VIDEO: What type of music do the Kings players listen to?

You might have seen the tweet we posted a few weeks ago of Colin Fraser taking a lap around the Kings locker room with a microphone and camera in tow. Here's his report, as he finds out what type of music his teammates listen to on the way to the rink...

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VIDEO: Jeff Carter's 200th career goal

In yesterday's win over the Blackhawks, LA Kings forward Jeff Carter scored the 200th goal of his career. It was game number 508 for Carter. As a comparison, Anaheim's Corey Perry has scored 202 goals in 519 games and Mike Richards has picked up 147 in 514.

If you missed Carter hitting the milestone, here's a replay...

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VIDEO: Bernie Nicholls and Charlie Simmer on After Hours

Charlie Simmer and Bernie Nicholls share some funny stories during a recent edition of Hockey Night in Canada's After Hours program...

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VIDEO: Johnson post-game vs LA - 'I wanted to get this win'

Jack Johnson continued his hot play of late for Columbus last night. With his tenth goal of the season, he now has goals in back-to-back games and points in three straight for his new club. After the Blue Jackets downed the Kings 3-1, he sounded like a guy taking a few subtle shots at his time in LA as much as he was pumping up his current environment...

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Daryl Evans previews LA Kings Carter vs CBJ Johnson

LA Kings radio commentator Daryl Evans helps preview tonight's game vs. Columbus. As you'd expect, much of the talk has to do with Jeff Carter and Jack Johnson.

Click here if you want to see what Johnson - now wearing number seven - had to say after scoring his first goal in a Blue Jackets jersey the other night. At the end of the video he also refers to tonight's match-up as 'just a game.'

Also, on last night's MayorsManor LIVE show, we featured Jarret Stoll, Willie Mitchell and Kevin Westgarth sharing some funny stories about Johnson.  If you missed it, click here to listen to the replay now.

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Elvis must love playing hockey in Nashville

Trevor Lewis and Music City, they just seem to go hand-in-hand.

Nicknamed Elvis, due to both guys sharing the same birthday (January 8th), Lewis made a rare appearance on the score sheet Tuesday night.

Entering the game vs. Nashville, he had only three points on the season (two goals and one assist). But, after assisting on Matt Greene's goal and adding one of his own, he nearly doubled his totals.

Also, by scoring the fifth goal in a 5-4 victory for LA, Lewis was officially credited with the game-winning goal - his first such marker of the season. Last year, Lewis picked up his first ever NHL game-winning goal in...you guessed it...Nashville as well.

Here's video of last night's goal, set up by some aggressive play from Anze Kopitar:

Just prior to leaving for the road trip, Jeff Carter had some positive comments about the 25-year old former number one draft pick.  When asked which of his new teammates has caught his eye in the first week, he said - "I think (Lewis) doesn’t get much credit, but he does a lot of dirty work for the team. He’s out killing penalties, and I think on that line with Stolly and Pens, he gets in, he wins battles and stuff like that. He’s been a good player."

In the first few weeks following Darryl Sutter joining the Kings as coach, he too had some thoughts about Lewis' game and what he brings to the team.  Those statements and other related articles can be found below.

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VIDEO: Guest spot on Inside Sports after Kings-Ducks

Following the Kings 4-2 win over Anaheim last night, I joined Charles E. Smith, Jr on Inside Sports to talk about the game and LA's upcoming road trip to Nashville, Columbus and Detroit. After my opening segment, Smith also chatted with Dave Joseph of ESPN LA. Take a look...

If you're interested, I also joined the Inside Sports show after the Kings big win over the Chicago Blackhawks on February 25 - you can view that show here.

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VIDEO: Hockey Player Problems - with the LA Kings

Four players from the LA Kings - Mike Richards, Jarret Stoll, Dustin Penner and Matt Greene - describe various hockey player problem in this edition of Cabbie Presents...

Can't wait to talk to Stoll tomorrow. 'Hey Strollsy!'

For some more fun with the Kings, click here for their unique takes on the trip to Europe earlier this season.

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VIDEO: Kings rookie Jordan Nolan gets his first NHL fight

Rookie Jordan Nolan had another memorable game for the Kings last night - not only picking up his second NHL goal, but also introducing himself to the Wild's Marco Scandella...

It was Scandella's first NHL fight as well.  Perhaps he bit off a bit more than he can chew for his inaugural tilt though.

You can check out more of Nolan's handy work from Manchester over on his page at hockeyfights.com.

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VIDEO: Guest spot on Inside Sports - talking LA Kings trades

After the Kings 4-0 win over the Blackhawks last night, I was a guest on Inside Sports. Live from the press box at Staples Center, we talked about Dustin Brown, Jeff Carter, Jack Johnson, will the Kings make another trade before the deadline, what's going on in Manchester and much more. I'm the guest for the first half of the show, followed by Brian Kennedy (author of My Country is Hockey).

I was even able to work in two Dodgers references...

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VIDEO: Dustin Brown's natural hat trick in 4-0 win last night

If you like the horn at Staples Center, you're going to love the video below.

These highlights from last night's Kings game vs. the Blackhawks feature clips of Jeff Carter, Jonathan Quick, Anze Kopitar, Jarret Stoll, Dustin Penner and several others. Yet, the night belonged to Dustin Brown.

After the game, I asked him which of the three goals were his favorite - "The first one. Stolly probably made the play happen. He skated all the way up the ice, drove the 'D' back. That gave me a little bit of room to cut to the middle and I just found a way to score."

On Friday, Brown sat down for a one-on-one interview with us where he opened up about how he was dealing with recent trade rumors. If you missed it, be sure to give it a read here.

On Saturday, he made the ultimate 'actions speak louder than words' statement.

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VIDEO: Jeff Carter - Fox Sports West pre-game interview

Just prior to taking on the Blackhawks in his first game as a member of the LA Kings, newly acquired forward Jeff Carter did a brief interview with Patrick O’Neal...

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VIDEO: Dean Lombardi on LA Kings trade for Jeff Carter

Reminder, MayorsManor will host a special one-hour call in show tonight to talk about the Jeff Carter-Jack Johnson trade between the Kings and Blue Jackets. You're encouraged to call in - we want your feedback. Also joining me will be Dennis Bernstein of The Fourth Period. Click here to listen in at 8pm PST.

For now, here's an interview with Kings GM Dean Lombardi...

Here are a few related articles of interest too...

Mike Richards comments on Jeff Carter trade rumors

Trade Rumors - five things at play for the LA Kings

Why the LA Kings should trade for Jeff Carter, not Rick Nash

Kings locker room is tense because of all the trade rumors, per Doughty

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VIDEO: NHL 36 special on Kings' Mike Richards

If you missed the debut of 'NHL 36: Mike Richards' last night, here's the full episode. There are lots of behind the scenes shots of areas usually off limits to cameras - including the players lounge at TSC and more. They really did a great job capturing his routine leading up to the game last Thursday vs. Phoenix. Although, some of you will probably think Andrei Loktionov stole the show...

Ricahrds was also a recent guest on MayorsManor, where he talked openly about the Jeff Carter trade rumors - click here to read what he had to say.

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VIDEO: Kyle Clifford hit in Phoenix leads to non-suspension

Besides how or why the Kings were defeated by the Coyotes last night, after being up 3-0 in the first period, the other hotly debated issue coming out of the game was the legality of Kyle Clifford's hit on Gilbert Brule. Opinions on social media sites ranged from it was a hockey play to penalty-worthy on up to he should be suspended.

Today, the ultimate judge and jury ruled when the NHL opted to not even hold a hearing on the matter (per Helene Elliott of the LA Times).

Here's the play...

If Brule's name sounds familiar to you for some reason, it's probably because he was the initial (injured) player the Oilers tried sending to LA in the Ryan Smyth deal. Of course, he was later replaced by Colin Fraser.

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Preview: Fox Sports West feature on PennerCakes event

During the second intermission of tonight's Kings-Coyotes broadcast, Fox Sports West will run a special feature on this week's PennerCakes event at IHOP. The video highlights package includes some quotes from Dustin Penner, thoughts from a few several of the lucky raffle winners who attended, and there's even a small cameo in there from some guy I know. Here's a preview...

Also, fresh up on LAKings.com today is an article about the event by Deborah Lew (link).

Of course, if you somehow have never seen the original letter Penner provided exclusively to MayorsManor, it's posted here.

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VIDEO: Get to know Jordan Nolan - video highights from Manchester

It isn't very often when a 22-year old rookie is the best player on the ice during his first two NHL games. Yet, Jordan Nolan might be able to lay claim to such a statement after his performances in New York and Dallas over the weekend.

A seventh round draft pick by the Kings back at the 2009 NHL Draft, Nolan made quite the impression with his physical play and goal scoring ability.  A 6-foot-3 forward, he's always been a bit of a work-in-progress.  However, it was obvious at training camp in September that he had taken giant steps forward in his development and that solid play extended into his season in Manchester, where he had nine goals and 13 assists - not to mention his 119 penalty minutes - in 40 games played.

The Kings Vision team have pulled together a brief highlight reel, check out what he can do with his stick, as well as his fists...

To see a similar video package on Dwight King, click here.

For the MayorsManor article on Nolan and King being promoted from the AHL, click here.

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VIDEO: Get to know Dwight King - highlights from Manchester

Were you impressed with the two players called up by the Kings this weekend?

Dwight King was doing his second tour of duty in the NHL, after a brief six-game stay last season. He wasn't much of a factor in the game on Saturday, however he surly made his presence known yesterday - scoring a goal and making several nice plays.

The guys over at Kings Vision have pulled together a brief highlight reel from his time in Manchester, where he had 11 goals and 18 assists in 50 games this season. Take a look...

To see a similar video package on Jordan Nolan, click here.

For the MayorsManor article on Nolan and King being promoted from the AHL, click here.

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VIDEO: Jonathan Quick on the Kings 2-1 OT loss in NY

Kings' goalie Jonathan Quick tried to remain positive after the team's 2-1 overtime loss to the Islanders earlier today. Here's what he had to say back in the locker room...

Thoughts from coach Darryl Sutter and team captain Dustin Brown are up on the homepage right now.

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VIDEO: Kings Dustin Brown on team's 2-1 OT loss to the Isles

Kings captain Dustin Brown was obviously disappointed with his team's performance today vs. the Islanders. After, he spoke with the media - including sharing thoughts on goalie Jonathan Quick and rookie Jordan Nolan.

Post-game thoughts from coach Darryl Sutter and Quick are up on the homepage.

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