For those who follow the Los Angeles Kings prospects, especially the defensemen, you’re probably familiar with names like Derek Forbort, Thomas Hickey and Viatcheslav Voynov. Yet, start to remember the name Kevin Gravel. The 6-foot-4 blueliner recently wrapped up his freshman season at St. Cloud State University, where he won William Radovich Award for the […]
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Wisconsin coach on LA Prospects Forbort, Gravel and Shore
Earlier this week, Wisconsin assistant coach – and former LA King grinder – Gary Shuchuk joined us to talk about the Kings fourth round selection in this year’s draft, Michael Mersch. Shuchuk, now an assistant coach at Wisconsin (NCAA), helped oversee Mersch’s development during his just completed freshman season. Among the comments he shared was […]
Interview with LA Kings College Prospect, Defenseman Derek Forbort
Standing 6’5″ and a freshman at the University of North Dakota, Derek Forbort is still years away from seeing time on the blue line in Los Angeles. Still, when he goes from being the Kings number one draft pick in June 2010 to the team’s highest rated defensive prospect eight months later (according to The […]
Is Matt Greene Coming to Twitter Soon?
After ‘When is Brayden Schenn going to play for the Kings again?’ and “Who’s starting in goal tomorrow night?’ – perhaps the question I get asked most often is ‘When is Matt Greene going to join twitter?’ So, I took the question to the man himself… MM: Dustin Brown is on twitter, Dustin Penner says […]
…And Now You’re Caught Up – March 21, 2011
It’s been another busy week in the sports world, so you may have missed a few odds and ends out there. Don’t worry – we’ve got you covered. Here are the ten Kings related (or at least hockey related) items you should definitely know about heading into the week ahead… * Call it the junior […]