Each game over a seven-game playoff series brings a different feeling, a unique flavor. In the middle, you have the ‘who can push the momentum?’ scenario – i.e. can a team take a 3-1 lead or will the other side tie up the series 2-2. And while each contest is usually filled with pre-game excitement, […]
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LA Kings Prospect Report – Sweeping Through the Playoffs
Things are moving right along in the junior hockey playoffs. And if there is a theme so far, this may be the year of the sweep. Among the Kings prospects participating in post-season play either in the WHL, OHL or QMJHL, there were three series that ended in sweeps during the first round – followed […]
Interview with Kings Prospect JF Berube (QMJHL Goalie)
The future has never…NEVER, EVER!…looked brighter in net for the Los Angeles Kings. Already blessed with two solid aces at the NHL level (Jonathan’s Quick and Bernier), plus two gems in the making at Manchester (Martin Jones and Jeff Zatkoff), it’s easy for some to forget about JF Berube. After all, he plays in the […]
Interview with OHL Scoring Champion Tyler Toffoli
Heading into the NHL Draft last June many scouts had Tyler Toffoli pegged as a late first rounder. With some questioning his skating ability, he dropped a bit and when he was still sitting there mid-way through the second, Kings GM Dean Lombardi did his thing – ‘Dealer Dean’ traded his second and fourth round […]
Interview with WHL Scoring Champion Linden Vey
If you’ve been following along all season – of even half way paying attention – you know that many of the Kings prospects are having exceptional years. Linden Vey, a fourth round pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, would have to rank right up at the top of the list, having just won the WHL […]