Practice Quotes Archives - LA Kings Insider

We are two……TWO days away from the NHL season! The Kings got a welcomed addition back to the group in Gabriel Vilardi, who stepped onto a line with Adrian Kempe and Austin Wagner on the wings after he was deemed unfit to play on Saturday. The three players who joined the group yesterday – Quinton... Full Story

Training Camp Day 1 – Groups, Lines, Scrimmage Notes, 3 Key Takeaways

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comDecember 31, 20200 Comments

Media AvailabilityPractice QuotesTraining Camp7 min read

INSIDERS!!!!! Welcome to training camp! The Kings hit the ice today in two groups, with each group skating solo for about 40 minutes, sandwiched around an hour and a half of scrimmage time. Group A kicked off the day, with the scrimmage against Group B following immediately after. Group B then... Full Story

Petersen to start vs MIN; competition for ice time; Kempe “playing with authority”

LA Kings InsiderMarch 6, 20200 Comments

Practice Quotes8 min read

INSIDERS. A fine Friday evening to you and yours. Thanks for the well-wishes on Twitter and LAKI - I'm feeling a touch better and am planning on covering Saturday's matinee. Cal Petersen will draw his first career start against Minnesota, Todd McLellan confirmed during Friday's media session. (Stick... Full Story

Emotions resurface, but it’s “business like usual” for Clifford, Muzzin, Campbell

LA Kings InsiderMarch 4, 20200 Comments

AlumniPractice Quotes10 min read

Kyle Clifford, once again an Ontario resident, arrived at Toyota Sports Performance Center in shorts and a T-shirt. Jack Campbell wore long pants, but his shirt was short-sleeved. Only Jake Muzzin, who regained his Ontario residency one year earlier, wore long sleeves. As the rest of the Maple ... Full Story

Andersen to start vs Kings; Doughty dishes on his ex-teammates

LA Kings InsiderMarch 4, 20200 Comments

AlumniPractice notesPractice Quotes6 min read

Insiders! A good afternoon to you. Thanks for your patience both Kings and Maple Leafs quotes were gathered. More to come from Todd McLellan, Jake Muzzin, Kyle Clifford and Jack Campbell. Drew Doughty will be relieved to know that Muzzin is, in fact, on the Maple Leafs’ trip. (Sorry for the lou... Full Story

Doughty/Forbort day-to-day; Lizotte encouraged injury was from hit, not wear

LA Kings InsiderJanuary 27, 20200 Comments

InjuriesPractice Quotes9 min read

INSIDERS. Time to get to the meat of today’s practice doings and happenings. More to come from Ontario this afternoon and evening. But first! -- Neither Drew Doughty nor Derek Forbort – eerily, devastatingly, heartbreakingly players whose numbers are Kobe Bryant’s 8 and 24 – practiced. Both had s... Full Story

Nosebleeds, vomiting, puking: Playing through the flu nuisance in the NHL

LA Kings InsiderJanuary 18, 20200 Comments

InjuriesPractice Quotes10 min read

It’s still flu season across the National Hockey League, and the LA Kings, like every other team, have dealt with runny noses, mercurial energy levels and the reinforcement of taking advantage of down time. The Kings, you will not be shocked to learn, get sick and go to work, just like you. But t... Full Story

McLellan looks under the hood, likes what he sees; LA’s pace improving

LA Kings InsiderJanuary 13, 20200 Comments

Practice Quotes6 min read

INSIDERS. Top o’ the week to you. Practice notes from the team’s second skate in Tampa will follow, but first, there was some great Todd McLellan insight from Sunday afternoon that’s worth your time. It surrounded a conversation about pace – I spoke with Alex Iafallo about that pace and how the team... Full Story

1/3 Notebook: Kings practice, MacDermid suspended, Kovalchuk to MTL, AHL All-Stars

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comJanuary 3, 20200 Comments

Contracts and FinancesFines and SuspensionsOntario ReignPractice notesPractice Quotes8 min read

Good Afternoon, Insiders! The Kings hit the ice at Toyota Sports Performance Center this afternoon, in advance of their counterparts for tomorrow evening, the Nashville Predators. Today’s practice marked the second consecutive practice day for LAK, with the Kings and Predators slated to square of... Full Story

December 30: Finally a full practice…..plus Kopitar/Doughty All-Star and an injury update

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comDecember 30, 20190 Comments

InjuriesNotebooksPractice notesPractice Quotes10 min read

Yes, an actual Los Angeles Kings team practice here at Toyota Sports Performance Center. It was their first since December 11 on home ice, and their first in total since that date, outside of a very quick team skate in Buffalo that was far short a full practice. When a team has a stretch of ... Full Story

Notebook 12/20 – Clague, Walker in Buffalo, Campbell WJC Memories, Practice Management

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comDecember 20, 20190 Comments

NotebooksPractice notesPractice Quotes9 min read

The final practice day of this long trip has come and gone. The Kings were on the ice earlier today at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, for a full-team practice before tomorrow’s afternoon meeting with the Sabres. Today’s skate was the final opportunity to look at a practice before tomorrow’s game – W... Full Story

Prokhorkin “feeling good” as comfort level with Kings continues to rise

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comDecember 3, 20190 Comments

Practice Quotes6 min read

Nikolai Prokhorkin started last night’s game in Anaheim as the fourth line center. As the first round of the 2019-20 Freeway Faceoff progressed, Prokhorkin shuffled his way up the lineup, working his way in between Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli on the listed second line. “It’s very good, they’re... Full Story

Reign Notebook: Goals, PP adjustments w/ JAD, Baylis Debut, Black Friday

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comNovember 26, 20190 Comments

Ontario ReignPractice notesPractice Quotes6 min read

The Ontario Reign were on the ice this morning at Toyota Sports Performance Center for their final practice before a big 3 games in 4 days set this week, beginning tomorrow evening at home against Stockton, as the Reign look to snap a five-game losing skid. Coming into Toyota Arena tomorrow even... Full Story