July 27

Goaltenders

• David Hrenak – Last year of entry-level contract
• Jacob Ingham – Last year of entry-level contract
• Matt Villalta – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 1st

* – Contract includes European Assignment Clause, detailed in Article 11 – 11.19 of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement — “The SPC of any Player may contain a clause that provides that, in the event his NHL Club Loans the Player to a club outside the NHL, during the period of such Loan, the Player shall have the option to be Loaned to a club of his choice outside North America.”

NEW ADDITIONS

Forwards

• Martin Chromiak – First year of entry-level contract (played for the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL in 2021-22)
• Alan Quine – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 18th (played for the Henderson Silver Knights in 2021-22)
• Alex Ierullo – Signed an AHL contract on August 23rd (played for Ontario (PTO), the ECHL’s Greenville Swamp Rabbits, and Bemijdi State University of the NCAA in 2021-22)
• Justin Nachbaur – Signed an AHL contract on August 23rd (played for the Charlotte Checkers and ECHL’s Greenville Swamp Rabbits in 2021-22)
• Tyler Inamoto – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 30 (played on a PTO for Ontario and the NCAA’s University of Wisconsin in 2021-22)

Defensemen

• Tobie Paquette-Bisson – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 13th (played for the Laval Rocket in 2021-22)
• Joe Gatenby – Signed an AHL contract on August 23rd (played for the ECHL’s Greenville Swamp Rabbits and University of New Brunswick of USports in 2021-22)

Goaltenders

• Phoenix Copley – Signed one-year, one-way NHL contract on July 13th (played for Washington and the Hershey Bears in 2021-22)

DEPARTURES

Forwards

• Martin Frk – Signed one-year, two-way contract with the St. Louis Blues on July 15th 
• Vladimir Tkachyov – Signed by Avangard Omsk of the KHL on June 20th
• Brett Sutter – Signed a one-year AHL contract with the Calgary Wranglers on August 3rd

Defensemen

• Austin Strand – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract with Anaheim on July 14th
• Christian Wolanin – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract with Vancouver on July 14th
• Nelson Nogier – Signed a one-year contract with Barys Nur-Sultan of the KHL on September 13th
• Thomas Hickey – Signed a PTO with New Jersey on September 13

Goaltenders

• John Lethemon – Signed one-year contract with Grand Rapids Griffins on July 2nd 
• Lukáš Pařík – Signed a one-year AHL contract with the Colorado Eagles on August 17th
• Garret Sparks – Signed an ECHL standard player contract (SPC) with the Orlando Solar Bears on January 24, 2023

(Special thanks to CapFriendly and Elite Prospects for all the contract terms and definitions for this offseason player tracker!)

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Other 2022 AHL Off Season Trackers :

Pacific

• Abbotsford Canucks

• Bakersfield Condors

• Calgary Wranglers

• Coachella Valley Firebirds

• Colorado Eagles

• Henderson Silver Knights

• Ontario Reign

• San Diego Gulls

• San Jose Barracuda

• Tucson Roadrunners

 

Central

• Chicago Wolves

• Grand Rapids Griffins

• Iowa Wild

• Manitoba Moose

• Milwaukee Admirals

• Rockford IceHogs

• Texas Stars

 

North

• Belleville Senators

• Cleveland Monsters

• Laval Rocket

• Rochester Americans

• Syracuse Crunch

• Toronto Marlies

• Utica Comets

 

Atlantic

• Bridgeport Islanders

• Charlotte Checkers

• Hartford Wolf Pack

• Hershey Bears

• Lehigh Valley Phantoms

• Providence Bruins

• Springfield Thunderbirds 
• Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins