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Injury updates; Phillips cracks Canada blue line; Vilardi, JAD; Luc on 31 Thoughts

Jon RosenDecember 17, 20180 Comments

INSIDERS. Thanks for all of the amazingly kind and warm wishes over the past week. Baby, mom and sister are all doing well. Thank you as well for the compliments you shared with Zach, who did a great job as LA Kings Insider, and Jessi, likewise as Ontario Reign Insider. Before we get to the notes of... Read More

Vilardi, Anderson-Dolan, Phillips, Villalta named to Canada’s WJC selection camp

Jon RosenDecember 3, 20180 Comments

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On Monday, Hockey Canada announced a 34-man roster for their upcoming World Junior Selection Camp, which will be held December 10-14 in Victoria, BC. Los Angeles prospects Matthew Villalta (goalie), Markus Phillips (defense), Gabe Vilardi (forward) and Jaret Anderson-Dolan (forward) were named to th... Read More

World Junior hopefuls Vilardi, JAD, Villalta all hurt; Vilardi’s injury not major

Jon RosenNovember 5, 20180 Comments

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Good news, everyone! /s The updates: Vilardi hasn’t played any games this season after undergoing off-season procedure on his back. He’d been skating with LA in practice, was making progress to being cleared for contact in practice but recently suffered minor setback in off-ice training se... Read More

Odds and Ends: Mikey Anderson, Rasmus Kupari, Jarome Iginla

Jon RosenJuly 31, 20180 Comments

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ANDERSON PLAYER OF THE GAME | The United States White Team breezed past a vastly out-Corsi'd and undermanned Finland team on Day 1 of the World Junior Summer Showcase, winning 5-2 on Monday while leading for nearly 58 minutes. 2017 fourth rounder Mikey Anderson, poised to become a two-year World Jun... Read More

Vilardi (back) out of summer showcase

Jon RosenJuly 30, 20180 Comments

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Gabriel Vilardi is among those unable to participate in Canada's World Juniors Summer Showcase camp, joining Owen Tippett, Justin Almeida, Jordy Bellerive, Josh Brook and Robert Thomas. Thomas, Tippett and Vilardi are all first round draft picks who have signed NHL contracts and would be locks to ma... Read More

Phillips, Thomas to WJC showcase; Mitchell; Buchberger; local products; more

Jon RosenJuly 19, 20180 Comments

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MURPHY'S LAW | Remeber Murphy Stratton? He was the Los Angeles native and former Junior King who attended development camp on an invite last month after his championship season with the BCHL's Wenatchee Wild. Though the BCHL is a prime pipeline towards NCAA programs, Stratton was coming off a season... Read More

Vilardi, Anderson-Dolan, Villalta to Canada’s WJC development camp

Jon RosenJuly 10, 20180 Comments

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Additional news that I was hoping to make it into yesterday's Odds and Ends post (but was delayed due to periodontistry): Gabriel Vilardi, Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Matt Villalta were named last week to Canada's roster for the annual World Juniors Summer Showcase, which will be held in Kamloops, B.C.... Read More

Joseph on Jimmy Kimmel Live; Kubalik re-ups in NLA; Anderson to USA camp

Jon RosenJune 15, 20180 Comments

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Happy belated Flag Day, Insiders. Yesterday, LA Kings Public Address Annoucer Dave Joseph joined Jimmy Kimmel Live to welcome a batch of brand new United States citizens the country. These six new citizens, previously hailing from Rwanda, Iran, Mexico, India, Philippines and Crimea, had recently tak... Read More

Gold for Kempe, Sweden; bronze for Martinez, USA; Blake inducted by IIHF

Jon RosenMay 21, 20180 Comments

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The 2018 IIHF World Championship has come to a close in Denmark, with Adrian Kempe and Sweden defeating Switzerland 3-2 in a shootout for gold, and Alec Martinez and the United States knocking off Canada 4-1 to claim bronze. Kempe became the first LA King to medal at the World Championship since Mar... Read More

Kempe goal, assist; LA’s South Korea ties; more from Worlds

Jon RosenMay 9, 20180 Comments

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ADRIAN KEMPE GOAL ALERT | Sweden won big over Austria at the World Championship, and "Kempe is having a night playing on the scoring line" was a note that was shared on the broadcast. With a goal and an assist - in 19:56 of game time, most among Sweden's forwards - Kempe now has one goal, four point... Read More

Worlds: Let’s look at some Alec Martinez pictures

Jon RosenMay 7, 20180 Comments

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Both players would much rather be playing in North America at this moment, but Alec Martinez and Adrian Kempe extended their seasons by choosing to represent their national teams at the World Championship, held in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark through May 20. For Martinez - who lists a founder of ... Read More

No resolution imminent in Voynov status; World Championships; injuries

Jon RosenApril 20, 20180 Comments

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Slava Voynov’s three-year contract with SKA concluded when the St. Petersburg club was dispatched from the Gagarin Cup playoffs by CSKA Moscow earlier this month, and the expectation is that the defenseman who left the United States while facing domestic violence charges will attempt to return to th... Read More

Rosen to take hiatus to call Olympic hockey; Cooper to serve as temporary Insider

Jon RosenJanuary 25, 20180 Comments

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Some pretty big news to announce, Insiders: I’m taking a work leave from LA Kings Insider from February 4-26 to provide play by play for NBC Olympics’ 4K coverage of the men’s and women’s hockey tournament alongside NHL Network analyst Mike Johnson. As a result, I will not be a part of any Kings ... Read More