Gaborik not on ice; Voynov pleads not guilty

Good morning from Toyota Sports Center, where the Kings took the ice shortly before 10:00 a.m.

Marian Gaborik, who was held out of Saturday’s game with an upper-body injury, is not on the ice with the club this morning. The team held line rushes for roughly 10 minutes to open practice; there didn’t appear to be changes in lines to those that opened up the game against Chicago. Defensive pairs remained the same; Alec Martinez skated without a partner for the first set of rushes.

UPDATE, 10:45 AM: During later drills lines were altered and Alec Martinez skated with Matt Greene. Via Jim Fox:

@LAKings looks like 70-11-77/23-28-14/74-10-71/13-22-73///27 in drills w/ 2-No Gaborik! http://t.co/ldwZQN5A4p

— Jim Fox (@JimFox19) December 1, 2014

I wasn’t at the Torrance Branch of the Los Angeles County Superior Court this morning, here are a few tweets from those who were there:

Mr. Voynov has entered a plea of not guilty. His preliminary hearing will be on Dec 15 at the Torrance court .

— Craig Renetzky (@losangeleslegal) December 1, 2014

Prosecution sought protective order to keep #SlavaVoynov away from wife….

— Larry Altman (@LarryAltman) December 1, 2014

…but her atty submitted paperwork saying she doesnt fear him

— Larry Altman (@LarryAltman) December 1, 2014

Slava Voynov’s defense team now includes Pamela Mackey, who represented Kobe Bryant during rape allegations.

— Rich Hammond (@Rich_Hammond) December 1, 2014

Voynov remains free on bail. Left court without him or lawyer commenting. Media was very interested pic.twitter.com/aOCeWH2MJe

— Rich Hammond (@Rich_Hammond) December 1, 2014

I’m hoping to chat today with Craig Renetzky, Voynov’s attorney, to learn more about the preliminary hearing in two weeks. More to come on a busy Monday from the South Bay…