Eddie Joyal, early LA Kings star At the end of Spring Training, the Dodgers hand out the Roy Campanella Award, to a player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the team’s former Hall of Fame catcher. On a more humble note, for the past few seasons, MayorsManor has recognized the player who leads […]
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Is Kansas City more of a hockey town than Los Angeles?
On the surface, you might not think of Kansas City as a hockey town. Instead, your sports mind probably first takes you to baseball’s Royals or football’s Chiefs. But, eight miles down the road from the home stadiums of those two teams, a pair of NHL hockey clubs will square off in a sold out […]
Original King bookened his HOF career with Fox and Toffoli
A Killer goodbye (photo by: TotalPhoto.ca) In October 1967, Brian Kilrea scored the first goal in Los Angeles Kings history. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003. Make no mistake about it though, it had nothing to do with his time in the NHL, where he played a grand total of […]
More history – of the 25th kind – to be made today?
Some of the best creations to ever come out of the NHL’s Marketing Department are the ‘History Will Be Made’ commercials. In about 30 second intervals they capture the greatest moments in hockey by simply using clips from a game, some music and a thought provoking question. Even though the Kings are still searching for […]
Willie Mitchell has seen this all before
photo courtesy of www.sharkspage.com When you talk to a professional athlete about their team’s performance you’re never quite sure what you’re going to get. Will it be full of cliches and other non answers? Will the response include deflection, praise for the other team or even back-handed compliments? With Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell it’s been […]