Ontario Reign vs Colorado Eagles

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Sunday hockey has a ritual quality nothing else on the schedule matches: an early game, families filing in with the whole afternoon still ahead of them, the thing wrapped up in time to face the week. Toyota Arena on one of those Sundays is among the better-kept secrets in the Inland Empire. The Reign play the Kings' up-tempo game, and Colorado brings one of the proudest programs in the league — two rosters full of players who are one phone call away from the NHL and skate like they know it. That is the thing about this level. Everybody on the ice is auditioning, constantly, which makes the hockey faster and meaner than the price suggests. Sit close enough to hear the boards flex. Take the kid who has never seen it live, or the friend who swears they do not follow hockey, and watch how long that lasts.