December 10th, 2018On Aug. 9, 1988, the hockey world changed forever. The Edmonton Oilers traded the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million in cash, and the Kings'...
October 6th, 2018
I will focus my attention on both traditional hockey power countries as well as a few lesser established, yet equally compelling ones, as well. The criteria is that the player must have played for the Kings for either one full season or multiple, partial seasons at the...
October 4th, 2018More than 300 former collegiate hockey players played in an NHL regular-season game this past season. Former NCAA student-athletes now account for more than 30 percent of players on NHL rosters. The Kings have been active through the years signing college free agents and...
September 1st, 2018The late sixties were an eventful period to say the least. Peace rallies opposing the continued American military presence in Vietnam were growing like wildfire, the Beatles maintained their dominance of the music charts with the release of their "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart...
July 7th, 2018
If you are explaining, you are losing— J.C. Watts
If true, the L.A. Kings have done one hell of a lot of 'splainin' over their 45-year history.
However, thanks to the heroics of Jonathan Quick, Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown and company, they now finally...
June 23rd, 2018The time has finally come. The 2018 NHL Draft officially commenced on Friday night in Dallas, with the Los Angeles Kings taking speedy center Rasmus Kupari with the 20th selection in the first round. As for the remainder of the draft, the Kings will need to address a need...
June 17th, 2018In the past fifteen years, the Los Angeles Kings have drafted many key components to add to their team which has helped them win two Stanley Cups. Players like Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar, Jonathan Quick,Tyler Toffoli and Dustin Brown were all drafted by the Kings in this...
March 26th, 2018It has been a season of celebration across the National Hockey League. The league has celebrated 100 years of existence with several Centennial Celebrations at various points of the 2016-17 season. Events like the NHL Centennial Classic, an outdoor game between the Detroit...
December 20th, 2017We're two-and-a-half months into the 2017-18 NHL season and things really couldn't have gone much better for John Stevens' Los Angeles Kings so far. They're enjoying a nice bounce-back campaign after missing the playoffs under Darryl Sutter a season ago and are once again...
July 14th, 2016Player development is a crucial part of the mysterious puzzle leading to Stanley Cup success, and of course, developing players is easier said than done, but equally daunting is the art of scouting. A rising trend we’re seeing in the NHL is scouting for hidden gems, and...
April 12th, 2016After Saturday's tough 4-3 shootout loss to the Winnipeg Jets, the Los Angeles Kings waited on pins and needles for the outcome of the Anaheim Ducks' season finale against the Washington Capitals. A regulation or overtime loss to the Capitals would give Los Angeles its...
April 8th, 2016The Stanley Cup playoffs opened last night in Montreal and Chicago and went pretty much according to form. The Canadiens edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 while the Black Hawks nipped the Detroit Red Wings 2-1.
Leafs Without Bower
Johnny Bower, expected to start in goal...
February 23rd, 2016A road-heavy February, and sometimes late January, is nothing new to the Los Angeles Kings. Thanks to Staples Center hosting the Grammy Awards, the Kings have been pushed out and onto the road almost every season since 2000 in order to make room for the yearly award...
November 10th, 2015Both Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar reached milestones early this season with the Kings organization, as Brown has now played 816 games in his NHL career, moving him up on the list for most games played by a Kings player, and Kopitar moved up on the list of most goals scored...
September 24th, 2015Putting together an NHL roster is one giant puzzle. Putting together an NHL roster that is competitive and can contend for the Stanley Cup is like putting that puzzle together and finishing a Rubik's Cube at the same time. Every team across the league, the Los Angeles Kings...