Three games, three losses, and a chance to end the losing streak Saturday. The Kings were back on the ice at Toyota Sports Performance Center on Friday before flying out for their game against the Golden Knights. Unfortunately, they were without two forwards available, as Mats Zuccarello and Alex Turcotte were both absent from practice. […]
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Early Practice Report: Several Key Personnel Moves, Changes Ongoing for Kings
Let’s quickly bring everybody up to speed for those not following along closely. Following an optional day of practice on Wednesday, where most skaters didn’t take to the ice, things ramped back up Thursday for the LA Kings — with two noticeable absences, forwards Quinton Byfield and Mats Zuccarello did not participate, without official explanation. […]
Is Turcotte the Kings 2C Now? Not Quite Yet
Two must be the magic number of the day. Saturday afternoon marked the second preseason game for nearly all of the Kings “regular” players. It also was the second Kings-Ducks game of the week, a rematch of their Wednesday night contest down in Anaheim. After dropping their first two games of the preseason, today’s matinee […]
Laviolette on Perry’s Absence, Zuccarello’s Timeline, and Other Camp Notes from Monday
Monday brought several key milestones at Kings training camp, and a few surprises, as well. For starters, forward Andre Lee and defenseman Jared Woolley were added to Group A. While rotating a few of the bubble players in and out has been fairly common practice, this seemed to be more about each guy earning the […]
Kings Forward Mats Zuccarello Throws Out First Pitch at Dodger Stadium
While Mats Zuccarello is still a few weeks away from officially donning a Kings jersey for the first time, he’s already sported a Dodgers jersey. After being inked to a one-year free agent contract by LA GM Ken Hollland back in early July, the Norwegian-born forward arrived at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night ready to […]