Kings Article: How the Kings came to draft a kid from Alabama

[FrozenRoyalty]

Center prospect Nic Dowd, who has played with the AHL's Ontario Reign last season and the year before, with the Calder Cup Champion (AHL) Manchester Monarchs, is likely to make the Los Angeles Kings opening night roster in the coming season, despite the fact that he was a seventh round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft (yes, it's been seven years) and even though he hails from that great hockey hotbed...Huntsville, Alabama.

Yes, you read that right. A product of Alabama has a legitimate shot at becoming an impact player in the NHL. But how on Earth does a kid of Alabama get interested in hockey, let alone get this far?

To learn all about Dowd's long road to the professional ranks and maybe to the NHL to stay. check out Frozen Royalty's latest on Today's Slapshot...

How the Kings came to draft a kid from Alabama

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[King'sPawn]

Great story. I knew he was from Alabama, but I had no idea his parents were English.

 

[triplcrown]

He came from Alabama
with a hockey-stick on his knee.