Draft (and other) activities

The NHL Draft is rapidly approaching, and some have asked about the “prospects clinic” that is taking place on June 24 in El Segundo. I have some information on that. Basically, it’s a clinic for local youth hockey players (they’ve already been selected), which will be run by Willie O’Ree, Daryl Evans, Jim Fox and six highly regarded draft prospects (Tyler Seguin, Taylor Hall, Brett Connolly, Erik Gudbranson, Cam Fowler and Long Beach native Emerson Etem. All of the prospects will be on the ice working with the kids, and the program runs from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. It’s free to watch, at Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo.

Also on June 24, the NHL Coaches’ Association will hold an all-day coaching clinic at the Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown hotel. Scheduled to participate are Stanley Cup winning coach Joel Quenneville, Kings coaches Jamie Kompon and Bill Ranford, plus Dan Bylsma, Tony Granato, Kirk Muller, Wayne Fleming, Paul MacLean, Perry Pearn, Brad Shaw and Barry Smith. The clinic costs $150 and more info can be found by clicking here.

Finally… don’t forget that the annual Jim Fox/Dave Taylor charity golf tournament, benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, will take place this coming Monday at the Moorpark Country Club. Read more about that by clicking here. And Daryl Evans has a series of on-ice hockey clinics in July in El Segundo. More information here.