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Kings activate Randy Jones, send Alec Martinez to Manchester

By Helene Elliott
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As expected, the Kings activated defenseman Randy Jones from the injured reserve list so he can play tonightagainst the St. Louis Blues at Staples Center. To make room for him, they assigned defenseman Alec Martinez to the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League.

Jones missed eight games because of an upper-body injury. Martinez played only one game after being summoned from Manchester last week, getting 15 minutes 4 seconds’ ice time against Detroit on Thursday.

More later at www.latimes.com/sports

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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