LA Kings Prospects Move From Drills To Game Action

Gann Matsuda from Frozen Royalty chimes in with some thoughts on the upcoming rookie games at the Toyota Sports Center

EL SEGUNDO, CA — The Los Angeles Kings have completed three days of their 2009-10 Rookie Camp with the focus on drills designed to improve their young prospects compete level, decision-making, positional play, puck handling, and more.

“Overall, I’ve been very excited about what’s happened here in the three days,” said Kings head coach Terry Murray. “From the first day—the testing—I was impressed with the work they put in off the ice in several of the tests they did. On the ice, they’re working hard, showing lots of energy and determination and a real passion to go out and work, listen and try things that we’re talking about.”

Murray was also impressed by the physical improvement among the young prospects.

“The thing that jumps out is the maturity [and] the physical strength of these young guys [and how it] has increased over the course of one year,” Murray noted. “It’s very evident. We’ve done a lot of compete drills, dot-to-board play, and that demands endurance and strength.”..

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