The Los Angeles Kings have activated goaltender Mathieu
Garon from the injured reserve and assigned goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji
to the Reading Royals of the ECHL, Kings President/General Manager Dean
Lombardi announced today.

Garon, 29, has a record of 8-7-3, a goals-against-average of 2.80, a
save-percentage of .904 and two shutouts in 20 appearances with the
Kings this season.  The Kings acquired the 6-2, 192-pound native of
Chandler, Quebec, who missed nine games with his injury, from Montreal
with a third-round choice (Paul Baier) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft for
Radek Bonk and goaltender Cristobal Huet on June 26, 2004.  Originally
selected by Montreal in the second-round (44th overall) in the 1996 NHL
Entry Draft, Garon has a record of 55-53-9 (3 ties), a
goals-against-average of 2.91, a save-percentage of .902 and 10 shutouts
in 126 career NHL appearances with the Kings and Montreal.

Fukufuji, 24, has a record of 0-3-0, a goals-against-average of 4.38 and
a save-percentage of .837 in four games with the Kings this season.  In
addition, the 6-1, 180-pound native of Kushiro, Japan, and the first
player born and trained in Japan to ever play in an NHL game (Kings at
St. Louis on January 13, 2007), has a record of 2-0-0, a
goals-against-average of 1.30, a save-percentage of .954 and no shutouts
in three games with the Manchester Monarchs this season (AHL) and a
record of 3-3-0, a goals-against-average of 3.19 and a save-percentage
of .898 in 10 appearances with the Royals this season.  The Kings
originally selected Fukufuji in the eighth-round (238th overall) in the
2004 NHL Entry Draft.