Mikey Anderson
Staff reviews split-squad games; Thursday lineup hints; Anderson, Thomas talk debuts; Hextall returns
INSIDERS. An update from today’s practice.
Related: Kovalchuk “tweaked something,” leaves practice early; LaDue close, will play in preseason
-- Todd McLellan, who coached Tuesday’s Staples Center group, watched as much of the Glendale group’s 4-1 win over Arizona as was possible via video. “Se... Read More
Anderson, Durzi ready to go as Kings begin rookie camp
The Anaheim Rookie Faceoff represents our first taste of hockey for the 2019-20 season. It represents a fresh, new look at players we’ve seen in the past and a first look at how certain players perform in game action, for the first time as members of the LA Kings.
Two such members are first-year... Read More
Video: NHL Draft Black and White; getting to know the prospects
INSIDERS. I'll wrap up the development camp and prospect coverage this weekend, but first, here are the most recent Black and White episodes, the second of which uses interesting and raw footage to depict the flow of conversation on the draft floor and the attempts by the Kings to move draft positio... Read More
Parik, invitee Kinder chosen in CHL Import Draft; convos with Hults, Anderson
CHL IMPORT DRAFT | 2019 third rounder Lukas Parik is a Chief, and invitee Nino Kinder an… Ice. He is an ice.
Parik was “drafted” by Spokane in the CHL import draft, which is part-draft, part-pre-arranged-distribution-of-talent across major junior hockey. This is not necessarily a linear, top-to-b... Read More
Back-to-back national champion Mikey Anderson signs three-year ELC
The LA Kings have signed defensive prospect Mikey Anderson to a three-year entry-level contract. Anderson, who turns 20 one month from now, is a back-to-back national champion at Minnesota-Duluth and captained the United States to a silver medal at the World Junior Championship one year after earnin... Read More
Anderson, UMD win again; CHL/NCAA prospect notes; NHL Central Scouting’s final list
-- Sean Durzi, Markus Phillips and Guelph have emerged from a 3-0 hole to force a Game 7 at London on Tuesday. Keep in mind this is a Knights team with NHL first round draft picks in Evan Bouchard, Adam Boqvist and Liam Foudy and a second round pick in Alex Formenton; both Bouchard and Formenton sco... Read More
Tons of NCAA, CHL prospect notes, stats, playoff schedules; Dudas scouting report
Several junior and college-based prospect notes in advance of the NCAA tournament and while the first round of playoffs across the Western Hockey League are underway:
-- The OHL Coaches Poll came out a week ago, and several Kings factored into the voting. Aidan Dudas was voted by the coaches as t... Read More
World Juniors: Kupari, Finland advance to face Anderson, USA at 5:00 pm Saturday
So, how did Rasmus Kupari and the Finns fare in their World Junior Championship semifinal against Switzerland?
Rasmus Kupari scores to make it 6-1, his 3rd point of the night#LAKings #GoKingsGo #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/hT2GXYa6Im— Eric (@Kingsgifs) January 5, 2019
That was one of ... Read More
Kovalchuk back with Kopitar; Hagelin return imminent; Anderson goes for gold
INSIDERS. A very good Friday to you. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!
The LA Kings held a full-team practice in the midst of a four-in-six and showed changes to their forward alignment:
Kovalchuk-Kopitar-Brown
Iafallo-Carter-Leipsic-Scherbak
Hagelin-Kempe-Toffoli
Clifford-Wagner-Thompson-Luff
Notes!... Read More
Anderson, Kupari still alive at WJC; Phillips, Anderson-Dolan, Sodergran out
In case you hadn't heard the news from up north - hey, it's possible - Canada has been eliminated from the World Junior Championship, as has Sweden. Sadly, that means the world junior dreams of Markus Phillips, Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Johan Sodergran have evaporated like the fog rolling off Mount S... Read More
Karlsson gets two games; Sodergran, Anderson to WJC; Doughty’s quotes; RIP Bob Crocker
TWO GAMES FOR KARLSSON | So says the Department of Player Safety on a hit in which Erik Karlsson made "the head the main point of contact on a hit where such contact was avoidable.” The DoPS' position is clear: the head is the main point of contact - “the majority of the impact is delivered to Wagne... Read More
Odds and Ends: Mikey Anderson, Rasmus Kupari, Jarome Iginla
ANDERSON PLAYER OF THE GAME | The United States White Team breezed past a vastly out-Corsi'd and undermanned Finland team on Day 1 of the World Junior Summer Showcase, winning 5-2 on Monday while leading for nearly 58 minutes. 2017 fourth rounder Mikey Anderson, poised to become a two-year World Jun... Read More
