With Anze Kopitar and Willie Mitchell likely out for next weekend’s season opener due to knee injuries, many have wondered who in the Kings organization might be called up to fill those gaps on the main roster. After all, for the first few years of GM Dean Lombardi‘s tenure, all the hype was around the [...]
MayorsManor Live Radio with Monarchs head coach Mark Morris
October 4, 2012 By
Even with the NHL in lockout mode, there’s plenty of hockey action ramping up across North America. Out east in New Hampshire the LA Kings top minor league affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, are wrapping up their first week of training camp.
Tomorrow night they’ll kick off their exhibition schedule vs. the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (affiliate of the New York [...]
Monarchs Training Camp – exclusive photos, Voynov update, etc.
October 1, 2012 By
There might not be any training camp news coming out of Los Angeles at the moment, however things are starting to heat up on the other side of the country.
In advance of the AHL season getting underway soon, the Manchester Monarchs opened camp this weekend and dozens of Kings prospects took to the ice yesterday. [...]
Manchester Monarchs full training camp roster and schedule
September 26, 2012 By
Well, the Kings should be getting ready to play a pre-season game tonight in Denver. Obviously that isn’t happening due to the NHL lockout. So far, Anze Kopitar is the only Kings player to sign a deal in Europe (pics and video of his second game over there were posted on MM yesterday). Plus, as [...]
Andy Andreoff on Kings prospects Schumacher, Toffoli and Vey
July 19, 2012 By
If you’re looking at a list of the Kings top forward prospects and trying to guess which ones may be playing in LA in a few years, the names Andy Andreoff, Michael Schumacher, Tyler Toffoli and Linden Vey are most definitely going to be part of the discussion.
Yet, each brings something different to the table. [...]
Coaches evaluations following LA Kings Dev Camp
July 16, 2012 By
Now that the Kings have wrapped up their annual Development Camp, it’s time to see what some of the coaches and players thought of the experience. We’ll start off with Nelson Emerson (player development coach) and Kim Dillabaugh (goaltending coach). Then, in the next article, we’ll hear from several participants – including 2012 draftee Tomas [...]
LA Kings 2012 Dev Camp report with Tyler Toffoli
July 7, 2012 By
Prior to this weekend’s Development Camp we posted previews with LA Kings prospects JF Berube, Kevin Gravel and Jordan Weal. Now, we turn our attention to perhaps the top prospect in camp – forward Tyler Toffoli.
Drafted in the second round of the 2010 NHL Draft, Toffoli has been the reigning sniper in the Ontario Hockey [...]
LA Kings Dev Camp 2012 preview with dman Kevin Gravel
July 5, 2012 By
They say first round picks are easy to make at the NHL Draft. It’s those hidden gems in the later rounds where scouts and General Managers truly earn their keep. And if 20-year old Kevin Gravel has his way, one day he’s going to make Dean Lombardi and staff look really smart.
The 6-foot-4 defenseman recently wrapped [...]
Dustin Brown with pre-training camp thoughts and expectations
After what he described as a ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ like experience to get back from Switzerland, Kings captain Dustin Brown returned to LA a few days ago and can’t wait for training camp to open this morning.
“It helped me, both mentally and physically,” Brown said of his experience playing overseas during the lockout. “I [...]