IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Game 4 Team USA Vs Team Sweden

 

Team USA Record

(2-1-0)

Team Sweden Record

(2-0-1)

Pre Game Notes: With a win the US will clinics the top seed in Group B and would face the lowest seeded team from group A in the quarter finals. Team USA heading into tonight’s final prelim matchup has the best penalty kill throughout the tournament so far. 

1st Period Goals: Team USA Goal Scored by number 2 Drew Hellison the goal was his (1st of the game and 2nd of the tournament). Time of the goal 1:09. Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras, the goal was his (1st of the game and 6th of the tournament). Time of the goal 3:58. 

1st Period Penalties: Team Sweden penalty to number 4 Emil Andrae, 2 minute minor for High Sticking. Time of the penalty 15:30

2nd Period Goals:  Team USA goal scored by number 23 Ryan Johnson, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 3:00. Team USA goal scored by number 15 Alex Turcotte, the goal was his 1st of the game and of the tournament. Time of the goal 4:55. 

2nd Period Penalties: Team USA penalty to number 28 Arthur Kaliyev, 2 minute minor for Tripping. Time of the penalty 15:47. 

3rd Period Goals: None

3rd Period Penalties: Team Sweden penalty to number 18 Lucas Raymond, 2 minute minor for Tripping. Time of the penalty 11:56

IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Game 3 Team USA Vs Team Czech Republic

 

Team USA Record Before The Game

(1–1-0

Team Czech Republic

(1-2-0)

Forward Pairings 

Trevor Zegras-Alex Turcotte-Arthur Kaliyev

Matthew Boldy-Matthew Beniers-Cole Caufield

Brett Berard-John Farinacci-Bobby Brink

Brendan Brisson-Landon Slaggert-Patrick Moynihan 

Defense Pairings

Jake Sanderson-Drew Helleson

Cam York-Brock Faber

Ryan Johnson-Henry Thru p

Tyler Kleven-Sam Colangelo

Goaltenders 

Spencer Knight (starter)

Dustin Wolf (backup)

1st Period Goals: None

2nd Period Goals:  Team USA goal scored by number 24 Bobby Brink, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 5:33. Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras, the goal was his (1st of the game and 4th of the tournament). Time of the goal 10:30. Team USA goal scored by number 24 Bobby Brink, the goal was his 2nd of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 15:56.

3rd Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras, the goal was his (2nd of the game and 5th of the tournament). Time of the goal 6:03. Team USA goal scored by number 28 Arthur Kaliyev, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 8:18. Team USA goal scored by number 13 Cole Caufield, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 10:22. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his (1st of the game and 5th of the Tournament). Time of the goal 11:22

Team USA Record After The Game

(2-1-0)

Team Czech Republic

(1-3-0)

With this win the US will advance to the knockout stage 

LA Kings Sign Forward Andreas Athanasiou

 Today your LA Kings signed forward Andreas Athanasiou to a one year deal. He previously played with the Detroit Red Wings for a total of five seasons. I think Athanasiou will be a good fit for the Kings as he can bring depth to the forward position as well as a veteran role for the younger players that are on the roster. The Kings start play on the 2020-21 NHL season on January 14th when the hoist the Minnesota Wild. 

IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Game 2 Team USA Vs Team Austria

 

Team USA Record Before The Game

(0-1-0)

Team Austria Record Before The Game

(0-0-0)

Team USA lineup

Forward Pairings 

Trevor Zegras-Alex Turcotte-Arthur Kaliyev

Matthew Boldy-Matthew Beniers-Cole Caufield

Brett Berard-John Farinacci-Bobby Brink

Brendan Brisson-Landon Slaggert-Patrick Moynihan 

Defense Pairings

Jake Sanderson-Drew Helleson

Cam York-Brock Faber

Ryan Johnson-Henry Thrun

Tyler Kleven-Sam Colangelo

Goaltenders 

Dustin Wolf (starter)

Spencer Knight (backup)

1st Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 15 Drew Helleson, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 15:31

1st Period Penalties: Team USA penalty to number 23 Ryan Johnson 2 minute minor for Cross Checking. Time of the penalty 07:29 

2nd Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras the goal was his (2nd of the Tournament and 1st of the game). Time of the goal 3:35. Team USA goal scored by number 25 John Farinacci, the goal was his (2nd of the Tournament and 1st of the game). Time of the goal 5:57. Team USA goal scored by number 18 Brendan Brisson, the goal was his 1st of the Tournament and game. Time of the goal 8:55. Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras the goal was his (3rd of the Tournament and 2nd of the game). Time of the goal 11:01. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his (2nd of the Tournament and 1st of the game). Time of the goal 14:25. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his (3rd of the Tournament and 2nd of the game). Time of the goal 18:44. 

2nd Period Penalties: Team Austria penalty to number 19 Marco Kasper 2 minute minor for Holding. Time of the penalty 4:44. Team Austria Penalty to Clemens Krainz 2 minute minor for Hooking. Time of the penalty 18:47

3rd Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 21 Brett Berard, the goal was his 1st of the Tournament and game. Time of the goal 2:45. Team USA goal scored by number 18 Brendan Brisson, the goal was his 2nd of the Tournament and game. Time of the goal 3:53. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his (4th of the Tournament and 3rd of the game). Time of the goal 5:09. Team USA goal scored by number 22 Sam Colangelo, the goal was his 1st of the Tournament and game. Time of the goal 9:15. 

3rd Period Penalties: Team USA penalty to number 28 Arthur Kaliyev 2 minute minor for Hooking. Time of the penalty 14:35. Team Austria Penalty to Philipp Wimmer 5 minute major for Checking to the head and neck area and a Game Miscount (penalty being served by number 9 Mathias Bohm). Time of the penalty 18:07. 

Team USA Record After The Game

(1-1-0)

Team Austria Record After The Game

(0-1-0)

IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Game 1 Team USA Vs Team Russia

 

Team USA record before the game

(0-0-0)

Team Russia record before the game

(0-0-0) 

Pre Game Notes: Defenseman Cam York will be the captain for Team USA for the tournament. The United States enter the 2021 World Juniors on a five game win streak against the Russians heading into this year’s tournament. Kings prospect Arthur Kaliyev, Anaheim Ducks prospect Trevor Zegras,and Montreal Canadiens prospect Cole Caufield head into the first game with a total of 5 points in the exhibition game against Finland on December 22nd.

1st Period Goals: Team Russia Goal scored by number 13 Vasilli Ponomaryov, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and of the game. Time of the goal 8:07. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and of the game. Time of the goal 14:01

2nd Period Goals: Team Russia goal scored by number 11 Zakhar Bardkov, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 3:12.  Team Russia goal scored by number 13 Vasili Ponomaryov, the goal was his 2nd of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 10:08. Team Russia Goal scored by number 24 Ilya Safonov, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 11:15

3rd Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 25 John Farinacci, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 9:57. Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 17:42. Team Russia goal scored by number 42 Yegor Chinakhov, the goal was his first of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 19:39

LA Kings 2021 NHL Schedule Release

     Today your LA Kings released who they will be playing for the 2021 NHL season, this season will be 56 games for all clubs across the league due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic. There will
be four divisions this season, the North division will be an all Canadian division, the Central division will have (Carolina, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Florida, Nashville, and Tampa Bay), and the East division will have (Boston, Buffalo, New Jersey, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington). The Kings will play 28 games home and away and play only teams in the West division (teams in the west include all pervious Pacific Division teams with Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver leaving and Colorado, Minnesota, and St. Louis entering). The Kings will begin play on January 14th and 16th as take on the Minnesota Wild at home from Staples Center. Due to the pandemic no fans as of right now will be allowed to attended games across the league. All Kings games can be watched on Fox Sports West and streamed on Fox Sports Go 

Here is the Kings 2021 schedule.

IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship

     Hello hockey fans, due to the NHL’s 2020-21 season not beginning till January due to the COVID 19 pandemic, I will be reporting and doing game recaps of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships since that is the next big event happening in the hockey world. The game recaps will be mostly for Team USA , and also I will talk about how the players that Kings have drafted that are on other National Teams such as Canada and Sweden have played during the Tournament. If either Team USA, Canada, or Sweden make it to the Gold or Bronze medal game I will report on those games as well. All games in the tournament will be played at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta due to the Pandemic. Some players had to be cut from their national teams due to testing positive for COVID 19. Fans in the United States can watch all the games on the NHL Network while in Canada fans can watch the games on TSN. 

     The players that are on the Kings and made their teams are Forward Quinton Byfield and Defenseman Jordan Spence (Team Canada), Defenseman Tobias Bjornfot (Team Sweden), Forwards Arthur Kaliyev, Alex Turcotte and Defenceman Brock Faber (Team USA), Forward Kasper Simontaival (Team Finland), Goaltender Lukas Parik (Team Czech Republic), Forward Martin Chromiak (Team Slovakia). Helge Grans (a prospect that the Kings drafted this year) did not make the Team Sweden roster even though he tried out Team Sweden. Grans was cut the final day of training camp due to other players wining the rosters spots.

I think that Quinton Byfeild and Jordan Spence will make a big impact for the Canadians this year

as Byfield’s speed and quick hands will be able to get pucks on net and produce big goals in the tournament, while Spence is a all around defenseman that can play both sides of the puck extremely well and set up some nice goals from the slot and behind the net. 

     For Team USA Alex Turcotte will be interesting to watch, since being picked by the Kings in 2018, Turcotte has been playing hockey at the University Of Wisconsin and has not achieved the potential that analysts predicted when he was drafted.  

     The first Team USA game will be on Christmas Day as they take on Team Russia, which is a always high anticipated matchup between the two countries. After that game the USA will have three more games in their group to play as they take on Austria on December 26th, then on December 29th they face off against the Czech Republic and finally on New Year’s Eve Team USA closes the Round Robin group play against Sweden.

     Team Canada will start play on December 26th against Germany, then will take on Slovakia the next day on December 27th, then on December 29th Team Canada faces off against Switzerland, and end the year off on New Year’s Eve as they take on Finland in a rematch of last years semi final matchup which Canada beat Finland 5-0. 

Can not wait for hockey to be back and watch some the of the future stars of the NHL. 

LA Kings NHL Draft 2020 Night 2

 Good Evening Hockey Fans! Today your LA Kings will have10 picks in rounds 2-7 in the 2020 NHL Draft. 

The Kings have three picks in the 2nd Round. 

With the Kings first pick (pick 6) the Kings select from the Malmo RedHawks of the Swedish Elite League defenseman Helge Grans. Grans is 6’2  and split time with the Malmo Red Hawks and the under 20 Malmo Red Hawks team as well. He recorded a total of 3 points with the top team and recorded 27 points with the minor club. The Kings traded the Detroit Red Wings for this pick. He will be playing NCAA hockey next year at the University Of Minnesota. 

With the Kings second pick (pick 45) the Kings select from the United States National Team Development Program defenseman Brock Faber.

The Kings traded their third pick (pick 60) to the New York Rangers for forward Lias Andersson. 

The Kings have two picks in the 3rd Round. 

With the Kings first pick (pick 66) the Kings select from Tappara of the Finish Elite League forward Kasper Simontaival. He played for Tappara Jr as he posted 45 points for the club along with playing four games for the major league club Tappara. 

With the Kings second pick (pick 86) the Kings select from the United States Hockey Leauge’s Des Moines Buccaneers forward Alex Laferriere. Laferriere posted 45 points last season.

The Kings have one pick in the 4th round.

With the pick (pick 112) the Kings select from the Finish Elite League second division goalie Juho Markkanen.

The Kings have one pick in the 5th round.

With the pick (pick 128) the Kings select from the OHLs Kingston Frontenacs forward Martin Chromiak.

The Kings have one pick in the 6th Round.

With the pick (pick 140) the Kings select from the United States Hockey League’s Cedar Rapids Roughriders Ben Meehan. Meehan will be playing in the NCAA next year for the UMass Lowell 

With the Kings final selection in the 2020 NHL Draft the Kings select from the Finish Elite League’s Pelicans forward Aatu Jámsen  

LA Kings 2020 NHL Draft Night 1

 Good Evening hockey fans! Welcome to the 2020 NHK Draft. Your LA Kings will have the 2nd pick in Round 1 tonight and more picks tomorrow. 

With the 2nd overall pick your LA Kings select from the Sudbury Wolves Quinten Byfield. Byfield has elite skill and a great shot that can help out the Kings on the powerplay and also help out the team for scoring opportunities. Byfield also has a great hockey IQ as well. 

LA Kings Acquire Defenseman Olli Maatta From Chicago

Your LA Kings acquired defenseman Olli Maatta from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for ECHL forward Brad Morrison. Maatta will be a great addition for this Kings team as he is a very well rounded defenseman, he will probably be playing on the third defense pairing. The Kings will have Maatta for two seasons due to his contract he had with the Blackhawks. Maatta is a left shooting defenseman which is what the Kings have been looking to add this offseason. 

LA Kings 2020 NHL Draft Pick Potentials

Hello Hockey fans, your LA Kings will be picking 2nd overall in the NHL Draft for the first time since 2008. In the 2008 draft the Kings selected defenseman Drew Doughty who has became one of the Kings top franchise players. 

The question for the Kings is who to pick with the 2nd overall, Quinton Byfield or Tim Stützle With Byfield you get a player with great shooting skills and is also good in the faceoff dot as last season in the CHL, he posted a 51.9 face off percentage. Byfield also post 50 assists and 39 goals as well. 

Stützle is a all around talented forward, Stützle has great speed, hands and vision. He has been compared to Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane when it comes to how his play style is. Stützle has spent his junior career playing in the German Elite League. 

The Kings will also be picking 35th, 51st (pick acquired from the Kings trading Tyler Toffoli  to the Vancouver Canucks) and 60th (pick acquired for the Kings trading Alec Martinez to the Vegas Golden Knights) in the 2nd round.

The Kings will be picking 66th and 83rd (Pick acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets) in the 3rd round.

The Kings will pick 97th and 112th (pick acquired from the Calgary Flames when the Kings traded Oscar Fantenberg to the Flames in 2019) in the 4th round.

The Kings will pick 128th in the 5th round, 159th in the 6th, and 190 in the 7th. 

With these 11 picks the Kings will continue to rebuild their team to became a better and stronger team in the previous years, as well to build a solid young core in the minors.