Kings Scrappers Steadily Growing

The Kings are a relatively young team for the most part, especially in the fighting department. Following the departures of Raitis Ivanans and Sean O'Donnell, rookies Kevin Westgarth and Kyle Clifford have been asked to step up, and they've answered the call well.

Clifford has shown that he can handle himself well in any weight class, and did just that in handily defeating a tough customer in Daniel Carcillo early in Sunday's Kings–Flyers meeting.

Westgarth also dropped the gloves, doing well against Jody Shelley. It was a bout that marked the fourth straight fight in which Westgarth has impressed against better than average competition after entering the year with lofty expectations due to continual preseason succcess and a big reputation in the minors.

The pair of fights launched L.A. into a tie for tenth place with the Sharks on the team fighting major leaderboard.