The princes of the AHL have just three games left before starting their quest for the Calder Cup. Sitting third in the Pacific Division with 87 points, the Ontario Reign punched their ticket to the Calder Cup playoffs on March 27, 2024 and sealed their home ice advantage with their 5-4 victory over the Henderson Silver Knights on Saturday night in Nevada. They have just three… Source ..read more

The real postseason push begins now as the team has a lot of unfinished business to complete. Here’s a quick look at the rest of their season and potential playoff matchups. Tuesday’s 4-1 victory over the struggling Calgary Flames sealed the Los Angeles Kings’ postseason bid, officially clinching a berth in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs. In true Kings fashion, it took a little extra longer than... Source ..read more

With graying hair and slight hints of wrinkles around their eyes and smiles, a few LA Kings players are beginning to show their age off the ice. On the ice, there’s little sign that their 30+ year old bodies have been through the ringer throughout their careers. At 36 years old, Anze Kopitar is still highly productive in all areas of the ice. He may not be a corsi god (that honor belongs to Arthur... Source ..read more

Between a stoic Swede and a young Canadian hailed to be the “next Anze Kopitar”, Adrian Kempe and Quinton Byfield are hitting their strides at the exact right time for the Los Angeles Kings. Both first round draft picks (Kempe 29th overall in 2014; Byfield 2nd overall in 2020), the two forwards have become critical components to a Kings team trying its best to not only make the playoffs... Source ..read more

Akil Thomas, drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round of the 2018 draft, made his NHL debut this week. The forward has seen limited ice time so far, but made a big impact in his time against the Sharks. Thomas’s first NHL goal, and first career point, came at 11:13 in the first period. Thomas and PL Dubois came down the ice together, with Thomas using other players as a screen to find... Source ..read more

February was frosty to the Los Angeles Kings with Adrian Kempe, Mikey Anderson, Viktor Arvidsson, and Carl Grundström all going down with injuries. There was some good news: Arvidsson and Lizotte both returned to the lineup, though Arvidsson also got hurt again. But on top of losing three wingers, the team also suffered from their usual poor shooting luck and below average goaltending... Source ..read more

It’s the most exciting time of year for hockey fans with every win and every loss having such a magnitude of importance it can swing the standings wildly. Friday’s trade deadline will be one of the toughest for the Los Angeles Kings since 2015 as injuries are forcing the front office to make difficult decisions. They lack depth in a serious way. Their most skilled young players, Alex Turcotte... Source ..read more

In a shocking move ahead of All Star weekend festivities kicking off, the Los Angeles Kings have done what has felt like a long-time coming: they fired (in the colloquial sense) Todd McLellan. Jim Hiller, who joined the team in July 2022 as an assistant coach, will serve as interim head coach. This losing streak raised quite a few eyebrows for a team stacked with so much talent. I’m stuck at the... Source ..read more

On the surface, things look grim for the Los Angeles Kings after losing their eighth game in a row, this time to the Detroit Red Wings. And Tweets like this don’t help the impending sense of doom sweeping through the fanbase. So what gives? This supremely talented roster that managed 10 road wins in a row, some in fairly difficult buildings, are suddenly struggling — both at home and away. Source ..read more

The Los Angeles Kings are frequent fliers in the preseason, heading to spots like Las Vegas (pre-Golden Knights) and Salt Lake City to bring NHL hockey to fans who live there. They’ve headed abroad, too, most recently with this year’s stint in Australia. In 2024, the Kings head abroad again, albeit somewhere a little bit more familiar. The Kings will play two preseason games in Québec City... Source ..read more