EL SEGUNDO, CA — After former Los Angeles Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi built a team that won two Stanley Cup Championships in the span of three seasons, his successor, current Vice President/General Manager Rob Blake, inherited a franchise that had no first-round draft picks from 2013 to 2016. But that is often a price... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The hockey gods sure seem to have it in for the Los Angeles Kings this season. Indeed, they have gotten off to a horrendous start with the worst record in the National Hockey League and one would be hard pressed to identify any positive sign indicating that significant improvement is coming... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The Ontario Reign begin their 2018-19 American Hockey League season tonight at home, Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, and among the young players on their roster who will be making their professional hockey league debuts this season is 20-year-old forward Drake Rymsha. The 6-0, 187-pound native of Huntington Woods,... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — As the Los Angeles Kings emerge from a 2018 pre-season that saw them win just one game, questions abound regarding their outlook for the fast-approaching 2018-19 season. But as they look at their immediate future, they are also keeping the more distant future firmly in mind and that task is now... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — Although it is difficult to find a silver lining in a rather lopsided, 7-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks in pre-season action at Honda Center on September 26, one player who stood out for the Los Angeles Kings was left wing prospect Austin Wagner, who scored on a breakaway goal at... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — As the Los Angeles Kings 2018 training camp enters its fifth day and with their first pre-season games being played tonight (a split-squad doubleheader against the Arizona Coyotes with games at Staples Center in Los Angeles and at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona), their young players are working hard to... Continue Reading →
The young prospects of the Los Angeles Kings did not fare well in the 2018 Rookie Tournament, hosted by the Vegas Golden Knights earlier this week, losing all three games to their peers from the Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes and the Golden Knights. The Kings lost to the Ducks, 8-3 on September 9, 4-2 on... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — In April 2006, when Dean Lombardi took over as general manager of the Los Angeles Kings, he insisted that they invest significant resources in scouting and development, which had never been done before in the history of the franchise. That move paid off, big time, as the Kings were finally able to... Continue Reading →
FROZEN ROYALTY EXCLUSIVE: This is rather late, but due to various circumstances, this story has been delayed. But now, here’s an in-depth look at most of the Los Angeles Kings late round picks in the 2018 NHL Draft featuring exclusive comments from Mark Yanetti, the Director of Amateur Scouting for the Kings. LOS ANGELES —... Continue Reading →
FROZEN ROYALTY EXCLUSIVE: Our coverage of the 2018 National Hockey League Draft continues with more from an exclusive interview with Los Angeles Kings Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti. In Part 2, we go in-depth regarding the Kings second round pick, center Akil Thomas, comments that you can read only here on Frozen Royalty. LOS... Continue Reading →
FROZEN ROYALTY EXCLUSIVE: Frozen Royalty begins its coverage of the Los Angeles Kings and the 2018 National Hockey League Draft with exclusive comments from the Kings Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti, who took time out from his post-draft travel to do an in-depth, one-on-one interview with Frozen Royalty, as he has done for the... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — While they were winning Stanley Cup Championships in 2012 and 2014, while they were a legitimate Stanley Cup contender in 2013, and when they thought they still had a chance to win a championship in 2015, the Los Angeles Kings gambled by trading away first round draft picks that they used... Continue Reading →
