Enters Peter Harrold

Peter Harrold as a member of the Boston College Eagles
(photo courtesy of www.uscho.com)

Please meet the newest addition to the Kings blueline, Peter Harrold. The whole of the Inside Hockey article is worht reading, but if you only have a couple of minutes, here are the best chunks:

Q: Does the team here run any differently than in Manchester, say in terms of practices?

A: No, things are the same. Obviously the difference in skill of the players you’re playing with is noticeable, but the Kings have tried to make the club in the NHL and the AHL run the same system. They run the same ideas through the whole organization so they can make it easier, so they can groom their own players, and have guys come up through the system and understand and be ready to play.

Q: Is the budget unlimited for sticks here?

A: It’s pretty much unlimited in both places. Up here it’s really unlimited, and you have a wider selection, but the AHL is not much different. You get pretty much whatever you need. It’s first-class organization.

And the finale:

"Maybe you’re hearing what we are: a young man (Harrold is twenty-three) who is well-spoken, as might befit a former Boston College student and hockey player. And a guy who can analyze things from the micro-level to the macro-level. That is what makes a good hockey player, and that’s what predicts success for Peter Harrold.

Size-wise, he’s listed at 5’11” and 195 pounds. In person, he impresses as lanky but cut. Give him a couple of years, and he might fill out fifteen or twenty pounds. Naturally, along the way, he may go up and down from NHL to AHL, and he’ll probably make his share of mistakes. But you can’t help pulling for a guy as decent as this youngster. And hearing what he says about the way the organization works should spark fan hopes as the Kings continue their rebuilding process."

Amen to that, brothers and sisters. Peter has certainly been on the impressive side in his short stint with LA. Keep it up, man!