Captaining the WHL team tonight will be defenceman Colten Teubert of the Regina Pats, a Los Angeles Kings first-round draft pick, who has already seen pro action with the Kings’ ECHL-affiliate Ontario Reign. “We haven’t had much time together, but there’s a lot of talent on this Team WHL, so it’s about trusting each other…
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FC’s 2010 Fall Mock Draft « Future Considerations
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LOS ANGELES Kings 15th Overall Selection: C Jaden Schwartz – Tri-City (USHL) Organizational Summary: With one of the top NHL talent pools, the Los Angeles Kings have very good depth and multiple high-end prospects at almost every position. They have skill up front, see Andrei Loktionov, Oscar Moller and Brayden Schenn; they have a stable…
SWX – Spokane Chiefs – Cowen takes leadership role – SWX Right Now – Sports and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho-
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Spokane Chiefs defenseman Jared Cowen was named an assistant captain for Team WHL, which will take on Team Russia Nov. 25 in Victoria, BC. Cowen and Chiefs teammate Levko Koper will play in Team WHL’s first game of the Subway Super Series. The Kelowna Rockets will host the sixth and final game of the series,…
Self-Serving Moulson Premonition
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Matt Moulson is now being cited as one of the 10 biggest stories of the year in the NHL. Who could have predicted that? September 24, 2008 6:01 PM Quisp said: Purcell’s dominating season in the AHL puts him a notch above Moulson for now, but it’s clearly possible for either one of them to…
Quick vs. LaBarbera [UPDATE post-Thrashing]
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[UPDATE: after last night's 7-0 fun fest, I thought I would revisit Q's numbers to see where he stands vis-a-vis LaBarbera. The post has been altered accordingly:] Halfway through Quick’s next game, he will have played exactly the same number of minutes LaBarbera played for the Kings last season. Q has now played about a…
Cut/Paste in its entirety: RudyKelly on today’s game sort of
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WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Man am I pumped for this game. I’m a Kings man tried and true but I sure do love those Atlanta Thrashers. There’s Ilya, of course, who is without a doubt my favorite non-Kings related hockey player in the league. I don’t watch Ilya Kovalchuk enough to know if he’s good…
Via The Score: 2009 Entry Draft – Update on Major Junior Forwards
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What follows here is a list of most of the major junior forwards taken in the last draft, and their performance so far this season. I’ve cut out all the players who were drafted as overagers to make things fairer. Players are ranked by points per game, and ties are broken by goals per game.…
Star Phoenix: Eberle cooks on and off the ice
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I was originally just going to post the bit in this article about Teubert, but, truly, this is one of the best player interviews I have ever read. I now love Jordan Eberle, who will be tearing it up for the Oilers in a couple of years. My favorite bits and the Teuert…
Scenes from the Father-Son Dinner – Battle of California
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Genius: Tim Stoll (Jarret’s Dad): So, Raitis, I’m sorry to hear your dad couldn’t end up making it, but I thought he was going to. Raitis Ivanans: Well, I guess he ran into a little problem at Customs and couldn’t get into the country. Tim Stoll: Really? What happened? Does he have a record or…
BREAKING: Sources Say ESPN is Looking Closely at Kings Trade Rumor
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According to a source who has knowledge of ESPN’s website, the sports giant is one of several thought to be front-runners to acquire a blockbuster rumor involving potentially-disgruntled Kings forward Alexander Frolov. While the specifics of the potential rumor are not known, speculation is that it could involve Frolov and one or more Kings assets…