LOS ANGELES — Dustin Brown scored two goals, Jarret Stoll and Justin Williams scored a goal each, and Ryan Smyth contributed two assists to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 4-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,118 fans at Staples Center on October 15. The Kings opened... Continue Reading →
LA Kings Winger Justin Williams Has A Lot To Prove In 2010-11
LOS ANGELES — Three games into the 2010-11 National Hockey League regular season and going back to the start of their 2010 training camp, perhaps the biggest concern for the Los Angeles Kings has been who is going to score goals besides the usual suspects, including Anze Kopitar, Ryan Smyth and Dustin Brown. Perhaps the... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio: LA Kings Win 2010-11 Home Opener With 3-1 Victory Over Atlanta
LOS ANGELES — Ryan Smyth scored two goals and added an assist, Jarret Stoll scored a goal and tallied one assist and Justin Williams contributed two assists while Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,118... Continue Reading →
Gann Matsuda On The Hockeywriters.com: LA Kings Looking For More From Second Line
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings are 1-1 two games into the 2010-11 National Hockey League regular season, and while it is way, way too early to identify trends, either positive or negative, the Kings have scored just twice in the two games, once on the power play and once in a five-on-five situation.... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio: LA Kings Win Pre-Season Laugher Over Anaheim
LOS ANGELES — Jack Johnson scored two goals and tallied an assist, Anze Kopitar contributed four assists, and seven players recorded multi-point games, leading the Los Angeles Kings to an easy 8-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks in pre-season action at Staples Center on September 28. The Ducks looked completely lost defensively throughout the game,... Continue Reading →
LA Kings: Can Third Line of Handzus, Ponikarovsky, Simmonds Be More Than A Shut Down Line?
EL SEGUNDO, CA — As the Los Angeles Kings head into their 2010 exhibition season tonight (September 22, 2010) at Colorado, much of what head coach Terry Murray has in mind for his team is already apparent, especially in terms of his forward lines. At this point in the Kings’ 2010 training camp, Murray has... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio: LA Kings 2010 Training Camp-Day 3
Frozen Royalty was at the Los Angeles Kings' 2010 training camp, held at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California, on Monday, September 20, and got several interviews that you can listen to right here. Audio Interviews (edited to remove extraneous material and dead air) Ryan Smyth (5:38) Drew Doughty (2:29) Michal Handzus (6:25)... Continue Reading →
Gann Matsuda on TheHockeyWriters.com: Los Angeles Kings’ Second Line Is A Big Question Mark During Training Camp
EL SEGUNDO, CA — As the Los Angeles Kings get their 2010 training camp revved up, head coach Terry Murray knows that one of his challenges going into the 2010-11 season is to address his team’s lack of five-on-five scoring in recent years. Murray has opened camp with a top line of left wing Ryan... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio: Interview with LA Kings Head Coach Terry Murray
A couple of weeks ago, Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray took some time out of his busy schedule as he prepared for the his team’s 2010 training camp to talk with Frozen Royalty. He shared his thoughts about the 2009-10 season and the progress and improvement his team made last year, along with... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio: Interviews From LA Kings HockeyFest ’10
Frozen Royalty was present at the Los Angeles Kings’ HockeyFest '10, held at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California on September 11 to get interviews with current players and Kings alumni. You can listen to those interviews (mostly “scrum” interviews where subjects are surrounded by several reporters) below: Raw Audio Interviews (edited to... Continue Reading →
LA Kings Head Coach Terry Murray Reflects On 2009-10 Season
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The following is the first in a series of stories based on an interview with Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray, in which he looks back and evaluates his team’s performance during the 2009-10 season. Look for the next installment on Tuesday, September 7. EL SEGUNDO, CA — With his team’s 2010... Continue Reading →
LA Kings Left Wing Ryan Smyth Suffers Fractured Ankle At 2010 World Championships
CALGARY, AB — On May 10, HockeyCanada announced that left wing Ryan Smyth of the Los Angeles Kings suffered a foot injury that will force him to miss the remainder of the 2010 IIHF World Championship tournament in Germany. The injury was later determined to be a fractured ankle. “I was in practice, driving to... Continue Reading →