May 2020 - LA Kings Insider

The LA Kings announced this morning that they will not renew the contract of Ontario Reign Head Coach Mike Stothers. The statement from the team this morning is below - LOS ANGELES – The LA Kings will not renew the contract of Ontario Reign Head Coach Mike Stothers, which is set to expire on June ... Full Story

Bettman, Daly field questions on Return To Play Plan; ’97 State of the Franchise photos

Jon RosenMay 28, 20200 Comments

AlumniMedia AvailabilityNews LinksNHL NewsVideo31 min read

Kings-Sabres goalie wranglin' and a Brian MacLellan quote on ex-roomie Jim Fox, too

Clague heading into crucial year three after NHL debut, AHL All-Star Game in 2019-20

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMay 28, 20200 Comments

Ontario ReignProspects and Scouting8 min read

It’s important to see strides of development with younger players. There’s no one route or path for them to take, there’s no blueprint for how every player should develop, but when a player advances from season-to-season, growth in certain areas is necessary and growth was the name of the game fo... Full Story

Final 2019-20 LA Kings stats, rankings, factoids

Jon RosenMay 27, 20200 Comments

Advanced StatsStatistics5 min read

Final Statistics Team Rankings Penalty Shots For – 25% (1/4) 12/14/19 @ PIT – Kopitar Miss (Tristan Jarry) 1/30/20 @ ARI – Wagner Miss (Adin Hill) 2/8/20 @ NJD – Kopitar Miss (Mackenzie Blackwood) 2/22/20 vs COL – Wagner GOAL (Pavel Francouz) Penalty Shots Against – 50% (1/2) 1... Full Story

NHL outlines Return To Play Plan; L.A. under consideration as hub; June 26 draft lottery

Jon RosenMay 26, 20200 Comments

NHL NewsPlayoffsStanley CupVideo8 min read

National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman provided definition to the league's plan to resume play later this summer in a nationally televised address Tuesday afternoon. The key takeaways for LA Kings fans: - The Kings’ season is officially over - Voting on league awards will consider ... Full Story

Video: STM Zoom; Audio: Cheeseman on FOX & Faust; Bettman presser; May 26 in history

Jon RosenMay 26, 20200 Comments

AudioKings OperationsNotebooksVideo3 min read

INSIDERS. Season ticket members. Kings fans. Impartial observers interested in a major North American sports league's logistics amidst the pandemic. Here's the recent STM Zoom call hosted by Alex Faust in which LA Kings President Luc Robitaille, COO Kelly Cheeseman and Head Coach Todd McLellan addre... Full Story

Emerson on Spence, QMJHL defensive POY; ann’y of Game 2 comeback, Carter hat trick

Jon RosenMay 21, 20200 Comments

AwardsProspects and ScoutingVideo10 min read

CARTRILOGY | Of Jeff Carter’s eight career hat tricks, two have come in Game 2 of Western Conference Final series. The second was on a Wednesday night in Chicago six years ago today, and Carter, like his teammates, had his lines memorized, his part down pat. Spotting their opponents their familiar t... Full Story

Jaret Anderson-Dolan navigated, developed & thrived during rookie season

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMay 20, 20200 Comments

Ontario ReignProspects and Scouting7 min read

Between team-leading numbers and rave reviews, it was a pretty successful rookie campaign for forward Jaret Anderson-Dolan. The 20-year-old led all Reign skaters with 20 assists, led a large group of first-year skaters in Ontario with 28 points and earned a January recall to the NHL, where he pla... Full Story

May 18, 2020 | Day 67 | Links, video, Brown hit on Roszival revisited, Cool Trains

Jon RosenMay 18, 20200 Comments

PhotographyVideo10 min read

A fine Monday afternoon to you and yours, Insiders. We got outside on a beautiful Sunday and let the kids run around at a park up the hill from us that recently opened its gates again. I’m pretty amazed by how resilient our kids have been, but romping through a huge patch of grass and getting a litt... Full Story

Robitaille, Cheeseman, McLellan field questions on team, arena, return-to-play logistics

Jon RosenMay 15, 20200 Comments

CommunityKings OperationsNHL NewsStaples Center25 min read

On Thursday, LA Kings President/Alternate Governor Luc Robitaille, Chief Operating Officer/Alternate Governor Kelly Cheeseman and Head Coach Todd McLellan joined Television Play by Play Broadcaster Alex Faust for a round table discussion on the logistics being undertaken in an effort to return to pl... Full Story

Vilardi, Frk, Wagner talk development, coaching, Reign

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMay 15, 20200 Comments

Uncategorized11 min read

Yesterday afternoon, LA Kings forwards Gabriel Vilardi, Martin Frk and Austin Wagner hopped on a Zoom call hosted by Carrlyn Bathe, speaking on a number of topics, ranging from the impact and culture change brought by the McLellan administration to some self-deprecating humor by Wagner on his breaka... Full Story

Reign sign Nick Halloran to AHL contract

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMay 14, 20200 Comments

Uncategorized1 min read

The Ontario Reign announced earlier today that they have signed forward Nick Halloran to an AHL contract. Halloran is Ontario's first AHL signing of the 2020-21 season, and will join what is expected to be a young group of players on NHL contracts from the LA Kings. The Utah native joins a forwa... Full Story

New NHLPA rep (and former student council president) Matt Roy in unique time, place

Jon RosenMay 14, 20200 Comments

CommunityNHL News9 min read

Before so many aspects of our daily life changed, things weren’t too bad for Matt Roy. To be fair, the LA Kings weren’t a playoff team, the most important frustration and one felt deeply through their dressing room. But the second-year player hadn’t missed a game since his debut the previous seas... Full Story