Make sure you set your DVR for early Sunday morning, as ESPN Classic will be showing an encore presentation of a film that’s a must see for all hockey fans, ‘Kings Ransom’.
“(It’s) an LA Story. It’s about a meandering franchise suddenly becoming one of the hottest tickets in sports thanks to a single athlete.”
That’s what [...]
DVR Alert – The Trade That Changed Hockey
November 27, 2010 By
Jersey Numerology
October 5, 2010 By
Among the many things that separate hockey from other sports are fans’ obsessions with jersey numbers. It’s just not something that the average baseball enthusiast, for example, makes a big deal out of.
Hockey is different though.
Earlier today the Kings announced number changes for their latest fab five – Jake Muzzin, Brayden Schenn, Andrei Loktionov, Kyle [...]
Throwback Thursdays – Cowboy Bill Flett
July 22, 2010 By
Several decades before Alexander Frolov began driving Kings’ management and fans batty with his sporadic and irregular play, the team had another superstar in the making…Cowboy Bill Flett.
Known as a hard partier during his playing days, Flett passed away in 1999 from liver related complications. Had he still been with us, yesterday would have been his 67th birthday. [...]
July 4th – Celebrating A Hockey Birthday Too
July 4, 2010 By
America is a great country and we should all be proud to live here. While many are quick to place celebrities and athletes upon a pedestal, the real heroes are the men and women around the world that so bravely fight for our freedom. It is because of them that we can sit here today safely. Seriously, we salute you and [...]
Interview with LA Kings Playoff Hero – Gary Shuchuk
April 12, 2010 By
Gary Shuchuk is one in a long line of unsuspecting NHL playoff heroes. Ironically, his brightest moment in a Kings uniform was against the Vancouver Canucks – the same team LA will begin battle with later this week.
An LA Times article recapping the May 11, 1993 game began with ‘The hero of the Kings’ double-overtime victory over [...]
Hugging the Post with Kelly Hrudey
November 17, 2009 By
Goaltending has historically been one of the weakest parts of the Los Angeles Kings. Current GM, Dean Lombardi, has often talked about the need to build a team from the net out. Hence, the organization’s current focus on developing goaltenders.
After Rogie Vachon left the team in ’78 it’s been a revolving door of netminders for [...]
Rob Blake : The Interview
For many Kings fans, there’s a ‘you’re with me or against me’ type attitude. So, when Rob Blake resigned the captaincy of the Kings in September 2000 it pretty much sealed his fate with many loyalists. When he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche the following spring, he became public enemy number one to most of [...]