Mike Stothers Archives - LA Kings Insider

Vilardi to play for AHL-Ontario Friday; “I don’t get nervous for games, but…”

Jon RosenNovember 20, 20190 Comments

The Saturday after Thanksgiving represents the one-year anniversary of Gabe Vilardi’s conditioning stint with AHL-Ontario, a process that was planned to span five games but would be monitored day-by-day. Vilardi got into four of those five games, not the fifth. Nor did he participate in on-ice ac... Full Story

ROOKIES – Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 1: Durzi, Lizotte, Stothers

Zach DooleySeptember 7, 20190 Comments

Uncategorized11 min read

The LA Kings opened the 2019 Rookie Faceoff with a 4-1 defeat against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday evening at FirstPoint Arena at Great Park Ice. The Kings started and ended the game with energy and promise, opening the scoring midway through the first period through Arthur Kaliyev and ending w... Full Story

With a young career “ahead of schedule,” Luff now looking to build consistency

Jon RosenAugust 8, 20190 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingVideo14 min read

Andrew D. Bernstein/NHLIMatt Luff exudes a friendly and carefree innocence as a charm. He’s always smiling, he’s approachable and he possesses a boyish charisma similarly seen across junior hockey college dressing rooms. This is a player who’d otherwise be an upper-classman in the NCAA, a likely se... Full Story

Development Camp Day 2: Catching up with Stothers

Zach DooleyJune 26, 20190 Comments

CoachingOntario Reign8 min read

It's always good to be back at the rink after some time away and that sentiment goes twice for Mike Stothers. I chatted with the Reign's Head Coach after Day 2 of Kings Development camp earlier today at Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo. Stothers and the Reign staff are not on the ice with the ... Full Story

Notes and reports on the coaching search; 31 Thoughts; Futa; Stothers

Jon RosenApril 10, 20190 Comments

CoachingHockey Operations7 min read

More of this and that… -- Nothing new with Todd McLellan. I hadn’t heard anything since Monday, after which the Sabres had emerged as a principal option alongside the Kings, who remained very much under consideration. It seemed that there was perhaps a touch more hope over confidence or expectati... Full Story

FINAL – Bakersfield 3, Ontario 1

Jessi McDonaldJanuary 1, 20190 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame videoUncategorized5 min read

In their last game of 2018, the Ontario Reign fell 3-1 to the Bakersfield Condors, who now have a game in hand on the season series after a 4-2 win in the first game of the season against the Reign and a 3-2 loss to the club on November 29th. Through the first twenty minutes of play, the game re... Full Story

PREVIEW – Ontario vs. Bakersfield, 12/31

Jessi McDonaldDecember 31, 20180 Comments

Game PreviewPractice QuotesUncategorized8 min read

WHO: Ontario Reign (10-13-3-2) vs. Bakersfield Condors (15-11-1-1) WHAT: AHL REGULAR SEASON GAME WHEN: Monday, December 31, @ 7:00 PM WHERE: Citizens Business Bank Arena – Ontario, CA HOW TO FOLLOW: VIDEO: AHLTV – AUDIO – Mixlr - TWITTER: @ontarioreign & @jessimac17 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP: Tonight... Full Story

RECAP – Colorado 4, Ontario 3 (OT)

Jessi McDonaldDecember 16, 20180 Comments

Ontario Reign9 min read

In their third meeting of the season, the Ontario Reign fell to the Colorado Eagles in their closest contest yet, a 4-3 overtime loss. Ontario opened the first period by taking an early lead after Matt Moulson was able to push the puck through Pavel Francouz’s legs at just over one minute into t... Full Story

Ontario camp notebook – roster moves, Stothers, Morrison

Zach DooleySeptember 24, 20180 Comments

Ontario Reign6 min read

The Ontario Reign were back on the ice for Day 2 of their 2018 Training Camp. Once again, the Reign had 28 players on their roster but it shook out a bit differently today, with a pair of morning roster moves. - Goaltender Peter Budaj was assigned to Ontario earlier today after he cleared waive... Full Story

Checking in on several roster hopefuls; Stothers’ evaluations from Vancouver

Jon RosenSeptember 23, 20180 Comments

Ontario ReignProspects and Scouting7 min read

The LA Kings practiced at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City earlier today, and while LA Kings Insider wasn’t present for the first of two skates at the home of the Utah Jazz, he snuck into the first day of Ontario’s training camp at Toyota Sports Center to get a little bit more perspective o... Full Story

Mike Stothers looks back at rookie camp, ahead towards main camp

Jon RosenSeptember 12, 20180 Comments

Practice Quotes3 min read

Ontario Head Coach Mike Stothers ran Kings prospects through the final day of rookie camp, one day after the team arrived from Las Vegas and two days in advance of the first on-ice session at training camp. I’ll have one more story to post on the prospects tomorrow, but in advance of the rookie wrap... Full Story

Rookies: Coyotes 4, Kings 2; Stothers reaction; Kehler; Clague; Dudas; photos

Jon RosenSeptember 9, 20180 Comments

Uncategorized13 min read

The LA Kings rookies fell 4-2 to the Arizona Coyotes Sunday afternoon at City National Arena, dropping to 0-2-0 in the 2018 Vegas Rookie Faceoff. The evenly played game featured improved structure from the day before, and Cole Kehler was excellent in his debut performance in net for the Kings, stopp... Full Story

Rookie camp: Wagner video; Stothers on Reign’s El Segundo/Ontario arrangements

Jon RosenSeptember 7, 20180 Comments

Ontario ReignPhotographyTournaments6 min read

The first day of rookie camp wrapped up with a 4:00 p.m. afternoon session that saw a good deal of three-on-three, two-on-two and one-on-one work in advance of this weekend’s rookie tournament at City National Arena in Las Vegas. Kings rookies will leave for the tournament Saturday morning and will ... Full Story