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Kings announce roster for Saturday’s opener at Vancouver

By Helene Elliott
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There were no surprises in the 23-man roster the Kings submitted to the NHL on Wednesday.

As Coach Terry Murray said Tuesday, the Kings will open the season Saturday at Vancouver with six rookies on the roster. Here’s the roster, by position (* denotes rookie)

Goaltenders (2)

Jonathan Bernier*

Jonathan Quick

Defense (7)

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Drew Doughty

Davis Drewiske

Peter Harrold

Jack Johnson

Willie Mitchell

Jake Muzzin*

Rob Scuderi

Forwards (14)

Dustin Brown

Kyle Clifford*

Michal Handzus

Anze Kopitar

Trevor Lewis*

Andrei Loktionov*

Alexei Ponikarovsky

Brad Richardson

Brayden Schenn*

Wayne Simmonds

Ryan Smyth

Jarret Stoll

Justin Williams

Kevin Westgarth

Only 20 players can dress for each game.

Left wing Scott Parse (groin, retroactive to Sept. 22) and left wing Ray Kaunisto (foot, retroactive to Sept. 23) have been placed on the injured reserve list. Defenseman Matt Greene (shoulder), center Marc-Andre Cliche (knee), defenseman Viatcheslav Voynov (shoulder) and defenseman Colten Teubert (wrist) are on the non-roster list.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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