04/10/00 - The Kings assigned G Marcel Cousineau to Long Beach-IHL.

04/09/00 - The Kings recalled C Jason Podollan from Lowell-AHL and assigned D Philippe Boucher to Long Beach-IHL.

04/07/00 - The Kings recalled D Philippe Boucher from Long Beach-IHL.

04/05/00 - The Kings announced that C Bryan Smolinski underwent an MRI examination that revealed a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee and is expected to be out 4-6 weeks.

04/01/00 - The Kings signed free agent D Mike Pudlick to a contract. No terms were disclosed. Pudlick, 22, finished his sophomore season at St. Cloud, where he scored eight goals and 22 assists in 40 games. Pudlick is 6-3 and weighs 190 pounds and will remain at St. Cloud State to complete his coursework.

03/31/00 - The Kings signed free agent C Steven Reinprecht to a contract. No terms were disclosed. Reinprecht, 23, led the Wisconsin Badgers and the NCAA in scoring this season with 26 goals and 40 assists. He was the Badgers team captain the past two seasons and is a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award. Reinprecht is 6-0 and weighs 190.

03/20/00 - The Kings activated G Stephane Fiset from injured reserve and assigned G Travis Scott to Lowell-AHL.

03/16/00 - The Kings placed RW Ziggy Palffy (shoulder sprain) and G Marcel Cousineau (Appenditicitis) on injured reserve. To replace them in the lineup, the Kings recalled RW Brad Chartrand and G Travis Scott (emergency basis) from the Lowell-AHL.

03/13/00 - The Kings traded RW Donald Audette and D Frantisek Kaberle to the Thrashers for LW Kelly Buchberger and RW Nelson Emerson.

Buchberger, a 13-year NHL veteran with the Oilers was selected by Atlanta in the 1999 Expansion Draft. In 863 games career games, Buchberger has 257 points (87-170=257), 1,886 penalty minutes and three Stanley Cup rings with Edmonton (1987, 1988 and 1990). Emerson played for Carolina, Chicago and Ottawa last season before signing with the Thrashers as a free agent on July 20, 1999. In 647 career games, Emerson has 457 points (178-279=457) and 496 penalty minutes.

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Kelly Buchberger	33	6-2	210	LW	Atlanta	68	5	12	17	139	-34
Nelson Emerson	32	5-11	180	RW	Atlanta	58	14	19	33	47	-24
Donald Audette	30	5-8	184	RW	Los Angeles	49	12	20	32	45	+6
Frantisek Kaberle	26	6-0	185	D	Los Angeles	37	0	9	9	4	+3
					Long Beach-IHL	18	2	8	10	N/A	N/A
					Lowell-AHL	4	0	2	2	4	N/A

03/10/00 - The Panthers claimed C Len Barrie off waivers from the Kings

03/06/00 - The Kings placed G Stephane Fiset on injured reserve and recalled G Marcel Cousineau from Long Beach-IHL.

02/18/00 - The Kings acquired C Allan Egeland from the Flames for future considerations. Egeland, 27, is currently playing with Long Beach-IHL. He was originally drafted by the Lightning in the third round (55th overall) of the 1993 NHL entry draft.

Additionally, the Kings signed G Travis Scott and C Jerrid Smithson to contracts. No terms were disclosed. Scott, 24, is currently playing with Lowell-AHL and Smithson, 21, is plsying with Calgary-WHL.

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Allan Egeland	27	6-0	175	C	Long Beach-IHL	35	2	8	10	72	N/A
Jerrid Smithson	21	6-2	190	C	Calgary-WHL	53	8	19	27	91	N/A

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	GAA
Travis Scott	24	6-2	185	G	Lowell-AHL	32	N/A	10	14	4	N/A	2.99

02/15/00 - The Kings assigned D Frantisek Kaberle to Lowell-AHL.

02/09/00 - The Kings recalled D Frantisek Kaberle from Long Beach-IHL.

01/25/00 - The Kings traded LW Bill Huard to the Thrashers for future considerations.

01/24/00 - The Kings traded LW Vladimir Tsyplakov to the Sabres for a reported 8thround pick in the 2000 NHL entry draft.

01/23/00 - The Kings activated C Jozef Stumpel and RW Glen Murray from injured reserve and assigned RW Pavel Rosa to Long Beach-IHL and RW Brad Chartrand to the Lowell-AHL.

01/12/00 - The Kings assigned D Frantisek Kaberle to Long Beach-IHL.

01/04/00 - The Kings recalled RW Brad Chartrand from Long Beach-IHL.

01/02/00 - The Kings assigned C Jason Blake and RW Brad Chartrand to Long Beach-IHL.

12/30/99 - The Kings activated D Aki Berg from injured reserve and assigned D Jan Nemecek to Long Beach-IHL.

12/29/99 - The Kings placed D Aki Berg on injured reserve, retroactive to December 23, and recalled D Jan Nemecek from Long Beach-IHL. The Kings also activated winger Brad Chartrand from injured reserve.

12/28/99 - The Kings signed unrestricted free agent C Bob Corkum to a one-year plus option contract. No terms were disclosed. Corkum, 32, is an eight-year NHL veteran and was originally drafted by Buffalo in the third round (47th overall) of the 1986 NHL draft.

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Bob Corkum	32	6-2	212	C	Phoenix 98-99	77	9	10	19	17	-9

12/27/99 - The Kings assigned RW Bill Huard to Lowell-AHL.

12/26/99 - The Kings recalled D Jere Karalahti from Long Beach-IHL.

12/22/99 - The Kings assigned D Jere Karalahti to Long Beach-IHL.

12/20/99 - The Kings placed C Jason Blake on injured reserve and recalled D Jere Karalahti from Long Beach-IHL.

12/19/99 - The Kings placed RW Dan Bylsma on waivers and assigned him to Long Beach-IHL, placed D Garry Galley on injured reserve, due to post-concussion syndrome, and recalled LW Bill Huard from Lowell-AHL.

12/16/99 - The Kings placed G Jamie Storr on injured reserve and recalled G Marcel Cousineau from Long Beach-IHL.

12/14/99 - The Kings assigned D Jere Karalahti and G Marcel Cousineau to Long Beach-IHL.

12/10/99 - The Kings recalled D Jere Karalahti from Long Beach-IHL and placed RW Ziggy Palffy on injured reserve, retroactive to December 03.

12/03/99 - The Kings signed Senior Vice President and General Manager Dave Taylor to three-year contract extension. No terms were disclosed.

11/24/99 - The Kings recalled G Mike O'Neill from Long Beach-IHL. and assigned D Jere Karalahti to Long Beach-IHL.

11/16/99 - Kings announced that D Jere Karalahti, whoses working visa was issued last week, arrived and joined the team today.

11/11/99 - The Kings recalled G Marcel Cousineau from Long Beach-IHL.

11/08/99 - The Kings recalled C Len Barrie from Long Beach-IHL.

11/06/99 - The Kings announced that C Jozef Stumpel will be sidelined for 8-to-10 weeks because of a hernia that will require abdominal surgery. The procedure is scheduled to be performed on Monday 11/08.

11/05/99 - The Kings announced that LW Luc Robitaille will be sidelined for 2-to-6 weeks with a fractured left foot.

11/04/99 - The Kings announced they have extended the contract of G Stephane Fiset. No terms were disclosed.

10/15/99 - The Kings recalled D Jaroslav Modry and LW Dan Bylsma from Long Beach-IHL.

10/13/99 - The Kings assigned D Jaroslav Modry and LW Dan Bylsma to Long Beach-IHL. Assigned G Marcel Cousineau to Long Beach-IHL.

10/09/99 - The Kings recalled G Marcel Cousineau from Long Beach-IHL and placed LW Steve McKenna on injured reserve.

10/01/99 - The Kings signed defenseman Mattias Norstrom to a four-year contract. No terms were disclosed. Additionally, the Kings assigned defenseman Rich Brennan to Lowell-AHL.

09/30/99 - The Kings assigned D Dion Darling to Long Beach-IHL.

09/27/99 - The Kings selected defenseman Rich Brennan from Nashville in the NHL Waiver Draft. Compensation was cash. The Kings lost no players in the waiver draft.

Additionally, the Kings assigned RE Scott Barney, C Eric Belanger and C Nathan LaFayette to Lowell-AHL. Assigned RW Scott Thomas to Long Beach-IHL. Released D Paul Dyck.

09/26/99 - The Kings assigned RW Pavel Rosa to Long Beach-IHL.

09/25/99 - The Kings assigned D Jere Karalahti to HIFK Helsinki (Finnish Elite League) due to problems in getting his visa approved.

09/19/99 - The Kings assigned D Sean Banchard, D Peter Hogan, D David MacIsaac, C Dave Hymovitz, C Donald MacLean and RW Greg Phillip to Lowell-AHL. Assigned G Marcel Cousineau, G Mike O'Neill and D Jan Nemecek to Long Beach-IHL. Assigned C Justin Papineau to Belleville-OHL.

09/17/99 - The Kings signed restricted free-agent right winger Jason Podollan to a contract. No terms were disclosed.

09/13/99 - The Kings assigned RW Kevin Baker, D Trevor Gillies, D Richard Seeley and Kevin Bolibruck to Lowell-AHL. Reassigned LW Kip Brennan to Sudbury-OHL.

09/10/99 - The Kings assigned G Cory Campbell to Belleville-OHL, RW Brian McGrattan to Sudbury-OHL, D Joe Rullier to Rimouski-QMJHL and G Alexey Volkov to Halifax-QMJHL. Released LW Dmitri Leonov, LW Jimmy Roy and D Reid Simonton.

09/06/99 - The Kings signed restricted free-agent right winger Glen Murray to a three-year contract. No terms were disclosed.

09/02/99 - The Kings signed restricted free-agent defenseman Aki Berg to a one-year contract. No terms were disclosed.

08/26/99 - The Kings resigned free agent defenseman Jaroslav Modry and Jan Nemecek and signed free-agent defenseman David MacIsaac and right wing Scott Thomas to contracts. No terms were disclosed. Last season, MacIssac, 27, played for the Philadelphia Phamtoms-AHL and Thomas, 29, played for the Manitoba Moose-IHL.

08/06/99 - The Kings signed restricted free agent goaltender Stephane Fiset to a one-year contract. No terms were disclosed.

08/01/99 - The Kings signed restricted free agent left wing Vladimir Tsyplakov to a one-year contract. No terms were disclosed.

07/30/99 - The Kings signed restricted free agent center Bryan Smolinski to a contract. No terms were disclosed.

07/26/99 - The Kings hired Bruce Boudreau as head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Lowell Lock Monsters. No terms were disclosed. Boudreau, 41, spent the last three seasons as head coach and director of hockey operations for ECHL Mississippi Sea Wolves. Last season, the Sea Wolves captured the Kelly Cup after posting a 41-22-7 regular season record. Known for his work in the development of young prospects, Boudreau had a 109-75-26 regular season record over his three years with the Sea Wolves.

07/21/99 - The Kings signed free agents center Len Barrie, left wing Bill Huard, right wing Brad Chartrand and goaltender Mike O'Neill. No terms were disclosed.

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Len Barrie	30	6-0	200	C	Frankfurt Lions - GER	41	24	35	59	105	N/A
Bill Huard	32	6-1	215	LW	Houston - IHL	38	9	5	14	201	N/A
Brad Chartrand	24	5-11	180	RW	St. John's - AHL	64	16	14	30	48	N/A

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	GAA
Mike O'Neill	31	5-7	160	G	Villach - AUS	42	N/A	35	5	1	N/A	2.49

07/15/99 - The Kings signed defenseman Frantisek Kaberle and winger Steve McKenna to one-year contracts. No terms were disclosed.

07/07/99 - The Kings announced they have signed former Kings' defenseman Mark Hardy and former NHL forward Dave Tippett as assistant coaches. No terms were disclosed.

Last season, Tippett, 37, led the IHL Houston Aeros to the Turner Cup Championship as head coach and general manager and was named the IHL coach of the year. Hardy, 40, was an assistant coach with Long Beach-IHL.

Hardy is expected to work with the defense and penalty-killing while Tippett will work on the offense and power play.

07/01/99 - The Kings did not make a qualifing offer to the following players, allowing them to become unrestricted free agents: Brandon Convery, Andrew Dale, Sandy Moger, Sean Pronger, and Chris Schmidt.

06/25/99 - The NHL announced that Atlanta selected left winger Matt Johnson in the expansion draft.

06/22/99 - The NHL announced the Kings have left the following players unprotected for the expansion draft:

David Babych, D; Doug Bodger, D; Philippe Boucher, D; Dan Bylsma, RW; Brandon Convery, C; Russ Courtnall; Andrew Dale, RW; Ray Ferraro, C; Garry Galley, D; Matt Johnson, LW; Nathan Lafayette, RW; Steve McKenna, LW; Igor Melyakov; Sandy Moger, RW; Jason Morgan, C; Jan Nemecek, D; Jason Podollan, C; Sean Pronger, C; Chris Schmidt, C; Martin Strebak, D; Jukka Tiilikainen, LW; Vladimir Tsyplakov, LW; Mark Visheau, D; Tomas Vlasak, C; Juha Vuorivirta; Magnus Wernblom, RW.

06/21/99 - The Kings signed defenseman Jere Karalahti to a one-year contract. No terms were disclosed. Karalahti, 24, was a sixth round (146th overall) pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He has played the last six years for IFK Helsinki in the Finnish Elite League and he played for the silver-medal-winning Finnish National Team in the 1999 World Championships in Norway where he was named to the post-tournament All-Star team.

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Jere Karakahti	24	6-2	210	D	IFK Helsinki - FIN	49	11	22	33	65	N/A

06/20/99 - The Kings traded center Olli Jokinen, left wing Josh Green, defenseman Mathieu Biron and their 1999 first-round (eighth overall) draft pick to the Islanders for right wing Zigmund Palffy, center Bryan Smolinski, goaltender Marcel Cousineau and the Devils 1999 fourth-round pick.

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Zigmund Palffy	27	5-10	182	RW	NYIslanders	50	22	28	50	34	-6
Bryan Smolinski	27	6-1	205	C	NYIslanders	82	16	24	40	49	-7

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	GAA
Marcel Cousineau	26	5-9	180	G	NYIslanders	6	293	0	4	0	14	2.87

06/14/99 - The Kings have hired Andy Murray as their new head coach. Murray, 48, signed a three-year contract. No terms were disclosed.

Murray, who is the Kings' 19th head coach, is a native of Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada and has more than twenty-five years of coaching experience. He spent seven seasons as an assistant coach with the Winnipeg Jets (1993-95), the Minnesota North Stars (1990-92) and the Philadelphia Flyers (1988-90). While at Minnesota, the North Stars reached the Stanley Cup Finals (1991). Murray was also head coach of the Canadian National Team, where he compiled a 77-29-14 record and won the Gold Medal in the 1997 World Hockey Championships with a team that featured Kings' Captain Rob Blake. He was an assistant coach for Team Canada in 1996, where his team won silver medals at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and the 1996 World Hockey Championships. Murray was also served an associate coach for Team Canada under Marc Crawford at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. Murray was also the head coach for Team Canada at the Spengler Cup Tournament (1995 and 1997), Canada Sweden Games (1997) and the Izvestia International Tournament (1996). Murray has also coached in Canadian Juniors, the AHL and in Europe. <06/01/99 - The Kings signed defenseman Richard Seeley to a three-year contract. No terms were disclosed. Seeley, 20, was the Kings 1997 sixth-round (137th overall) pick. He spent the last two seasons with Prince Albert-WHL.

Additionally, the Kings signed free agent right wing Marko Tuomainen to a one-year contract and free agent left wing David Hymovitz to a two- year contract. No terms were disclosed.

Tuomainen was the Oilers 1992 ninth-round (205th overall) pick. Hymovitz, was the Blackhawks 1992 ninth-round (209th overall) pick.

Player	Age	HT	WT	POS	Team/League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Marko Tuomainen	27	6-3	205	RW	IFK Helsinki FIN	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
David Hymovitz	25	5-11	185	LW	Indianapolis IHL	78	46	30	76	N/A	N/A

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