EL SEGUNDO, CA AND MANCHESTER, NH — On April 2, the Los Angeles Kings assigned goaltender Jonathan Bernier to the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, their primary minor league affiliate. In related news, the Monarchs signed goaltenders Jean-Francois Berube and Dave Wilson to amateur tryout agreements. Bernier, 21, has a 3-0-0 record in... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — With the exception of should-be-a-Hall-of-Famer Rogie Vachon, Mario Lessard and Felix Potvin (for about one season), “goaltending” and “Los Angeles Kings” should not be used in the same sentence unless the idea is to cause uncontrollable laughter or crushing despair, depending on who you might be talking to. But all indications are... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — On September 20, the Los Angeles Kings made their second round of training camp cuts, highlighted by the assignment of center Oscar Moller to the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, the Kings’ primary minor league affiliate. Also assigned to Manchester were centers Justin Azevedo, Corey Elkins, Andrei Loktionov, Juraj... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings opened the 2009-10 pre-season schedule by earning a split in their split-squad series against the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday night. At Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona, Wayne Simmonds scored two goals for the Kings, but that was not enough as the Coyotes handed the Kings a 4-2 loss.... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA - After the first game of their 2009-10 Rookie Tournament, a 6-1 blowout loss to the young prospects of the Phoenix Coyotes, one might think that the Los Angeles Kings’ prospects should have stuck with the drills they were working on during the first three days of their rookie camp. Indeed, the... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The Los Angeles Kings have completed three days of their 2009-10 Rookie Camp with the focus on drills designed to improve their young prospects compete level, decision-making, positional play, puck handling, and more.“Overall, I’ve been very excited about what’s happened here in the three days,” said Kings head coach Terry Murray.... Continue Reading →
ONTARIO, CA — As young goaltenders Jonathan Quick and Erik Ersberg show promise in handling the goaltending chores for the Los Angeles Kings, and with Jonathan Bernier and Daniel Taylor developing their netminder skills with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, the Kings now have two more young goaltending prospects honing their skills... Continue Reading →
PRE-SEASON: Los Angeles Kings win twice on Monday night; post-game audio interviews from game 2 at Staples Center. LOS ANGELES — After reading the headline above, you’re probably thinking that someone made a mistake.Nope. Guess again. On Monday night, the Los Angeles Kings actually won two games within hours of each other to open their... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — On April 10, the Los Angeles Kings signed goaltending prospect Jeff Zatkoff to a three-year, entry-level contract. Financial terms were not disclosed. Zatkoff, 20, earned a 27-8-1 record with a 1.72 goals-against average (GAA), a .933 save percentage and three shutouts in his junior season with the Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks... Continue Reading →
