Frozen Royalty's coverage of Day 2 of the Los Angeles Kings and the 2021 National Hockey League Draft features another exclusive interview with Kings Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yannetti. Yannetti discussed how the Kings draft plans came to fruition—pretty much exactly the way they hoped. He also took a close look at each of... Continue Reading →
Going Deep Into the LA Kings 2020 NHL Draft with Kings Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti – Part 4
LOS ANGELES — Closing out their 2020 National Hockey League Draft, the Los Angeles Kings selected two players in the fifth round and one in the seventh on Day 2 of the draft, October 6, 2020, with the hope that these longshots—virtually all late-round draft picks—will surprise everyone and make it to the NHL. Kings... Continue Reading →
Going Deep Into the LA Kings 2020 NHL Draft with Kings Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti – Part 3
LOS ANGELES — After an eventful first and second rounds of the 2020 National Hockey League Draft, October 5-6, 2020, the Los Angeles Kings added five more prospects to their system in Rounds 3-7. Kings Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti spoke exclusively with Frozen Royalty about each of the Kings’ 2020 draft picks, and... Continue Reading →
Going Deep Into the LA Kings 2020 NHL Draft with Kings Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti – Part 1
LOS ANGELES — Each year, when the National Hockey League Draft comes around, yours truly gets a little excited about the stories I’ll be writing. Indeed, writing about young players who will be the future of the NHL is a refreshing change of pace from the more traditional feature stories that I might write during... Continue Reading →
LA Kings 2019 NHL Draft: Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti Looks At Potential 1st Round Picks
LOS ANGELES — With the first round of the 2019 National Hockey League Draft just hours away, unless something rather unexpected has happened, the amateur scouting staff of the Los Angeles Kings has wrapped up their pre-draft meetings and has finalized their “list,” not to mention the four players they have targeted for the fifth... Continue Reading →
Drew Doughty Suspension Is Just The Latest Example of the Need To Reform Supplementary Discipline in the NHL
LOS ANGELES — As reported by numerous media outlets, and by yours truly on Twitter, the National Hockey League has suspended Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty one game for an illegal check to the head of Vegas Golden Knights left wing William Carrier at 9:58 of the third period of Game 1 of their... Continue Reading →
LA Kings Anze Kopitar Has More Important Things To Worry About Than The Hart Memorial Trophy
EL SEGUNDO, CA — Don’t look now, but with 80 points so far this season, Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar needs just one more point to match his career high in points, set in the 2009-10 season when he scored 34 goals and added 47 assists for 81 points in 82 games. Through 71... Continue Reading →
One-On-One With LA Kings Mark Yanetti On 1st Round Pick Gabriel Vilardi
2017 NHL DRAFT COVERAGE: In addition to bringing you some comments from Los Angeles Kings assistant general manager Michael Futa and their first round pick, center Gabriel Vilardi, Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti did a one-on-one interview with Frozen Royalty late Saturday. In this story, he added his voice to those talking about Vilardi... Continue Reading →
Bob Miller’s Retirement Press Conference Was Really About All of Us Instead
LOS ANGELES — Legendary Los Angeles Kings broadcaster Bob Miller announced his retirement during a press conference on Thursday afternoon at Staples Center in Los Angeles, an event in which virtually every news outlet in the Los Angeles area and just about all of the local hockey media were represented. The easy observation here is... Continue Reading →
LA Kings First Play-By-Play Voice, Jiggs McDonald, Reminisces – Part 2
In the final installment of a two-part series on the Los Angeles Kings first play-by-play announcer, Jiggs McDonald, who will fill in for the legendary Bob Miller on tonight’s Fox Sports West telecast when the Kings skate at the BB&T Center against the Florida Panthers, McDonald shared his thoughts on how hockey has changed since... Continue Reading →
NHL Royalty: Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux Hold Court In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — In a packed conference room at the JW Marriot at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles, National Hockey League royalty held court. Indeed, three of the NHL’s aristocracy, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Mario Lemieux, sat together at a dais to meet the media covering the NHL 100 gala, held at the... Continue Reading →
Dustin Brown Deserved Much Better From LA Kings
LOS ANGELES — Although the decline in his level of play has been rather glaring, even before he helped lead the Los Angeles Kings to their first Stanley Cup Championship in 2012, right wing and now former captain Dustin Brown deserved better treatment than he has received this summer since news leaked that he was... Continue Reading →