Buckle up, hockey is back!
Just as the summer-like heat wave came to an end late this week in Los Angeles, it’s time to turn the page from NHL offseason to Kings Rookie Camp. And it all gets going in a rather big way this weekend, as the 2024 NHL Rookie Faceoff tournament comes to Toyota Sports Performance Center.
Friday’s initial trio of games will reach a crescendo during a nightcap featuring the host Kings and visiting Golden Knights. While the two clubs have been frequent opponents at the annual showcase event, they did not meet up when Vegas hosted the Rookie Faceoff last season. However, they did play each other in San Jose back in 2022, where this happened:
On a brand-new Kings Of The Podcast episode that just dropped, Brandt Clarke spoke about that moment in detail, as well as VGK’s Mark Stone, and a myriad of thoughts he has heading into this season.
There have also been two other KOTP episodes of late that tie into the Rookie Faceoff tournament:
KOTP with Koehn Ziemmer
KOTP with LA AGM Nelson Emerson
Game 1 Lineups: Kings vs. Golden Knights
LA Kings Projected Lineup
Greentree – Pinelli – Ziemmer
Jamsen – Lawrence – Brodzinski
Olson – Caderoth – Parker-Jones
Davis – Moynihan – Woodworth
(Tulk – Wise – Neutens)
Krygier – Clarke
Dvorak – Vaughn
Booth – Millar
(Berge – Rowe)
(Woolley – Mania)
Portillo
St-Hilaire
NOTE: Each goalie is expected to play about half the game.
Golden Knights Projected Lineup
Demek – Brabenec – Cataford
Stanick – Sapovaliv – Hemmerling
Huchette – Uchacz – Bowman
Jones – Hughes – Uronen
Smith – Mathieu – Pinard
Gustafson – Swick
Mayer – Sedoff
Chayka – Kmec
Cholach – Fleming
Leslie
Vikman
Lindbom
FREE ROOKIE FACEOFF STREAM
As reported on Thursday, all games at the 2024 Rookie Faceoff will be streamed without regional restrictions. This is a huge step forward for the NHL, who cleared such a move for the first time in tournament history.
All three Kings games will feature play-by-play by Josh Schaefer and color commentary from Daryl Evans.
WATCH HERE: www.LAKings.com/rookie-faceoff
2024 ROOKIE FACEOFF SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept. 13
Game 1 – San Jose vs. Utah, 1:00 p.m.
Game 2 – Colorado vs. Anaheim, 3:30 p.m.
Game 3 – Vegas vs. Los Angeles, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 14
Game 1 – Seattle vs. Colorado, 3:00 p.m.
Game 2 – Utah vs. Los Angeles, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 15
Game 1 – Vegas vs. Seattle, 1:00 p.m.
Game 2 – Anaheim vs. San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 16
Game 1 – Colorado vs. San Jose, 11:30 a.m.
Game 2 – Utah vs. Vegas, 12:30 p.m.
Game 3 – Anaheim vs. Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m.
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