Four Kings’ prospects – representing three different countries – could be part of the upcoming World Junior Championship (WJC), including a pair of first round picks.
Team Canada’s summer evaluation camp was filled with more Kings’ prospects than any other NHL team. However, for various reasons, only two of those five have a shot at the [...]
2011 WJC Update – More Kings Added
December 7, 2010 By
Super Series – WHL Report with Linden Vey
November 20, 2010 By
When you’re hot, you’re hot.
And Kings prospect Linden Vey is more than warm right now. His November already includes back-to-back Player of the Week honors from his junior team, the Medicine Hat Tigers. Plus, he was named the WHL Player of the Game in the just completed Subway Super Series.
His scored a goal in the [...]
Super Series Report – Interview w/ Maxim Kitsyn
November 18, 2010 By
When it comes to prospects, people like to talk about the ‘buzz’ factor. Some guys have it, others just can’t seem to catch it.
Right now, the name Maxim Kitsyn is being spoken by nearly everybody who follows Canadian junior hockey.
Drafted by the LA Kings this past June, he’s generally referred to as power forward – a phrase that isn’t commonly used [...]
Super Series Game 3 – Notes on Toffoli and Kitsyn
November 12, 2010 By
After sweeping the opening two games against the QMJHL earlier this week, Team Russia dropped its first contest versus the OHL all-stars by a score of 4-0 earlier tonight.
This continued the trend of the last seven years. Entering the game, teams from the OHL had beaten the visiting Russians 14 out of 14 times, outscoring [...]
Super Series Game 2 Preview w/ JF Berube
November 10, 2010 By
The Subway Super Series is part international spectacle – highlighted by the play of All-Star teams from the CHL and Russian junior leagues – and part evaluation tournament for Team Canada’s World Junior Championship roster.
Game one of the six-game series took place Tuesday night, with Russia winning 5-4. Things will resume later today with the [...]
Super Series Game 1 Report w/ Nic Deslauriers
November 9, 2010 By
The road to this winter’s World Junior Championships continues, as the Subway Super Series is now underway.
For the past seven years Russia has sent over a team of junior level all-stars to play a six-game series against the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It’s a pretty straight forward tournament, with two games each against the QMJHL, [...]
Development Camp 2010 Wrap-Up
July 2, 2010 By
Today was the third and final scrimmage at the Kings annual Development Camp.
The teams have been the same all week…for the complete rosters click here.
While it was mostly “bigger names” that stole the headlines at Wednesday’s scrimmage (i.e. Holloway, Jones and Weal), some of today’s highlights belonged to non-roster, camp invitees.
Zach Harnden, an undrafted winger out [...]
