LA Kings Honor Their Past: Retired Trainer Pete Demers Gets Stanley Cup Ring
September 5, 2013 2 Comments
Retired LA Kings head athletic trainer Pete Demers received a 2012 Stanley Cup Ring from
the team last week.
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But before Frozen Royalty begins its coverage of the 2013-14 Los Angeles Kings, starting with Friday’s media day during their Rookie Camp (players are expected to be on the ice at 10:00 AM today at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California), there is one bit of news left from their 2011-12 Stanley Cup Championship to catch up on.
As many are aware, former Kings greats Marcel Dionne and Rogie Vachon each received a Stanley Cup ring from the team during the opening day festivities on January 19, 2013, at Staples Center.
As reported in this space last February, Dionne said that receiving the ring was, “…the closing chapter in my hockey life.”
Vachon said that, “…I had absolutely no idea, no clue, that it was coming. It was just incredible.”
Another Kings alumnus had to wait just a bit longer for his Stanley Cup ring, one who worked 2,632 consecutive games over 34 seasons with the Kings (37 years with the franchise), and was as deserving as anyone.
