{"id":462961,"date":"2026-02-19T04:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/462961\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T04:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:13:28","slug":"kings-recall-pheonix-copley-place-kevin-fiala-on-ir-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/462961\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Recall Pheonix Copley, Place Kevin Fiala On IR \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today, the Los Angeles Kings announced<\/a> that they\u2019ve recalled netminder Pheonix Copley<\/a> from the AHL\u2019s Ontario Reign. Additionally, the Kings have placed forward Kevin Fiala<\/a> on the injured reserve, as expected.<\/p>\n

Copley has likely been brought on as a practice player before Los Angeles returns to action next week. Darcy Kuemper<\/a>, the Kings\u2019 typical starter, is rostered on Team Canada for the Olympics, and they\u2019ve already clinched a spot in the Bronze Medal game at the very least.<\/p>\n

Despite a brief stint with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Copley has been with Los Angeles for the past four years. Still, he\u2019s spent much of the past two years with AHL Ontario. In 24 games for the Reign this season, Copley has managed a 13-11-0 record with a .890 SV% and 2.95 GAA.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Fiala\u2019s placement on the injured reserve was a formality. Playing on Team Switzerland in the Olympics, Fiala infamously suffered<\/a> multiple leg fractures in a game against Canada.<\/p>\n

The fractures required nearly immediate surgery, which has prematurely ended Fiala\u2019s 2025-26 campaign. Los Angeles could have placed Fiala on long-term injured reserve, but their sufficient cap space made that unnecessary.<\/p>\n

Fiala\u2019s absence from the Kings\u2019 lineup the rest of the way should undoubtedly alter Los Angeles\u2019 approach leading up to the trade deadline. Yes, the team already acquired high-scoring winger Artemi Panarin before the Olympics, though that was with Fiala healthy. Given the drastic need for goal-scoring help in Los Angeles, it\u2019s likely they\u2019ll seek to acquire some additional reinforcements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier today, the Los Angeles Kings announced that they\u2019ve recalled netminder Pheonix Copley from the AHL\u2019s Ontario Reign.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5126],"tags":[5,402,1270,186,1760,240,5303,793,145,5304,5302,4,3285,405],"class_list":["post-462961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-los-angeles-kings","tag-hockey","tag-injury","tag-kevin-fiala","tag-kings","tag-la","tag-la-kings","tag-lakings","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleskings","tag-nhl","tag-pheonix-copley","tag-transactions"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116095353211294517","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}