What hook might the NHL use to try and lure fans back to the game should the lockout end in the coming week?
It’s a question many have pondered, as most of the ‘tools’ used in 2005 won’t be available this time around. Back then they rolled out a slew of rule changes and ideas designed to make the game [...]
POLL: Which rival should the Kings play on NHL Opening Night?
January 4, 2013 By
Photo Gallery and Comments: Kings v Ducks charity game in Anaheim
December 15, 2012 By
Last hour we gave you some post-game thoughts from Anaheim Ducks forward Teemu Selanne following Friday night’s charity event. Now (above) you can scroll through our exclusive photo gallery as Dustin Penner, Rob Scuderi, Justin Williams and a few other LA Kings tried to shut down a highly potent ‘Ducks’ offense, led by Ryan Getzlaf‘s [...]
Selanne reflects after what may have been his final game in Anaheim
December 15, 2012 By
Last night just might have been Teemu Selanne‘s last hockey game in Anaheim.
Problem is, it didn’t take place at the Honda Center in front of 17,000 fans. Instead, it was a few miles away at Anaheim Ice – where the Ducks normally conduct their in-season practices.
With the NHL locked out though, over a dozen NHL [...]
Penner’s excited for tomorrow night, not worried about Getzlaf
December 13, 2012 By
Call it a re-match of sorts.
Tomorrow night in Anaheim there will be a pseudo Kings vs Ducks game. With the ongoing NHL lockout, it’s about as close as your’re going to get to seeing a real version of the SoCal hockey rivalry until at least 2013.
Last month, players from both clubs met up in a charity [...]
Ducks’ Bobby Ryan gives himself a 7 out of 10
November 30, 2012 By
Many Kings fans have often daydreamed of what it be like to have the Ducks’ Bobby Ryan lined up along side Anze Kopitar in Los Angeles. Wednesday in Sweden – thanks to the NHL lockout - fans were given a small taste of what the duo might be able to produce together. Playing on the same [...]
How Anze Kopitar brought Bobby Ryan to Sweden
November 22, 2012 By
Life can take some interesting turns at times.
When rumors of Bobby Ryan‘s possible departure from the Ducks surfaced last season, many Kings fans began salivating at the idea of bringing him to Los Angeles. While it’s highly unlikely that Anaheim would have ever traded him to a division rival, that didn’t stop people on the internet [...]
MayorsManor Live Radio with Patrick O’Neal of Fox Sports
November 14, 2012 By
For more than a decade now Patrick O’Neal has been a fixture with Fox Sports television and over the past several seasons he’s become as synonymous with the Dodgers and Kings as the game broadcasts themselves. From pre-game to post-game – and even in-game updates – O’Neal is constantly popping up on the screen with [...]
Second set of exclusive photos from NHLPA charity game
November 12, 2012 By
If you didn’t attend Friday’s charity game at the Kings practice facility in El Segundo, you missed a great night of hockey. Sure it was just an exhibition game, but nearly everywhere you turned – from the two dozen NHL players to the sold-out number of fans who packed the building – just about everybody [...]
LA Kings players debate who was MVP of the charity game
November 12, 2012 By
The emergence of Kyle Clifford during his rookie season in the NHL two years ago is partly what allowed the Kings to trade Wayne Simmonds to Philadelphia in June 2011. It’s not like they’re mirror images of each other – one plays the right side, the other the left – but simply put, each guy [...]
LA Kings still planning an outdoor game vs Anaheim Ducks
Scouts saying that Luc Robitaille didn’t have the foot speed for the NHL didn’t stop him from scoring 668 goals and earning a spot in the Hockey Hall of Fame. So, even though NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has repeatedly said he doesn’t see a Winter Classic being played on the West Coast, it hasn’t deterred [...]