Round two, coming up

By Rich Hammond on June 21, 2008 6:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

The second round of the draft is just about to begin in Ottawa. The Kings hold the second pick of the second round (32nd overall) and he final pick of the round (61st overall). I'll immediately post the name of the player the Kings pick, and then, a few minutes later, whatever biographical information I have. As for the other picks, I'll list them in groups of five or so.

The response yesterday to the blog was massive. A record number of terms of hits. Unbelievable. As always, thanks for the tremendous support.

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
@inlandnewspapers.com.

Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
.com.