AHL Manchester Monarchs

Kings Activate Richardson; Zeiler to Manchester

Published on December 19, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


LOS ANGELES, CA - The Los Angeles Kings, the parent club of the Manchester Monarchs, have activated forward Brad Richardson from the injured list and have assigned forward John Zeiler to the Monarchs, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today.

Richardson, 25, suffered an upper-body injury on December 9 at STAPLES Center during the Kings' victory against Calgary. In 26 games this season he has seven points (1-67) and 12 penalty minutes. He was placed on the injured reserve list on December 13 (retroactive to December 10) and has missed the Kings' last four games.

Zeiler, 28, played in four games with the Kings this season. He has also played in 22 games with the Monarchs this season, recording five points (all assists) and 46 penalty minutes.

In addition, Hockey Canada today announced that forward Brayden Schenn, 19, will serve as an alternate captain with Canada's National Junior Team this year at the World Junior Championships. Schenn played in eight games with the Kings this season before the club assigned him to the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League on December 3. Schenn also appeared in seven games with the Monarchs this season while on a conditioning assignment from the Kings and recorded seven points (3-47).

The Monarchs host the Worcester Sharks at the Verizon Wireless Arena in a 3:00 p.m. contest on Sunday, December 19. Kids, 12 and under, attending Sunday's game will receive Monarchs custom Silly Bandz. Catch all of the play-by-play action of Monarchs hockey with Ken Cail on the Monarchs Radio Network WGAM 900/1250 AM and at www.manchestermonarchs.com.



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