The Los Angeles Kings have announced that they tweet live updates during next week’s 2009 NHL Draft in Montreal. Select members of the Kings front office, including General Manager Dean Lombardi, Assistant General Manager Ron Hextall and Kings legend and President of Business Operations Luc Robitaille will be among the five people tweeting draft coverage from Thursday, June 25 to Sunday, June 28.

The full list of Kings personnel tweeting during the draft include Lombardi, Hextall and Robitaille as well as Co-Directors of Amateur Scouting Michael Futa and Mark Yannetti. Each tweet will be signed by the author using his initials. The Kings’ use of Twitter during the draft marks the first time an NHL franchise has live-tweeted during the league’s annual draft.

The Kings will also host a Tweetup and Draft Party on June 26, the first day of the draft, at the ESPN Zone in Los Angeles. Heidi Androl, host of Kings Vision, will be tweeting during the event.

Update- The Vancouver Canucks will also be live-tweeting during the NHL Draft. Canucks assistant coach Ryan Walter will tweet updates on the team’s official Twitter account during this weekend’s draft. Fans can also enter to win prizes including a team signed stick.

The Major League Baseball Draft takes place every year in early June. This year, though, things will be a little different. Major League Baseball will televise the first round of the draft for the first time. The decision to televise the first round of the draft on MLB Network is a dramatic shift in coverage for an event which was only available via conference call until a few years ago.

As part of its promotional effort to connect with fans, MLB personalities and several top draft-eligible players have created Twitter accounts to keep fans informed during draft week. Here are some accounts to follow during the draft:

MLB Accounts:

MLB
MLB Draft
MLB Network
Washington Nationals Live Draft Account

Draft-eligible Player Accounts:

Indiana University RHP Eric Arnett – Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Year & 1st Team All-Big Ten selection
Riverside Poly HS (California) OF Jacob Marisnick – 2009 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American
Gulf Coast CC (Florida) RHP Andrew Morris – Panhandle Conference Pitcher of the Year
Stanford University RHP Drew Storen – 1st team All-Pac 10 selection
Millville HS (New Jersey) OF Mike Trout – 2009 Rawlings Preseason All-American

Draft Analysis Accounts:

Baseball America
Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com draft & prospects guru
Lisa Winston, MLB.com & MiLB.com beat writer

***Draft Results***
Rd 1, Pick 10 – Washington Nationals select Stanford University RHP Drew Storen
Rd 1, Pick 25 – Los Angeles Angels select Millville HS OF Mike Trout
Rd 1, Pick 26 – Milwaukee Brewers select Indiana University RHP Eric Arnett
Rd 3, Pick 104 – Toronto Blue Jays select Riverside Poly HS OF Jacob Marisnick

Just a quick note that ESPN’s Bill Simmons is now on Twitter. Simmons, the “Sports Guy,” is one of ESPN’s most popular columnists. He writes that he’s giving Twitter a “test run for a few weeks” after being impressed with the NFL Draft coverage on the site last weekend. Many sports fans have been waiting for Simmons, one of their favorite writers, to join Twitter. Now that Simmons has joined, do you think he will stay?

Here are some Twitter accounts to follow during the weekend’s NFL Draft.

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NFL
NFL – @NFL
Commissioner Roger Goodell – @NFLCommish
Spokesman Greg Aiello – @GregAiello

NFL Teams
Atlanta Falcons – @Atlanta_Falcons
Baltimore Ravens – @1WinningDrive
Carolina Panthers – @PantherTalk
Cincinnati Bengals – @CinBengalsNFL
Houston Texans – @theTexans
Miami Dolphins – @MiamiDolphins
New England Patriots – @realpatriots
New York Jets – @NYJets
San Diego Chargers – @Chargers
Seattle Seahawks – @Seahawksdotcom
Tennessee Titans – @TennesseeTitans

Draft Eligible Players
Everette Brown, FSU – @EveretteBrown
Don Carey III, Norfolk State – @DonCarey
Kevin Grant, Akron State – @KGtheMachine
Jake Ingram, Hawaii – @Jake_Ingram_LS
Rashad Jennings, Liberty – @RashadJennings
Knowshon Moreno, Georgia – @KnowshonMoreno
Mark Sanchez, USC – @Mark_Sanchez
DeAngelo Smith, Cincinnati – @Deangelo6
Jason Williams, Western Illinois – @jwill6

ESPN
ESPN – @ESPN
SportsCenter – @SportsCenter
Chris Mortensen – @Mort2U
Merril Hoge – @MerrilHoge
Mike and Mike in the Morning: @GreenyandGolic

Sports Illustrated
Peter King – @SI_PeterKing

NFL Network
Rich Eisen – @RichEisen
Jamie Dukes – @JamieDukes

Los Angeles Times
Sam Farmer – @LATimesFarmer

Fox Sports
Ed Thompson – @Ed_Thompson

Beat Writers
Greg Bedard, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, @Greg_A_Bedard
Mark Bradley, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, @MarkBradleyAJC
Rich Hofmann, Philadelphia Daily News, @TheIdleRich
Stephen Holder, St. Petersburg Times, @HolderStephen
Matt Maiocco, Press Democrat, @mattmaiocco
Brendan Prunty, Star-Ledger, @BrendanPrunty
Joe Reedy, Cincinnati Enquirer, @JoeReedy