EL SEGUNDO, CA — If you thought the nightmare that was Dan Cloutier would never again emerge from the dark recesses of your mind, guess again. Cloutier has returned to the Los Angeles Kings and will be on the roster for the team’s 2009-10 training camp, hoping to earn a roster spot. On Wednesday, United... Continue Reading →
It’s A Matter Of Trust For Dean Lombardi, LA Kings, AEG
As reported in the first installment of this series (see Lombardi Answers His Critics), the Los Angeles Kings and President/General Manager Dean Lombardi are under heavy fire from a vocal segment of their fan base who are furious about the direction of the team, but they also have those who support their rebuilding efforts. In... Continue Reading →
Cloutier Buyout Official
According to Rich Hammond of the Daily News and his great Inside the Kings blog, the buyout of beleaguered goaltender Dan Cloutier has been approved by the National Hockey League. For more details: Cloutier update. Frozen Royalty by Gann Matsuda is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. You may copy, distribute and/or... Continue Reading →
Fitting End To Miserable Season
LOS ANGELES — In their final game of the 2007-08 season, the Los Angeles Kings dropped a 4-3 decision to the Anaheim Ducks in front of a sellout crowd of 18,118 fans at Staples Center on Saturday afternoon. It was a rather fitting end to yet another miserable, disastrous season. Ducks winger Teemu Selanne scored... Continue Reading →
The Hard Is What Makes It Great: Sharks: 2, Kings: 1
LOS ANGELES — In the 1992 movie, A League Of Their Own, about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that played during World War II when Major League Baseball was shut down temporarily, there is a scene where Geena Davis, who played Rockford Peaches star catcher Dottie Hinson, leaves the team to return home to... Continue Reading →
Cloutier Shines In 2-1 Overtime Loss To Canucks
LOS ANGELES — Prior to Monday night’s game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Los Angeles Kings, news out of the Kings’ practice facility was that goaltender Dan Cloutier would get the start in goal. Once that news came out, if you listened carefully enough, you could probably hear a collective groan from Kings fans... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings Preview 2007-08
LOS ANGELES — The 2006-07 season was yet another disappointing one for the Los Angeles Kings, who have not qualified for the playoffs since the 2001-02 season. But while the team was a near-cellar-dweller last season, the 2007-08 Kings should be an improved team, even though they it would take a small miracle for them... Continue Reading →
Short Camp, Distant Travels
LOS ANGELES — After an incredibly brief nine-day training camp, the Los Angeles Kings left Southern California with 31 players remaining on their 2007 training camp roster heading for Denver, Las Vegas and then Salzburg, Austria and London, England. The Kings will start the regular season with two games against the Anaheim Ducks on September... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings: Pre-Season Opener A Winner
ANAHEIM, CA — Don’t look now, but just four days into their 2007 training camp, the pre-season schedule has already begun for the Los Angeles Kings, and on Thursday night, they eked out a 5-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks in front of an announced crowd of 16,973 fans at Honda Center in Anaheim. Right... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings 2007 Camp Underway
EL SEGUNDO — The Los Angeles Kings are starting their 2007 training camp a bit earlier than other National Hockey League teams, with the exception of their neighbors about 35 miles to the south. Why? They start the season with two games against their Stanley Cup Champion neighbors, the Anaheim Ducks, in London, England on... Continue Reading →
LA Kings Goalie Prospect Fukufuji Is Proud Of Season As He Looks Forward
The following is an expanded version of a story I wrote for the English section of the Rafu Shimpo (Los Angeles Japanese Daily News), which was originally published on February 21, 2007. It is reprinted here with permission. LOS ANGELES — No one in their right mind, not even Japanese goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji himself, thought... Continue Reading →
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