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LA Kings HockeyFest 2011 – schedule and past notes

September 7, 2011 By John Hoven

For the third straight year, HockeyFest is on the move.
And if it’s anything like the prior two, this is a can’t miss event for Los Angeles Kings fans.
Each year the event has been tweaked slightly, largely based on feedback by fans and players attending the event.
What started out at LA Live in 2009, then moved [...]

Filed Under: Kings, Lombardi, Los Angeles, Mayor, MayorsManor Tagged With: Clifford, Dean Lombardi, Gagne, Greene, Hextall, HockeyFest, Lombardi, Los Angeles, Mayor, MayorsManor, Moreau, Richards, Staples Center, Westgarth

Mark Hardy talks about his desire to coach in Ontario

August 18, 2011 By John Hoven

Following up on yesterday’s articles…
Reign President Justin Kemp said that former LA King Mark Hardy is on the short list of final candidates for the open head coaching position in Ontario (ECHL).
Here are some initial comments from a subsequent conversation I had with Hardy following my meeting with Kemp yesterday…
“I’d be honored to work for [...]

Filed Under: ECHL, hockey, Interview, Kings, Los Angeles, Mayor, MayorsManor, NHL, Ontario, Reign Tagged With: coach, ECHL, Hardy, Hextall, hockey, Kemp, Los Angeles, Mayor, MayorsManor, Ontario, Reign

Many frustrations for Ontario Reign President Justin Kemp

August 17, 2011 By John Hoven

The Ontario Reign, proud affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings (that’s their slogan), have been in the news quite a bit lately.
First, there were grumblings they were looking to create an affiliation with a second NHL team. This wasn’t completely shocking news, as their team President, Justin Kemp, gently voiced his desire to get more [...]

Filed Under: AHL, Canucks, comments, ECHL, hockey, Interview, Kings, Los Angeles, NHL, Ontario, Reign Tagged With: AHL, Berube, Chicago, coach, comments, ECHL, Hardy, Hextall, hockey, Kemp, Los Angeles, Ontario, quote, Reign, Taylor, Vancouver

Video Flashback – LA Kings hire head coach Terry Murray

July 17, 2011 By John Hoven

On this day in 2008 Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi announced the hiring of the team’s 22nd head coach – Terry Murray.
Since then, the parade of former Flyers have continued to head west.
In Murray’s first year behind the bench the team went 34-37-11 and finished 14th in the NHL’s 15 team Western Conference.
Since then, [...]

Filed Under: hockey, Kings, Lombardi, Los Angeles, Murray, NHL, video Tagged With: coach, Hextall, hockey, Lombardi, Los Angeles, Murray, video

…And Now You’re Caught Up – April 4, 2011

April 4, 2011 By John Hoven

Opening weekend of Major League Baseball, the Final Four, WrestleMania, a Kings game, the Stars-Ducks game and the list goes on – it was a busy sports weekend for some of you.
So, here are the top ten Kings-related stories you need to know about or may have missed…
* Defenseman Willie Mitchell has been selected as [...]

Filed Under: Coyotes, hockey, Kings, Los Angeles, Manchester, NHL, Playoffs, video Tagged With: Awards, Bernier, Berube, Deslauriers, Handzus, Hextall, hockey, Kopitar, Los Angeles, Manchester, Mitchell, Playoffs, Schenn, Toffoli, video

RECAP: Dean Lombardi Meeting with ‘Shareholders’

March 7, 2011 By John Hoven

Kings GM Dean Lombardi met with a group of about 500 season ticket holders – whom he repeatedly referred to as the team’s shareholders – at their training facility in El Segundo, CA Sunday morning.
Backing him up were Chris McGowan (Chief Operating Officer), Jeff Solomon (VP of Hockey Operations) and Ron Hextall (Assistant General Manager).
Among [...]

Filed Under: comments, hockey, Interview, Kings, Lombardi, Los Angeles, Manchester, Monarchs, NHL Tagged With: Clifford, comments, Doughty, Granato, Hextall, hockey, Loktionov, Lombardi, Los Angeles, Manchester, Moller, Monarchs, Penner, power play, Simmonds, Weal

WWFD: What Would The Flyers Do?

February 28, 2011 By John Hoven

It’s just too easy to compare the Kings to the Flyers.
The connections are deep – from General Manager Dean Lombardi to Assistant GM Ron Hextall to coach Terry Murray to assistant coach John Stevens. On the ice, there’s also Michal Handzus and Justin Williams.
So, when trying to figure out what Trade Deadline Day might bring [...]

Filed Under: hockey, Kings, Lombardi, Los Angeles, Murray, NHL, Playoffs, trade Tagged With: Handzus, Hextall, hockey, Lombardi, Los Angeles, Murray, Playoffs, Stanley Cup, trade, Williams

Word Association with Jonathan Bernier

October 22, 2010 By John Hoven

Things are slowly coming together for Jonathan Bernier. He’s officially part of the LA Kings…finally! And although it wasn’t pretty at times, he picked up his first win of the season on Wednesday night vs. Carolina.
For the last two years he was with the Kings AHL affiliate in Manchester, where he was ‘learning how to [...]

Filed Under: AHL, ECHL, Interview, Kings, Manchester, Monarchs, Ontario, Reign Tagged With: AHL, Bernier, Brown, ECHL, Hextall, Manchester, Monarchs, Ontario, Reign, word association, Zatkoff

10 Tidbits on HockeyFest 2010

September 13, 2010 By John Hoven

Over the weekend, the Kings held their second annual HockeyFest. While the new end-of-summer tradition was scaled back from last year’s grand event, a sold-out crowd of 2,000 fans seemed to enjoy it just as much.
Like last year, by far, the most popular activities at the event were the speaker sessions. Fans were treated to current [...]

Filed Under: Interview, Kings Tagged With: Dean Lombardi, Hextall, HockeyFest, McGowan, McSorley, Robitaille, Sandstrom, Wells

Live Updates from HockeyFest

September 11, 2010 By John Hoven

The Mayor will have live updates throughout the day from HockeyFest. If you can’t attend or want the inside scoop on what’s going down at the Kings training facility, follow along at www.twitter.com/Mayor119 (note: you don’t have to have a twitter account, simply read the updates on the page…it’s that easy).
The basic schedule of events [...]