Practice Notes Archives - LA Kings Insider

For the second straight day, the Kings held a full-team practice at Toyota Sports Performance Center……just feels weird saying that, doesn’t it? Yesterday and today are the first time the Kings have had consecutive practice days since the break between the games on March 24 in San Jose and March 2... Full Story

Practice 4/18 – Unexpected practice time, areas of emphasis, Roy/Bjornfot, Wolanin video

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comApril 18, 20210 Comments

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Insiders, good day to you from m̶o̶r̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶k̶a̶t̶e̶ PRACTICE in D̶e̶n̶v̶e̶r̶ EL SEGUNDO! Following the alteration of the team's schedule on Friday, the Kings returned to the ice this morning at Toyota Sports Performance Center after an off day yesterday. An off day followed by a practic... Full Story

Practice Notes, 4/13 – Looking at the power play, McLellan quotes, Bjornfot skates

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comApril 13, 20210 Comments

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The Kings returned to the ice this afternoon for practice at Toyota Sports Performance Center, in between games against the Vegas Golden Knights. Last night’s lineup saw a direct substitution with Carl Grundstrom entering in place of Jeff Carter, now of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Today’s groupings... Full Story

Practice Notes – Bjornfot/Frk updates, Luff on waivers, Bally Sports West, Quotes

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comApril 1, 20210 Comments

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The Kings hit the ice today for their lone practice day of a 3-in-4 set, following last night’s win in Vegas and preceding the back-to-back versus San Jose, coming up this weekend. A few notes, and quotes from Cal Petersen, Andreas Athanasiou and Todd McLellan below – Injury Updates & Roster... Full Story

Practice Notes, 3/27 – Anderson update, Rest, working on the “symptoms”, Vilardi

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 27, 20210 Comments

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The LA Kings hit the ice this afternoon at Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo, following two team off-days. The Kings had a hefty stretch of games, and added an additional practice into that slate following the problematic trip to Colorado, and needed to make up that off day. As such... Full Story

Practice Notes – Brown skates, Groupings, JAD Line, Secondary Scoring & Petersen + Photos

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 18, 20210 Comments

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The LA Kings took to the ice this morning for a team practice day at Toyota Sports Performance Center, in between games against St. Louis and Vegas. Here’s how the team lined up by jersey color - Gray: Athanasiou, Brown, Iafallo, Kempe, Kopitar, Vilardi, White: Anderson-Dolan, Carter, Grundstro... Full Story

Practice Notebook – Making Moves, Bjornfot “battling” something, bouncing back, Roy’s consistency, Rivera

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 9, 20210 Comments

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The Kings were back on the ice this morning at Toyota Sports Performance Center, in between away games versus the Anaheim Ducks. Todd McLellan wasn’t particularly happy with his team’s play as a whole in yesterday’s 6-5 overtime defeat, lamenting individual mistakes, especially those in the defen... Full Story

Practice News & Notes – Correcting individual mistakes, Kupari, Kempe video

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 4, 20210 Comments

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The LA Kings returned to the ice here at Toyota Sports Performance Center for their lone practice day amidst a three-games in four days slate. The team skated today with a few different things in mind, perhaps the largest one being correcting some of the individual mistakes made yesterday. After... Full Story

Practice 3/2 – Practice time at a premium, internal competition, Amadio, Anderson

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 2, 20210 Comments

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The Kings were back on the ice for Day 2 of 2 this week, their final team practice before facing off against Arizona tomorrow. Tomorrow’s game against the Coyotes is a rare one-off game this season, with the two teams playing a game that was rescheduled from later in the season, as a part of leag... Full Story

3/1 – A look at Doughty’s play & presence, plus practice notes & Wagner video

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 1, 20210 Comments

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Good afternoon, Insiders.....good to be home! Let's dive right in - We spoke with Drew Doughty today about a number of aspects of both his game, and the team’s game as a whole. Doughty has been a standout, in a positive way, for the Kings both offensively, defensively and as a leader - in short,... Full Story

2/22 Practice – To change or not to change, plus Walker/Athanasiou return,

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comFebruary 23, 20210 Comments

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The Kings returned to the ice this afternoon at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, in between games against the Blues. Everyone was accounted for today, with no apparent changes to the group from what was listed yesterday. That’s not to say, though, that we’re guaranteed to see the exact same lineu... Full Story

2/19 Practice – JAD/AA updates, groupings, Lizotte’s return, Brown, Reign

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comFebruary 19, 20210 Comments

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Back to practice, Insiders! The Kings hit the ice this afternoon at Gila River Arena in Arizona for a skate before tomorrow’s rematch against the Coyotes. With no morning skate scheduled for tomorrow, considering the earlier start time, this will be the last time the Kings take the ice in advance... Full Story

Practice 2/15: “Maintenance Day” for Vilardi, Groupings, Layoff, Wagner, Maatta

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comFebruary 15, 20210 Comments

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For the third consecutive day, the Kings took to the ice at Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo, with today’s skate being the final practice day before tomorrow’s game against Minnesota. The Kings were without forward Gabriel Vilardi today, with what Todd McLellan deemed a “maintenanc... Full Story