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Rookies Brayden Schenn, Kyle Clifford, Jake Muzzin make Kings’ lineup for opener

By Helene Elliott
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Kings Coach Terry Murray erased the final mystery regarding his lineup Thursday, saying he will open the season Saturday at Vancouver with a fourth line of 19-year-old forwards Kyle Clifford and Brayden Schenn alongside Kevin Westgarth, and with rookie Jake Muzzin paired on defense with Davis Drewiske.

Two other rookies, Andrei Loktionov and Trevor Lewis, would be the extra forwards. Peter Harrold would be the spare defenseman. A sixth rookie, goaltender Jonathan Bernier, will back up Jonathan Quick in the newly renamed Rogers Arena.

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Murray told reporters he has no problems with having so many youngsters in the lineup.

‘I think we’ve surrounded these young players on this team with quality veteran players, players who know how to take control of the situation in the locker room and on the ice,’ he said.

Here’s more from his post-practice media scrum:

The Kings are scheduled to practice Friday at 10 a.m. at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo before flying to Vancouver.

-- 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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