AHL Manchester Monarchs

Kings Activate Simmonds, Segal

December 26, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Kings, the parent club of the Manchester Monarchs, have activated forwards Wayne Simmonds and Brandon Segal from the injured reserve list, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today. In addition, the Kings have placed forward Jarret Stoll on the injured reserve list (retroactive to Dec. 15).

Simmonds, 21, was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury Dec. 16 (retroactive to Dec. 11) and has missed the last four games. In 33 games with the Kings this season, the 6-foot-2, 183-pound native of Scarborough, Ontario has recorded 20 points (9-1120). Last season in his rookie year, Simmonds had 23 points (9-1423) while playing in all 82 games (one of five Kings to play in every regular season game).

Segal, 26, was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury Dec. 8 (retroactive to Dec. 2) and has missed the last nine games. In four games with the Kings this season, the 6-foot-2, 209-pound native of Richmond, British Columbia has recorded zero points and zero penalty minutes. Segal has also played in 21 games with the Monarchs this season, registering 14 points (6-814) and 34 penalty minutes.

Stoll, 27, suffered a lower-body injury during the Kings-Canucks game Dec. 14 and has missed the last two games. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound native of Melville, Saskatchewan has recorded 25 points (10-1525) and 22 penalty minutes in 33 games this season.

The Monarchs return to action with a 7:00 p.m. contest against the Portland Pirates at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Saturday, December 26. 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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