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Although it hasn’t been officially announced yet, the 2013-14 NHL regular season schedule is set to start around October 1. ALl teams will be playing a slightly condensed schedule to allow players to participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.
For now, you can start to plan your calendars by making note of these seven [...]
Less than 24 hours after news first began to circulate that the NHL and NHLPA had reached an agreement, the question everybody wants answered is when the season might start. More specifically in Los Angeles, fans keep asking when the Kings’ Stanley Cup Championship banner will be raised to the rafters.
Before we get too far ahead [...]
Well, the Kings should be getting ready to play a pre-season game tonight in Denver. Obviously that isn’t happening due to the NHL lockout. So far, Anze Kopitar is the only Kings player to sign a deal in Europe (pics and video of his second game over there were posted on MM yesterday). Plus, as [...]
Monday September 24 – vs Coyotes at Phoenix, 7:30 PST Pacific (split squad)
Monday September 24 – vs Coyotes at Los Angeles, 7:30 PST Pacific (split squad)
Wednesday September 26 – vs Avalanche at Denver, 6:00 PST Pacific
Saturday September 29 – vs Avalanche at Las Vegas, 7:00 PST Pacific
Monday October 1 – vs Ducks at Anaheim, 7:05 [...]
Now that all round one games have been completed, the NHL has released the schedule for round two. As we first reported a few days ago, the Kings v Blues series will open on Saturday. Here’s the remaining info you’ve been waiting for…
Game 1 – Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at St. Louis
TV: [...]
After much speculation, it’s all official now. As noted on MayorsManor earlier this morning, the Kings-Canucks series will open on Wed/Fri.
Here are the full details you’ve been waiting for…
Game 1 – Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver
Game 2 – Friday, April 13, 2012 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver
Game 3 – Sunday, April [...]
Tyler Toffoli (Hockey Canada)
WHL scoring champion Linden Vey had 116 points for the Medicine Hat Tigers last season, more than any other player in major-junior hockey.
Tyler Toffoli netted 57 goals for the OHL’s Ottawa 67′s last season, more than any other player in major-junior hockey.
Both players participated in Team Canada’s World Junior evaluation camp last [...]
Soon after the Stanley Cup parade takes place in some North American city, it happens.
Millions of fans everywhere began to experience hockey withdrawals, or ‘summer’ as it’s more commonly referred to.
Fortunately, the early part of the off-season has a hat-trick of activities that can partially keep the fire stoked via the NHL Awards, NHL Draft [...]
In the coming days MayorsManor will have a plethora of playoff coverage leading up to the first game – notes, interviews, analysis, etc.
To kick things off, here are five tidbits to keep in mind…
* Anze Kopitar – it’s the name that will probably come up more often than any other until this series is over…and [...]
Luc Robitaille on why the LA Kings are going to Europe
A few weeks ago I joked that it must be contract week, as several Kings prospects and players were busy getting deals inked.
Well, today is ‘address the cynics’ day here at MayorsManor.
This morning I posted comments from Luc Robitaille, Kings President of Business Operations, explaining the how and why behind the team’s jersey changes for [...]