Wednesday evening, the Ontario Reign have an opportunity to accomplish several things, including keeping their perfect 4-0 record going this postseason, as well as advancing to Round 3. After sweeping the Bakersfield Condors in Round 1, coach Marco Sturm has his club on the precipice of a second consecutive postseason sweep. With a 4-0 shutout over the Canucks on Sunday afternoon at Toyota Arena, they hold a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. They’ll now have up to three tries to earn the series clinching victory in Abbotsford. “I really like this group and I want to win a Calder ..read more

Wrapping up comments from this year’s LA Kings exit interviews, we now turn to young forwards Quinton Byfield and Alex Laferriere. Both had what easily can be described as breakout seasons, with the former reaching 20 goals and 35 assists for the first time, and the latter being a surprise add to the opening night roster. As attention to turns to the months ahead for both players — in what should be another summer of growth in their ongoing development — each reflected on where they are in their career and what still lies ahead. One nugget to pass along that didn’t come up during the Q&A ..read more

By now, there’s already been a ton written about the end of LA’s 2023-24 season. Getting bounced in Round 1 for the third consecutive year wasn’t what anybody was thinking about back during training camp in September. With the body of a full season’s work now completed, how did the Kings fare in different statistical categories? We’ll wrap up this year’s analytics-based series with a look at various stats, breaking down and recapping several positive and concerning trends. It’s clear from these stats that the Kings played a very good defensive game all year — as highlighted by the rows in gr ..read more

There’s a lot to unpack, so let’s just dive right in. Following a fairly quick exit from the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, there have been a plethora of questions surrounding the LA Kings in recent days. On Monday, General Manager Rob Blake and Luc Robitaille (who was a late add to the festivities) met with an ensemble of media in an attempt to offer context and insight on those topics, hoping to provide at least some clarity and direction on where the organization heads next. Using our popular 10 Tidbits format, we’ll provide the key takeaways, with the full video available for those who want t ..read more

A four-game winning streak in the regular season is a tough feat. Winning four in a row when the games get harder in the playoffs – well, that’s an accomplishment. After sweeping Bakersfield in Round 1 of this year’s Calder Cup Playoffs, the Ontario Reign have continued their winning ways and are now on the brink of advancing to Round 3. Sunday afternoon, they played host to the visiting Abbotsford Canucks and promptly skated away with a 4-0 victory at Toyota Arena. The win also puts them in firm control of their best-of-five series vs. the Canucks, as coach Marco Sturm and squad will now hea ..read more

Borrow upon any cliche you’d like, it’s almost certainly been a rough week for Kings GM Rob Blake and those in LA management circles. Hell, it’s been an unsettling year. The pitchforks have been out among even the team’s most faithful fans for weeks, if not months. ‘Fire Rob Blake’ was even trending on twitter at one point. For whatever it’s worth, we don’t believe there will be a change in the days or weeks to come. We’re expecting Blake to return as LA Kings GM for the 2024-25 NHL season. Nothing has been announced by the team, this is an opinion. Early next week, there could be clarity tha ..read more

There may not ever again be a player who produced 16 goals who has so much written or said about him. Despite 95% of the people weighing in having never even spoken to PL Dubois, nearly everybody around the hockey world has an opinion about the 25-year-old forward. In the eyes of some, he was already a lightning rod of controversy upon his arrival in Los Angeles, yet the rhetoric only ramped up as the 2023-24 NHL season wore along. Now, following the Kings third straight first round exit, Dubois spoke with the gathered media at the team’s training facility in El Segundo, sharing his thoughts ..read more

With dozens of players speaking today at the Kings annual exit interviews, we continue to alternate between sharing video and transcribed quotes from various members of the team. Here is what Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala had to share during their sessions at the Kings practice facility in El Segundo. RELATED CONTENT: 2024 Kings Exit Interviews: Cam Talbot Comments 2024 Kings Exit Interviews: Comments from Kopitar and Doughty (VIDEO) 2024 Kings Exit Interviews: Matt Roy and Viktor Arvidsson Comments Follow @mayorNHL Note to webmasters/reporters: When recapping news or interviews fro ..read more

Several forwards and defensemen have already spoken at the Kings 2023-24 player exit interviews. Now it’s time to hear from a goalie. First up, veteran netminder Cam Talbot shared the following thoughts… Talbot on not getting the start in Game 4 or 5: It’s tough. You want to be the guy in the playoffs that pulls you back into the series, but I also understand when the games don’t go your way and you’re giving up that many goals, sometimes you have to make a change. They did what they thought was best for the team. On the possibility of coming back to LA next season: I’d love to come back. As ..read more

There will be quite a bit of content coming today, as the Kings held their annual player exit interviews for media this morning at the team’s practice facility in El Segundo. Forward Phil Danault shared the following comments… RELATED CONTENT: 2024 Kings Exit Interviews: Comments from Kopitar and Doughty (VIDEO) 2024 Kings Exit Interviews: Matt Roy and Viktor Arvidsson Comments Follow @mayorNHL Note to webmasters/reporters: When recapping news or interviews from this site please remember to include a link to www.MayorsManor.com ..read more