Posts About "Dave Taylor"
Remembering the Los Angeles Kings' Triple Crown Line
July 8th, 2019 Growing up in the 1970's as a hockey fan in Los Angeles, I was intimately familiar with three things very few Angelenos had even a remote grasp upon: 1) Los Angeles had an NHL hockey team, 2) said hockey team was named the Kings, and 3) the Triple Crown Line was bitchin', man. Thirty years later, after having been swept up by an...
Kings' Top 10 Draft Picks of All-Time
June 22nd, 2019 Though they waited until the 2011-12 season to hoist Lord Stanley (with a close encounter in 1993, thanks to Kerry Fraser), the Los Angeles Kings have produced many good NHL players. They started drafting in 1967, ahead of their inaugural season (1967-68), and have selected over 400 players. The following players are the Los Angeles...
From NCAA to the Los Angeles Kings
October 4th, 2018 More 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 drafting college hockey alumni. This past March in particular,...
The Most Underrated Kings Forwards of All Time
September 15th, 2017 This post was originally written in August, 2014. There's a price to pay when you play hockey in Los Angeles. Sure, it's December, and it's 70 degrees outside. Sure, you can get around town with ease and nobody knows your name. It's that nobody knows your name part. On one hand, you come and go as you please. On the other hand,...
Captains of the Los Angeles Kings, Part 2: 1980's & Early 1990's
November 25th, 2014 The Los Angeles Kings have had 13 captains since joining the NHL in 1967. Four are in the Hall of Fame and the team has retired three of their numbers. Who had the biggest impact, was most memorable or made the greatest contribution? Who was the shortest serving captain? Can you name them all? The 1980's: A Miracle and some...
LA Kings Championship Parade: Who Should Have Been Here?
June 18th, 2014 Los Angeles Kings fans were so used to losing. So this chatter about a prospective dynasty—dynasty?!—is as startling as say, going from being a janitor to joining the Justice League. We are basking in LA's golden age. But it was with the preceding dark ages in mind, when I asked four generations of Kings devotees at Monday's...
