Kings Announce Multiple Transactions
February 21, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
MANCHESTER, NH - The Los Angeles Kings, the parent club of the Manchester Monarchs, have recalled goaltender Erik Ersberg (emergency recall) from the Monarchs, claimed left wing Matt Ellis off waivers from Detroit and assigned forward Lauri Tukonen to Manchester, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today.
Ersberg, 25, leads all Monarchs goalies in games played (30), minutes played (1,540) and wins (10) this season. The 5-foot-11, 182-pound native of Sala, Sweden, who has a record of 10-13-2 with one shutout, a goals-against-average of 2.92 and a save-percentage of .897, has not played in an NHL game. Ersberg was named the Goalie of the Year last season while playing with Jonkoping HV71 of the Swedish Elite League, and he signed with the Kings as an unrestricted free agent on May 31, 2007. He will wear jersey No. 31 for the Kings.
Ellis, 27, has six points (2-4=6) and 12 penalty minutes in 35 games with Detroit this season. The 6-foot, 207-pound native of Welland, Ontario, signed with Detroit as an unrestricted free agent on May 10, 2002. He has six points (2-4=6) and 18 penalty minutes in 51 career NHL games - all with Detroit. He will wear jersey No. 8 for the Kings.
Tukonen, 21, has played in one game with the Kings this season and has zero points and zero penalty minutes. He made his season debut with the Kings on Monday (February 18) vs. Phoenix. Tukonen has also played in 38 games with the Monarchs this season, and he has 19 points (6-13=19) and 10 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-2, 198-pound native of Hyvinkaa, Finland, was originally selected by the Kings in the first-round (11th overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He has zero points and zero penalty minutes in five career NHL games - all with the Kings.
The Monarchs return the Verizon Wireless Arena for back-to-back games with the Norfolk Admirals on Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23. Both games start at 7:05 p.m. Catch all of the play-by-play action of Monarchs hockey with Ken Cail on the Monarchs Radio Network WGIR-AM 610 and at www.manchestermonarchs.com. Watch the game live on B2 Networks for just $6 per game. Log onto www.manchestermonarchs.com and click on the link to B2 Networks ten minutes prior to the each Monarchs game to watch the game live.
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