Kings Assign 19 to Manchester (AHL)

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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings have announced the following player transactions.

Assigned to Manchester (AHL):

Andy Andreoff (LW)
J.F. Berube (G)
Robert Czarnik (C)
Nicolas Deslauriers (D)
Martin Jones (G)
David Kolomatis (D)
Brandon Kozun (RW)
Andrei Loktionov (C)
Jordan Nolan (C)
Brian O’Neill (RW)
Tanner Pearson (LW)
Nikolay Prokhorkin (LW)
Tyler Toffoli (C)
Linden Vey (RW)
Jordan Weal (C)

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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings have assigned defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk, forward Stefan Legein and forward David Meckler to the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today.

Bodnarchuk, who signed with the Kings on July 6, played last season with the AHL’s Providence Bruins, recording 17 points (5-12=17) and 44 penalty minutes in 63 games played.

Legein spent last season with Manchester, recording 25 points (14-11=25) and 44 penalty minutes in 63 regular season games and two points (2-0=2) and 15 penalty minutes in four playoff games.

Meckler completed his fifth season with Manchester last season, recording 17 points (10-7=17) and 13 penalty minutes in 44 regular season games and zero points and penalty minutes in four playoff games.

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LOS ANGELES – The 2012 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings have assigned defenseman Slava Voynov to the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today.

Voynov, 22, recorded 20 points (8-12=20), a plus-12 rating and 12 penalty minutes in 54 games with the Kings during the 2011-12 regular season, his rookie season with the club. The 5-11, 199-pound native of Chelyabinsk, Russia, also added another three points (1-2=3) and four penalty minutes in 20 postseason games with the Kings during their successful run to the 2012 Stanley Cup Championship.

When compared with other first-year NHL blue liners, Voynov tied for first in goals (8), tied for seventh in assists (12), finished third in points (20) and tied for first in plus-minus rating (plus-12). He made his NHL/Kings debut vs. St. Louis on October 18, 2011, and he recorded his first three NHL points (2-1=3) at Dallas on October 27, 2011. Voynov scored his first career playoff goal at St. Louis on April 28, 2012.

The Kings selected Voynov in the second-round (32nd overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.