Drew Doughty was informed this morning that he has been selected to Canada's Olympic team. Obviously, I'll have Doughty's reaction after the morning skate.... Full Story

A couple notes on some guys not yet in the NHL... -- Jonathan Bernier was named yesterday to start the AHL All-Star Game, which will be played Jan. 19 in Maine. Check out that story here. -- Canada beat Slovakia 8-2 yesterday in the World Junior Championships, setting up Thursday's game against ... Full Story

Not so long ago, the Kings were first in the Western Conference. They awoke this morning in sixth place, only three points ahead of ninth-place Detroit and four points ahead of 11th-place Minnesota. If Nashville gets a point tonight, the Kings will be in seventh. That shouldn't come as a huge surpri... Full Story

As previously posted, Jarret Stoll traveled with the Kings to Calgary in order to continue rehabbing his strained groin, both on the ice and off the ice, Terry Murray said. Injured players typically don't travel, so that's a positive sign for Stoll, even though both he and Murray insist that Stoll w... Full Story

Depending on how you look at it, Michal Handzus will get either his second or third chance at the Olympics in a few weeks. Handzus represented Slovakia in 2002 (EDIT: and won a gold medal with Slovakia in the 2002 World Championships) and was selected again in 2006, but in the second-to-last NHL gam... Full Story

Much of the postgame discussion centered around a play that led up to Minnesota's third goal, an important power-play goal that made the score 3-1 early in the third period. On the play, Alexander Frolov lost his stick and had it broken. In that situation, a player has three options: attempt to play... Full Story

Nothing ground-breaking at practice today. Same players, same lines, with the addition of Jarret Stoll, who stayed on the ice for most of the practice. Stoll will accompany the Kings to Calgary and Minnesota, in order to continue workouts with the team, but won't play in either game. More notes an... Full Story

Michal Handzus has been selected to represent his native Slovakia in the Olympics, making him a three-time Olympian (2002, 2006). Raitis Ivanans was not selected for Latvia.... Full Story

The view from the Minnesota locker room last night... COACH TODD RICHARDS ``I think the game got away from us a little bit, but (the Kings) are a very good team and they had nothing to lose. They were down by two goals and their defense was much more active and much more aggressive in the offensi... Full Story

Here is my game story tonight from LAKings.com, with video and stats. Thanks for reading! Wild defeat Kings 4-3... Full Story

I'll put these all on one post, for the sake of brevity. From Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar and Matt Greene... DUSTIN BROWN ``It's one of those plays where it went right in the corner off Dewey's stick. That was a huge two points that got away from us. That's all that really matters at this point, p... Full Story

Terry Murray's postgame thoughts... (on the result...) MURRAY: ``I thought we played well enough to win today. We're playing well. We didn't think we played well in Phoenix, but we played well enough to win today. We just need to keep going with the same thing.'' (on the difference in the game.... Full Story

Drew Doughty's postgame thoughts... (on the game-winning goal...) DOUGHTY: ``It was just kind of an unfortunate bounce. They kind of got a lucky bounce in the first place, when Jack stepped up there and it kind of bounced between his legs and kind of caused a 2-on-1. I tried going stick-on-puck, ... Full Story