Jonathan Quick, the NHL league-leading goaltender in wins with 37, (tied with Evgeni Nabokov, more on him later) will be unavailable for the Kings tonight due to the birth of his first child.
Jonathan Bernier, the Kings' 2006 first-round draft pick, has been called up on emergency status. He has just been given the nod over regular back-up Erik Ersberg to start between the pipes against Dallas tonight, according to lakingsinsider.com.
Bernier has been nothing short of stellar this year with the Manchester Monarchs, the Kings' AHL affiliate.
In 49 games, Bernier has a 26-18-5 record with eight shutouts, a 2.08 goals against average and a .937 save percentage. To put that in perspective, he would be leading the NHL in every goaltending category but wins with those numbers.
Of course, the NHL is quite different from the AHL, just ask Teddy Purcell.
But Bernier was a first-round draft pick and a starter for the Canadian Junior International Team—two distinctions that usually equate to a solid NHL goaltender at worst, and a superstar at best.
Since being drafted, Bernier represented the future to the Los Angel ...
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LA Kings Jonathan Quick Out, Jonathan Bernier to Start
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