It’s getting closer… the Kings and Ducks will square off outdoors in less than two weeks. To help kick off the official countdown, the NHL held a special press conference at Dodger Stadium on Monday afternoon, where Wayne Gretzky met the ice truck as it arrived at Chavez Ravine. Among the others in [...]
Hugging the post with Kelly Hrudey – what really went down back then
March 9, 2013 By
Historically, goaltending hasn’t been one of the strongest facets of the Kings organization. Yes, they had Rogie Vachon in the ’70s and now have Jonathan Quick, the reigning Conn Smythe trophy winner. However, the only other sustained high point you could really reference in between those two would be the eight years Kelly Hrudey spent in [...]
MayorsManor Live Radio – Kelly Hrudey prepares for Appreciation Ceremony
March 8, 2013 By
Saturday night will be ’5-hole night’ as Luc Robitaille recently said, affectionately joking about the Kings’ pre-game ceremony prior to playing the Calgary Flames. In truth though, it will be Kelly Hrudey Appreciation Night, as the team honors the goaltender most famously known as the man between the pipes when they went to the Stanley Cup [...]
Luc Robitaille explains why LA isn’t a basketball town
March 6, 2013 By
Luc Robitaille, Kings’ President of Business Operations, was on the Marek and Wyshynski podcast earlier today via Fan 590 in Toronto. Check out some of the highlights…
- On comparing fans in the Gretzky era to the Stanley Cup era: “It’s become a lot of the same. Even this year we’re seeing a huge influx of [...]
Dustin Brown reacts to 10 LA Kings-inspired baby names
March 3, 2013 By
On Saturday afternoon Nicole Brown, wife of Kings captain Dustin Brown – and the self-proclaimed ’best hockey player in the Brown household’ – made her return visit to The Fourth Period Live, a weekly show airing on NHL Network Radio via Sirius/XM.
During her segment she dropped the news that the couple is expecting their fourth child.
So, with three [...]
Luc Robitaille – ‘Brown and Kopitar aren’t the same players’
February 28, 2013 By
Previously, we posted some thoughts on Jeff Carter that Luc Robitaille shared with Elliotte Friedman and Kelly Hrudey when he was a guest on Hockey Night in Canada radio. During that same conversation they also talked about Drew Doughty and some of the struggles the Kings have gone though this year. Take a look…
“We hope so,” Robitaille said, when asked [...]
West Coast Bias with Robitaille and Kearns
Guests Luc Robitaille and Patrick Kearns joined us for the January 26, 2014 edition of West Coast Bias on NHL Network Radio.
Jonathan Davis and I were back live on the airwaves for another two hours of non-stop hockey talk. Among the myriad of topics discussed were – the two outdoor games played over the weekend, [...]