Los Angeles To The Hockey World: Here’s 250,000 Reasons Why This Is A Hockey Town – In Photos
June 16, 2012 15 Comments
Fans packed The Original Pantry Cafe, at the corner of 9th and Figueroa Streets in Downtown Los Angeles, prior to the
start of the victory parade honoring the 2012 Stanley Cup
Champion Los Angeles Kings.
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Photo: Gann Matsuda/FrozenRoyalty.net
LOS ANGELES — On June 14, Los Angeles, more specifically, Los Angeles area hockey fans, proved the critics wrong.
Indeed, those who claim that Los Angeles is not a hockey town were blown off the ice 250,000 times over, maybe more than that, by the fans who packed the parade route and the rally inside Staples Center, celebrating the Los Angeles Kings winning the 2012 Stanley Cup, the first Stanley Cup Championship in franchise history.
In a story published this morning, Kings fans, young and old, recent fans to those who have been there from Day One back in 1967, shared their feelings and experiences about what it meant to see their team win it all…finally.
Their remarks and sentiments were thoughtful, heartfelt, and deeply personal, and they run the gamut of emotions Read more of this post
