Willie Mitchell has been a strong, intelligent voice in regard to issues involving concussions in the NHL, and Mitchell speaks from experience. He missed half of last season, while playing for Vancouver, because of a serious concussion, and spent approximately six months off the ice before he was able to start skating in the summer [...]
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Mitchell nominated for Masterton Trophy
Willie Mitchell has been selected as the Kings’ nominee for the Masterton Trophy by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. The Masterton Trophy is annually awarded to a player who exhibits “qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to ice hockey,” and is named for the late Bill Masterton, who died as a result of an on-ice [...]
The quest for the…crate?
In case anyone thinks there is no fun to be had during a tough hockey season, a very helpful reader named Philip passed this along. A few of the Kings have been participating in an informal 4-on-4 post-practice “tournament,” and it concluded yesterday with the team of Willie Mitchell, Davis Drewiske, Wayne Simmonds and Ryan [...]
Mitchell postgame quotes
Willie Mitchell’s postgame thoughts… MITCHELL: “We played really well tonight. We had a bad bounce on the first goal and we just couldn’t beat [Ray] Emery. We played exactly how we want to play. If we play like that, more times than not we’ll get the results we want. We get a point, we lose in OT against a [...]
Evening reading: Willie Mitchell feature
My LAKings.com feature this week takes a look at Willie Mitchell. At a time when concussions, and illegal hits, are a predominant topic in the NHL, Mitchell shares his thoughts about his recovery from last season’s serious concussions and the fears that he sometimes still has on the ice, as well as the concerns of [...]
Mitchell postgame quotes
Willie Mitchell’s postgame thoughts… (on his goal…) MITCHELL: “It was just a great play by Willy [Justin Williams] to draw the guy in and kind of give me some time to shoot it. I was just trying to find the far side of the net, because there was a lot of traffic in front. Fortunate [...]
Mitchell looks for good finish
Drew Doughty and Terry Murray gave their thoughts earlier, and after today’s skate, Willie Mitchell talked a bit about the importance of closing out this leg of the road trip on a winning note… MITCHELL: “We’ve done so many good things over the course of this trip to win games and, in games when you [...]
Mitchell making a left turn on defense
The Kings will go with the same six-man personnel on defense tonight, but the players will get moved around a bit, as the Kings go back to a look closer to the one they started this season with. Drew Doughty pairs with Willie Mitchell, while Jack Johnson pairs with Rob Scuderi and Alec Martinez pairs [...]
Happy returns for Mitchell, Ponikarovsky
Willie Mitchell and Alexei Ponikarovsky both made their returns from injury last night, and while neither player got on the score sheet, both played significant roles — Mitchell played 21:25, while Ponikarovsky played 13:54 — and helped keep the Blue Jackets off the score sheet. The Kings’ penalty-kill unit has struggled of late, but went [...]
Bonding time over for Mitchell, Ponikarovsky
Today, I jokingly told Willie Mitchell that, soon, he and Alexei Ponikarovsky will be able to star in some hockey-themed buddy movie. To the chagrin of both players, they’ve been able to spend plenty of time together this season because of similarly-timed injuries, and now both will return to the lineup in the same game [...]
Greene, Mitchell, Ponikarovsky updates
As previously noted, Matt Greene apparently has been suffering from flu symptoms, and it’s not known whether he will be able to play tonight. Willie Mitchell and Alexei Ponikarovsky both participated in today’s morning skate. It’s been clear, in the last couple days, that Ponikarovsky is close to a return, but Terry Murray indicated today, [...]
Ponikarovsky, Mitchell updates
Alexei Ponikarovsky returned to practice today, wearing a green jersey along with fourth-line forwards Brad Richardson, Trevor Lewis and Kevin Westgarth. That means Ponikarovsky, who has missed the past five games, is nearing a return, but Terry Murray said Ponikarovsky will not play Thursday against Nashville. MURRAY: “Not quite, but very close now. He had [...]
Quick tomorrow; injury updates
Jonathan Quick will get the start in goal tomorrow night against San Jose. Willie Mitchell and Alexei Ponikarovsky went on the ice after practice for skating and a few drills, but there’s no return date set for either player. Terry Murray indicated that Ponikarovsky remains day-to-day and that Michell could be out another week or [...]
Greene, Mitchell updates
As posted earlier, the Kings are hopeful that Matt Greene will be cleared today to play, and that Greene will be able to return to the lineup for Sunday’s game against Anaheim. “He’s going to do his baseline testing here today, this afternoon, so he will be ready to go, post-holidays,” Terry Murray said of [...]
Injury updates
The Kings will not disclose the nature of Willie Mitchell’s injury but said that, based on today’s doctor evaluation, Mitchell is considered “week to week’ and that “the plan is for him to stay with the team and get treatment while the team is on the road.” No word yet on whether a defenseman will [...]
No update on Mitchell
After the game, Terry Murray said he had no information on the nature and/or extent of the lower-body injury that caused Willie Mitchell to leave the game in the first period. Murray said he had not yet talked to the team trainer, so we’ll have to wait until tomorrow for any type of update on [...]
Blues 3, Kings 2; Mitchell out
The Blues took their first lead of the game with a power-play goal at the 9:46 mark, when Brad Winchester, stationed directly in front of Quick, tipped in a slap shot from Carlo Colaiacovo. The Kings also announced that defenseman Willie Mitchell is expected to miss the rest of the game with a lower-body injury. [...]
Mitchell logs big minutes in return
Other than Jonathan Quick’s 51 saves, the most eye-popping number on the stat sheet might have been Willie Mitchell’s minutes played, a game-high 27:10. That figure, in itself, isn’t shocking — Mitchell regularly plays in the mid-20s — but it is in the sense that Mitchell had been out of the lineup since Nov. 6 [...]
Mitchell healthy, with a new look
The wait is over for Willie Mitchell, who will go back into the Kings’ lineup tonight after missing the previous 14 games with a broken wrist. Mitchell will wear a small piece of protection on his wrist — it basically looks like an oversized wristband — for the next couple weeks, he said, and will [...]
Mitchell back in lineup
Willie Mitchell is scheduled to return to the Kings’ lineup tonight, paired with Jack Johnson. The other two pairs (Doughty-Scuderi and Greene-Martinez) are expected to remain the same.
