TORONTO – Every November marks a very special weekend in the hockey world, but that was especially the case for the Los Angeles Kings who saw three of their members enter the game’s Holiest shrine: the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2016, former Kings’ equipment manager Mark O’Neill, former Kings’ ...
Read More »At Last: LA Kings Legend Rogie Vachon Finally a Hockey Hall-of-Famer
TORONTO – To suggest that this was a long time coming would be a significant understatement. However, as the old adage goes, it is better late than never and this weekend, Los Angeles Kings legend Rogie Vachon received his rightful due, officially being enshrined into the Hockey Hall of Fame. ...
Read More »Jonathan Quick’s Injury Provides Promising Precedent for LA Kings
The regular season did not get off to an auspicious start for the Los Angeles Kings, and Thursday’s news did not help matters. After the first period of Wednesday’s eventual loss in San Jose, there was a key Kings player who was suddenly conspicuous by his absence: netminder Jonathan Quick. ...
Read More »Devin Setoguchi Has Earned His Spot with the LA Kings with New Deal
Like every training camp, it’s a given for fans to wonder what their team’s going to look like when the regular season starts. For fans of the Los Angeles Kings, they got most of their answer on Tuesday and while promising prospects like Adrian Kempe and Michael Mersch will be ...
Read More »Bittersweet Feelings Aplenty as LA Kings Prepare for Final Frozen Fury
It is hard to imagine that anyone can invest so much time, effort and excitement into an exhibition game. That, however, has been just the case for the Los Angeles Kings and their fanbase since 1997. Since then, Kings fans from around the world — much less California — came ...
Read More »LA Kings Well-Represented at World Cup of Hockey
Right off the bat, let me just say that I was reticent about the return of the World Cup of Hockey. At first, it didn’t seem necessary to add another international tournament in addition to the Olympics and the annual World Hockey Championship. It also meant less time off for ...
Read More »Captain or Not, Dustin Brown Proves Why LA Kings Fans Admire Him
In late May, the Los Angeles Kings made an executive decision by stripping Dustin Brown of his captaincy as the news was first broke by TSN’s Frank Seravalli via Twitter. The decision ended the 31-year-old’s eight-year reign with the C and on June 30, the now-former captain spoke to the ...
Read More »LA Kings Bring Back Familiar Faces, Sign Zatkoff, Purcell
Of the five signings made by the Los Angeles Kings on Friday, two of them have already been with the organization. Goaltender Jeff Zatkoff, who spent the vast majority of his time in the organization with the Manchester Monarchs, and Teddy Purcell, who was with the Kings from 2007 to ...
Read More »LA Kings Sign D-Men Gilbert, Trotman, Among Others, to Open Free Agent Frenzy
For someone who isn’t notorious for being busy on the opening day of Free Agent Frenzy, Dean Lombardi was quite active as he signed a pair of defenseman, two forwards and a familiar face in goal. But let’s place our focus for the time being on the two blueliners. The ...
Read More »LA Kings Legend Rogie Vachon’s Call to the Hall Has Finally Been Made
It has truly been an overdue honour to say the least but as the old saying goes, it is better late than never. That sentiment is ringing true today as it was announced that Los Angeles Kings legend Rogie Vachon will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this ...
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