September 2015 - LA Kings Insider

FOX Sports West rolls out season preview, classic games

Jon RosenSeptember 30, 20150 Comments

FOX Sports West is airing both classic games and season previews in the lead-up to and the week that follows next Wednesday's season-opener against San Jose. DATES YOU NEED TO KNOW DAY / DATE / TIME Sat, Oct 3 / 10:00 p.m. / Kings Live: Season Preview Special Mon, Oct ... Full Story

September 30 practice quotes: Darryl Sutter

Jon RosenSeptember 30, 20150 Comments

Practice Quotes2 min read

On Dustin Brown seeing a nutritionist during the off-season: The bottom line is they haven’t been able to train for almost five years. If you look at it, the year before they won the Cup, the team was all over the map if you look at the start of that season, they started that season in Europe, they... Full Story

Ranford shares a preseason goalie evaluation

Jon RosenSeptember 30, 20150 Comments

CoachingMedia AvailabilityVideo4 min read

I spoke with Bill Ranford about several goaltending-related topics yesterday, and the conversation became even more timely after last night's exhibition game against Anaheim in which Jhonas Enroth and Anton Khudobin combined to stop 59 of 62 shots in the Ducks' 2-1 overtime win. After last night... Full Story

September 29 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter

Jon RosenSeptember 29, 20150 Comments

Postgame quotes1 min read

On whether the emotion and battling represented a step towards the regular season: Not really. We’re trying to win every game. Struggling to score a little bit. On Anaheim saying their strategy was to get the puck in the offensive zone first in overtime: That would be everybody’s strategy, not ... Full Story

September 29 postgame quotes: Enroth, Clifford

Jon RosenSeptember 29, 20150 Comments

Postgame quotes2 min read

Jhonas Enroth, on whether he got a feel of the reads and angles at Staples Center: Yeah, I think so. I mean, I’ve been playing here a couple of times, I think I’ve played every time in this rink every time we’ve been here in the last three years. It’s a little bit different, it’s a little bit darke... Full Story

Live Blog: Los Angeles vs Anaheim

Jon RosenSeptember 29, 20150 Comments

Game Threads5 min read

Los Angeles Kings 1, Anaheim Ducks 1 Third Period, 18:49 remaining I Heart Radio Live Stream NHL.com Boxscore SOG: LAK – 16, ANA – 22 PP: LAK – 0/2, ANA – 0/2 LAK starters: G Jhonas Enroth, D Alec Martinez, D Drew Doughty, LW Milan Lucic, C Jeff Carter, RW Trevor Lewis ANA starters: G A... Full Story

Jersey auction benefiting Hydrocephalus Association

Jon RosenSeptember 29, 20150 Comments

Community0 min read

A reminder: For tonight’s game, the Kings and Ducks are teaming up to raise money for Hydrocephalus Association by wearing commemorative red jerseys during warm-ups. All jerseys will be autographed and auctioned off through LAKings.com, with bidding ending at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. To bid o... Full Story

Preseason auditions on an evolving Kings penalty kill

Jon RosenSeptember 29, 20150 Comments

Morning Skate Quotes4 min read

For the Kings last year, a funny thing happened on the way to establishing a tried and true method of keeping the puck out of their own net: their penalty kill, which ranked sixth in the league with an 84.7% success rate from 2011-12 to 2013-14, dropped to 16th in the league with an 80.9% success ra... Full Story

September 29 morning skate quotes: Darryl Sutter

Jon RosenSeptember 29, 20150 Comments

Morning Skate Quotes4 min read

On implementing special teams with new and younger personnel: I don’t think the power play’s going to change very much personnel-wise. Christian can go in on one of the units, and probably Looch. Tanner’s basically a new player, if we use him there. He’s only played a few games for us. I think pen... Full Story

September 29 morning skate notes

Jon RosenSeptember 29, 20150 Comments

Lineup ChangesMorning Skate Notes1 min read

Hello, Insiders. You look wonderful this morning. Here are the lines shown at today's morning skate, via rushes: Lucic-Carter-Lewis King-Shore-Toffoli Pearson-Weal-Mersch Clifford-Andreoff-Nolan Brown-Kopitar-Gaborik-O'Neill Martinez-Doughty Schultz-Ehrhoff McNabb-McBain Forbort-LoV... Full Story

LAKHSHL inaugural week results

Jon RosenSeptember 29, 20150 Comments

CommunityPhotography2 min read

The inaugural Los Angeles Kings High School Hockey League games took place this past Saturday, with the West Ranch Wildcats edging the Kern County Knights in a Bakersfield barn burner. Click here for a recap of the El Segundo Strikers' 4-1 win over the East County Outlaws, as written by Paige Burnel... Full Story

Competition well underway for depth defensive spot

Jon RosenSeptember 28, 20150 Comments

Practice Quotes6 min read

Though Darryl Sutter confirmed that defensemen Jake Muzzin and Matt Greene are day-to-day with upper-body injuries, not enough time has elapsed from Sunday evening’s game to see how the injuries – which occurred to one left and one right-handed defenseman – will impact the construction of the Kings’... Full Story

September 28 practice quotes: Darryl Sutter

Jon RosenSeptember 28, 20150 Comments

Practice Quotes3 min read

On how he approaches the upcoming schedule after Tuesday’s game: Well, we don’t have a lot of practice time until after the game. We’ll play one game in a week, or seven days after tomorrow. Obviously a lot of our guys played last night because it’s good for their conditioning, good to get into a r... Full Story