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Cameron Close and Zach Dooley react to the NHL's Return To Play announcement before being joined by their guest Nick Nickson on the latest episode of The Reigny Day Podcast. The LA Kings play-by-play announcer talks about his career path through Ithaca, New Haven, Rochester and ultimately Los Angeles where he has called games for almost 40 seasons. Nickson was awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Aw...

Ontario Reign netminder Matt Villalta joins Cameron Close and Zach Dooley for this brand new episode of The Reigny Day Podcast. The former Greyhounds goalie talks about life as a twin, his unusual preference for pregame jersey preparation and planning a quarantine birthday. Then Cameron pits Dooley against Cohen for a game of Before & After. Never miss an episode by subscribing today at LAKings.co...

Glen Murray, Director of Player Development for the LA Kings, joins Cam and Zach for a new episode of The Reigny Day Podcast. Murray played over 1000 games in the NHL for the Kings, Penguins and Bruins and spoke at length about his playing career, the evolution of development staffs and some of the prospects currently in the pipeline. Never miss an episode by subscribing today at LAKings.com/podca...

More and more NHL stars are getting their professional start in the AHL. In fact we think you could make a pretty competitive team made up exclusively of former AHL players. With that goal in mind, our very own Cameron Close and Zach Dooley invited Ryan Holt from the Bakersfield Condors to join them in a fantasy draft of AHL Alumni. The rules were simple, draft a team consisting of six forwards, f...

Chris Hajt has rejoined the Ontario Reign and he joins the Reigny Day Podcast! The assistant coach previously coached for the Monarchs and Reign from 2014-2017 before spending two seasons with the Buffalo Sabres. The former defenseman joins Cameron Close and Zach Dooley to talk about his playing career, his coaching career and his love of desserts! Never miss an episode by subscribing at LAKings.c...

Martin Frk is back... for a podcast. The Kings forward played 37 games in Ontario before being called up to LA and signing a two-year contract extension in late February. Despite playing only a portion of the season, Frk lead The Reign with 23 goals and 36 points and appeared in the 2019-20 AHL All-Star Classic. Cameron Close and Zach Dooley have a ton of questions for Martin about his career, how...

Reign defenseman Sean Durzi weighs in on the pop-culture trends hockey fans are turning to with no games to watch. The Ontario blue-liner talks about his rookie season, being traded from the Maple Leaf organization and more. Cameron Close and Zach Dooley also revisit some of their earlier conversations about rule changes and All-Star games. Never miss an episode by subscribing to The Reigny Day Po...

Vincent LoVerde played for the Reign (ECHL, Monarchs (AHL) and the Reign again (ECHL) from 2011-2017. The former Captain of the Reign joins Zach Dooley and Cameron Close to talk about his time with the Kings organization, his decision to play in Hartford, college hockey and a whole lot more! Zach and Cam also debate how to conclude the 2019-20 season. Never miss an episode by subscribing today @ L...

Ontario Reign forward Mikey Eyssimont joins The Reigny Day Podcast! The Colorado Native faces off against Zach Dooley in Cameron Close's game of "Add A Letter". The St. Cloud Alumn also talks about his career progression as well as the proper etiquette for refilling ice cube trays. Cameron also reveals his one weakness before passionately disagreeing with Zach about the Draft Lottery. Stream or su...

The Scott Howson interview begins ten minutes into the program.

The push for the Calder Cup Playoffs is on for the Reign. Despite call-ups and injuries, Ontario is making a strong case for a postseason appearance. Cameron Close and Zach Dooley are joined by Austin Strand on this weeks episode as the trio discuss the teams playoff chances, Strand's career path and how he earned his own hashtag. This week the Reign #GetStranded!

Matt Luff joins Cameron Close and Zach Dooley for a highly entertaining and highly informative episode of The Reigny Day Podcast. The Ontario forward opines on a number of topics including Door Dash, his NHL20 rating and the relative cleanliness of his teammates. All that and the brand new game Stuff or Fluff!

Mike Stothers joins the podcast at 11:35

The Kale Clague interview begins 8:10 into the episode.

Mikey Anderson joins Cameron and Zach nine minutes into the episode.

The Boko Imama interview begins at 11:20.

Cal Petersen interview at 18:30

The Ontario Reign have opened the 2019-20 Season with a 6-1-1 record and find themselves tied for first in the Western Conference. Play by play announcer Cameron Close and Reign insider Zach Dooley break down the hot start for the Reign and the players leading the way. Then Jaret Anderson-Dolan joins the pair, just after the 10 minute mark, to discuss growing up in Calgary, the process of getting...