Kings Set To Open 2008 Training Camp
Published on September 12, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
LOS ANGELES, CA - The Los Angeles Kings, the parent club of the Manchester Monarchs, are set to officially open their 2008 NHL Training Camp with their first on-ice session scheduled for Friday, September 19, at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo. All on-ice practices and on-ice scrimmages are open to the fans and to the media, and 61 players, including 30 players that have skated in Manchester, are scheduled to participate in this year's Training Camp.
The players will be divided into four teams at the start of Camp - Team Nicholls, Team Pulford, Team Quinn and Team Wells, which are named after four prominent former Kings players and/or coaches (Bernie Nicholls, Bob Pulford, Pat Quinn and Jay Wells). The teams will compete for the third annual Rogie Cup, which is named for Kings Hall of Fame goaltender and Royal Ambassador Rogie Vachon. The team with the most points after the games will be awarded the Rogie Cup.
The Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo is located at 555 North Nash Street. Scrimmages and practices will be held on both the NHL and Olympic rinks.
LA KINGS TRAINING CAMP ROSTER - 2008
No. Player Position
2 Matt Greene D
3 Jack Johnson D
7 Derek Armstrong C
8 Matt Ellis LW
11 Anze Kopitar C
12 Patrick O'Sullivan C
15 Brad Richardson C
19 Kyle Calder LW
21 Denis Gauthier D
23 Dustin Brown LW
24 Alexander Frolov LW
26 Michal Handzus C
28 Jarret Stoll C
33 Kevin Westgarth RW
34 Marty Murray C
37 Thomas Hickey D
40 Eric Werner D
41 Raitis Ivanans LW
42 Tom Preissing D
43 Joe Piskula D
44 Davis Drewiske D
48 Andrei Loktionov C
49 Peter Harrold D
50 Bud Holloway C
51 Oscar Moller C
52 Gabe Gauthier LW
53 Alec Martinez D
54 Teddy Purcell RW
55 Bryan Cameron C
56 Richard Clune LW
57 Wayne Simmonds RW
58 David Meckler C
60 Vladimir Dravecky RW
61 Trevor Lewis C
63 Scott Parse RW
64 Josh Kidd D
67 Marc-Andre Cliche RW
68 Brady Murray LW
70 Matt Moulson LW
71 Brian Boyle C
72 Mike D'Orazio D
73 John Zeiler RW
74 Dwight King C
76 Viatcheslav Voynov D
77 Matt Fillier C
78 Drew Bagnall D
79 Colten Teubert D
80 Drew Doughty D
81 Andrew Campbell D
82 Geordie Wudrick LW
83 Olivier Legault LW
84 Justin Azevedo C
85 Paul Crosty D
No. Goaltender Position
31 Erik Ersberg G
32 Jonathan Quick G
35 Jason LaBarbera G
36 Jeff Zatkoff G
45 Jonathan Bernier G
46 Daniel Taylor G
65 Martin Jones G
75 Linden Rowat G
* Forwards Patrick O'Sullivan and Brad Richardson are currently (un-signed) restricted free agents.
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