Christmas is coming early for hockey fans in Southern California. Beginning tomorrow, you can watch LA Kings Prospects on TV for the next six straight days. Friday, December 18 David Hrenak – St. Cloud State Hrenak is off to a hot start, posting a 3-1 record with a .912 save percentage – helping propel St. […]
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Kings Of the Podcast: Ep. Q17 with Christian Ruuttu, LA Kings European Scout
As if we didn’t have enough fun with Mark Yannetti on our last Kings of the Podcast, this time around Christian Ruuttu, LA’s top European Scout, drops by too share stories and talk prospects. Topics discussed: – How he found out he was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres – Playing in some of the NHL’s […]
WJC Post-Mortem: Emerson Talks Fagemo, Bjornfot, and Other European Prospects
With this article, we’ll officially wrap up our 2020 World Junior Championship coverage. Over the course of two previous articles we already shared comments from Kings Director of Player of Personnel, Nelson Emerson, on the four prospects representing Canada (Akil Thomas, Aidan Dudas) and the USA (Alex Turcotte, Arthur Kaliyev). For the final installment, we’ll […]
LA Kings Weekly Prospect Tracker, Plus Three Stars of December 2019
A little less than half of the nine LA Kings prospects picked up medals at the just concluded World Junior Championship in Europe. While this annual tournament typically favors 19 year-old players, several of the top 2020 NHL Draft hopefuls participated – and excelled. We’ll be featuring a select group from that bunch in some […]
LA Kings Prospect Tracker – Week Ending January 2, 2020
That traditional holiday carol, with a chant of, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” was indeed correct. The World Junior Championship is in full swing. Hosted by Czech Republic this year, the annual tournament for some of the world’s best and brightest up-and-comers is not short on talent. After a preliminary stage that […]