PRE-TRAINING CAMP COVERAGE: Frozen Royalty begins its pre-training camp coverage with stories based on interviews from the Los Angeles Kings HockeyFest ’11 event, held on September 11, 2011. Starting things off is the real story on left wing Dustin Penner and his physical conditioning. For those of you who are still claiming that he is... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings Expected To Be Major Player For Ilya Kovalchuk
LOS ANGELES — With unrestricted free agency looming just a little over 24 hours from the time of this writing, it is no secret that the big prize in this year’s free agency frenzy is superstar left wing Ilya Kovalchuk. Kovalchuk has averaged more than a point per game throughout his National Hockey League career,... Continue Reading →
July 1 Was The Time For Dean Lombardi To Gamble
COMMENTARY: Los Angeles Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi filled a hole on July 2 with the signing of unrestricted free agent defenseman Rob Scuderi but still has a huge, gaping hole to fill on left wing. Should he have gambled on one of the top free agents on July 1? LOS ANGELES — After day... Continue Reading →
Helene Elliott Calls Out LA Kings Absentee Owner Philip Anschutz
In Thursday’s (April 9, 2009) issue of the Los Angeles Times, sports columnist and hockey writer extraordinaire Helene Elliott called out Los Angeles Kings’ reclusive owner Philip Anschutz in a big, big way. In an open letter to Anschutz entitled, Owner Phil Anschutz Should Take Kings’ Fate Personally, Elliott notes the poor performance of the... Continue Reading →
Indulge Me For A Few Moments
LOS ANGELES — I hope you will indulge me for a few minutes as I get a bit personal here. Way back in the late 1980’s, well before the Internet was known as the Internet, I wrote my first recap of a Los Angeles Kings game. That was a little over twenty years ago and... Continue Reading →
Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket Backpedals on Rinkside View
LOS ANGELES — Watch out! If Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket (FSW/PT) executives backpedal any faster, they could run someone over while breaking the world land speed record. Indeed, in response to the tremendous outcry and what appears to be pressure from the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks, FSW/PT executives Tom Feuer and Steve Simpson... Continue Reading →
