All The Kings Men

Musical Director & Organist Dieter Ruehle joins host Jesse Cohen to talk about his career and experience in the world of professional sports. Ruehle has performed all over the world for global audiences but Kings fans have been able to enjoy his work at Kings games for years. There are few members of the Kings organization as passionate and as fascinating as Dieter Ruehle.

Dennis Bernstein (The 4th Period/The Hot Stove on XM Radio) joins host Jesse Cohen to recap the 2nd week of the season and help crown a King of the Week. Included in this weeks episode is the media availability with Anže Kopitar from October 21st, the day of his record breaking 1,297th game as a member of the LA Kings.

TOP 10 QUESTIONS FOR THE 2023-24 SEASON10 - How will the rest of the Pacific Division perform?9 - How will the Salary Cap impact the season?8 - Who will lead the Kings in scoring?7 - Will Pierre-Luc Dubois be the player they acquired him to be?6 - Will Quinton Byfield have a "break out" season?5 - How will younger players manage the opportunities they get?4 - Will the Power Play remain potent? 3 - Will the Penalty Kill improve?2 - How will the goaltending impact the season?1 - Will the Kings make the playoffs?

LA Kings forward Pierre-Luc Dubois joins Jesse Cohen and Zach Dooley to talk about the process of adapting to LA and the Kings. Then Austin Stanovich (The Hockey News) helps crown a King of the Week for the first week of the season.

LA Kings General Manager Rob Blake joined host Jesse Cohen and Zach Dooley to talk about the upcoming season, the salary cap and a landscape shifting off-season. After that conversation we join the post game media availability with Todd McLellan following the season opening game against the Colorado Avalanche and the final segment from Kings Talk from the same evening.

TOP 10 QUESTIONS FOR TRAINING CAMP 202310 - How many players on roster (21/22/23) out of camp?9 - Will everybody be healthy at the end of camp?8 - Will any players be moved or claimed off waivers?7 - How many NHL Rookies to start the season?6 - Will there be special teams specialists?5 - Who starts season at LD 3?4 - Who starts the season at RD 3?3 - Who will PLD play with?2 - What impact will Australia have on the rest of camp?1 - Which goalies will be rostered/start opening night?

Trevor Lewis joins Jesse Cohen and Zach Dooley before the Kings take the ice in Salt Lake City for Frozen Fury. The forward returns to the LA Kings after spending the past three seasons playing in Canada.

Zach Dooley joins host Jesse Cohen to discuss the second week of LA Kings training camp and help crown a King of the Week. The Ontario Reign open their camp on Monday, October 2nd and so the Kings cut their training camp roster down to 28 (3 goalies, 8 defense, 17 forwards) on Sunday afternoon.

Zach Dooley joins host Jesse Cohen to discuss the LA Kings recent trip to Australia for the 2023 NHL Global Series.

Austin Stanovich joins host Jesse Cohen from Honda Center to discuss the first week of LA Kings training camp. The duo discuss the pair of games played in Australia as well as the Sunday night preseason game played in Anaheim.

TOP 10 QUESTIONS FOR TRAINING CAMP 202310 - How many players on roster (21/22/23) out of camp?9 - Will everybody be healthy at the end of camp?8 - Will any players be moved or claimed off waivers?7 - How many NHL Rookies to start the season?6 - Will there be special teams specialists?5 - Who starts season at LD 3?4 - Who starts the season at RD 3?3 - Who will PLD play with?2 - What impact will Australia have on the rest of camp?1 - Which goalies will be rostered/start opening night?

Andre Lee, Jacob Ingham and play-by-play announcer Josh Schaefer join host Jesse Cohen for an update from the 2023 Rookie Faceoff in Las Vegas. Lee served as captain in the first game of the showcase event, scored a short-handed goal and was +3 at the end of the first game. Jacob Ingham stopped 53 of 54 shots in just over 70 minutes of playing time.

Marco Sturm joins Jesse Cohen and Zach Dooley to talk about the upcoming Rookie Faceoff in Las Vegas. The Ontario Reign Head Coach also talked about his experience as an AHL head coach, the upcoming Reign season and the challenges of balancing a lineup between established veterans and younger developing players.

Jarret Stoll joined host Jesse Cohen to answer questions submitted by LA Kings fans. The questions covered his role on the Kings development staff to his time as a player and even veered into the personal. Get ready for the upcoming season by listening to a member of the Kings front office talk about the inner workings of the franchise and the future plans for some of their young prospects.

TOP 10 QUESTIONS FOR THE 2023 OFF-SEASON10 - Will the Kings make any trades to acquire additional draft picks?9 - Will the Kings sign any external Free Agents?8 - Will Anze Kopitar, Viktor Arvidsson or Matt Roy sign contract extensions starting in the 2024-25 season?7 - How will the Kings fill out the Goaltending depth chart in the off-season?6 - Will the LA Kings re-sign Joonas Korpisalo?5 - Will the LA Kings re-sign Vladislav Gavrikov4 - How will the Kings choose to fill out the defense?3 - Which RFAs will the LA Kings choose to qualify and extend?2 - How will the Gabriel Vilardi contract negotiation play out?1 - How will the Kings forward corps change during the off-season?

Summer is almost over and LA Kings hockey is right around the corner. To get you back in the mood to root for you Kings back in downtown LA we invited In-Arena hosts Mikey Alexander and Kayla Knierim into the studio to answer fan questions about how they do what they do.

Larry Murphy and Jim Fox were both first round picks in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft and teammates on the LA Kings. Murphy was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004 and joins host Jesse Cohen and Jim Fox to talk about his participation in the 3ICE summer league and his experiences at all levels of competitive hockey.

Michelle Minahen, Senior Manager of Marketing, and Kylie McLogan, Senior Manager of Group Sales, join host Jesse Cohen to discuss the process of creating the promotional schedule and designing all of the LA Kings promotional items and themed merchandise. You can see the promotional schedule and items at LAKings.com/promotions.

The LA Kings selected defenseman Jakub Dvořák in the 2nd round (54th overall) of the 2023 Entry Draft. Dvořák spent the 2022-23 season with HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (The Czech Extraliga/ELH) and will likely return for the 2023-24 season. Christian Ruuttu, Director of European Scouting, and Mark Yannetti, Director of Amateur Scouting discuss the Kings thought process behind the pick and Scott Wheeler (The Athletic) gives Jesse Cohen and Zach Dooley his personal scouting report on the young defenseman.

The LA Kings have signed Trevor Lewis to a one year contract for the 2023-24 Season. Lewis was drafted by the Kings in the first round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and was a member of both Stanley Cup winning teams in 2012 and 2014. Jim Fox joins Jesse Cohen and Zach Dooley to talk about the returning forward and the role he's likely to play on the Kings in 2023-24.