After picking up a win earlier this week in Henderson, the Ontario Reign are preparing to host the Iowa Wild at Toyota Arena on Friday, in what will be the first half of a back-to-back weekend series.
Hampton Slukynsky (USA) and Jakub Dvorak (Czechia) each brought home hardware from the 2025 World Junior Championships (WJC) that concluded over the weekend.
Putting the various countries aside and purely evaluating things from an LA Kings prospect perspective, Thursday’s quarterfinals did not go as planned.
We’ve reached the interesting part of round robin play at this year’s World Junior Championship. Canada lost a stunner to Latvia in their second game — something many consider to be the biggest upset in WJC history — while Team USA and Czechia are both 2-0 at the moment.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
Prior to selecting Liam Greentree in the first round of this summer’s NHL Draft, the Kings had gone two years without a pick in the opening round. Due to a trade for Vladislav Gavrikov, LA began the 2023 Draft by selecting defenseman Jakub Dvorak at No.
Let’s talk about a whirlwind of a 12 months. Perhaps no player within the Kings organization has had that statement apply to them more so than Jakub Dvorak.
With great size and an uncanny defensive prowess, prospect Jakub Dvorak may just be a gem in the LA Kings’ future pipeline. No pun intended but size was a big factor in the LA Kings’ Stanley Cup wins in 2012 and 2014.
It’s been an unconventional 12 months since the Kings drafted Jakub Dvorak with the 54th pick in the second round of last year’s 2023 NHL Draft. As the team’s first selection last June in Nashville, Dvorak’s past season was unexpectedly well-traveled.
The LA Kings 2024 Development Camp was held over three days at Toyota Sports Performance Center. The Kings prospects participated in drills and scrimmages and got to know the Kings development staff.