Posts About "Marcel Dionne"
Kings & Rangers: Big Markets, Big Trades
February 9th, 2020 This post was jointly written by Barak Goldman, an LA Kings writer, and Scott Blair, a New York Rangers writer. East Coast versus West Coast battles have raged on for years in music, fashion, politics, and especially sports. At the heart of these battles are, of course, New York and Los Angeles. With the biggest populations, the...
Los Angeles Kings with 100-Point Seasons
February 8th, 2020 Seven men have reached the 100-point plateau a combined 23 times in Los Angeles Kings history. One is the only player in franchise history to score 70 or more goals in a single season. Two joined the team together as rookies. Three played together on one of the top-producing lines in NHL history. Four have their sweaters hanging on the...
Los Angeles Kings: The Foundation of Royalty
December 22nd, 2019 In March of 1965, NHL President Clarence Campbell began a formal process to expand the National Hockey League from six teams to an even dozen. The maneuver would see franchises placed in both the midwest and the west coast, in addition to the league's already established “Original Six”. Numerous cities sought to be a landing spot...
Top 10 NHL Legends Who Never Hoisted Lord Stanley's Cup
October 12th, 2019 If you ask any young hockey player what they want, more than anything, their answer will likely be to win the Stanley Cup. Precious few have the chance to play a game in the NHL, and even fewer get the chance to hoist the greatest trophy in sports. Many NHL players have had illustrious careers. They were first-ballot Hall of...
Dionne was the Greatest King
August 21st, 2019 It was 1979, I was an 8-year-old kid attending my first Los Angeles Kings game at the Fabulous Forum. When I saw Marcel Dionne standing on the ice with his teammates during warm-ups, I didn’t think he was an actual player. He was short and stocky and I had not seen him skate yet. He looked tiny beside Jerry Korab. My older...
Los Angeles Kings' 50-Goal Scorers
July 22nd, 2019 The Los Angeles Kings were one of six teams to join the NHL during the 1967 Expansion. Nine years later, they became the 10th franchise to have a player score 50 goals in a season. The team now has six members in the 50-goal scorer club: Marcel Dionne, Charlie Simmer, Luc Robitaille, Jimmy Carson, Wayne Gretzky and Bernie...
