The 2012 World Junior Championship is underway in Alberta, Canada. The top tournament for under-20 year old hockey players kicked off Monday with wins by Team USA and Canada. Today, both teams are back in action again – with the U.S. facing Finland and Canada squaring off with the Czech Republic. Of note, the US/Finland […]
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Three LA Kings prospects featured in two TV games today
The World Junior Championship kicks off today in Alberta, Canada. For those unfamiliar, it’s the top tournament on the planet featuring under-20 year old hockey players. Last year, Russia came back from a several goal deficit in the third period to top Canada for the gold medal. And Team USA defeated Sweden 4-2 for the […]
Four LA Kings prospects make preliminary WJC rosters
Later this week we’ll have a full prospect report posted, including a look at what’s going on out east with the Manchester Monarchs. For now, here’s the big news of the day… Team Finland and the USA have submitted their preliminary rosters for the upcoming World Junior Championships (Canada’s was released last week). This is […]
Los Angeles Kings Prospect Report – October 10, 2011
When training camp began back in early September, we ranked the top ten prospects in the Los Angeles Kings organization…and it’s that list that we’re using today as the template for the first Prospect Report of the new season. – Goalie Martin Jones: While many expect him to battle Jeff Zatkoff for playing time in Manchester […]
High / Low with Terry Murray… on players cut from roster
Schumacher in rookie game (photo: CIKIRI) Just before game time last night, the Kings released the names of 11 players who had been cut from their list of 60+ players in camp. Eight of them were camp invitees and the other three were former LA draft picks – Christopher Gibson, Michael Schumacher and Jordan Weal. Interestingly, the […]