The Kings announced today that former captain Mattias Norstrom will be honored in an on-ice tribute before the Oct. 30 home game against New Jersey. Norstrom played 780 games for the Kings, second all-time among defensemen and fifth overall. From 1993-2008, he also played for Dallas and the New York Rangers.
“Matty Norstrom was an exceptional teammate, a standout player and leader, and a fan favorite for the Kings for a number of years, and we are thrilled to recognize him in this special manner,’’ said Kings president Luc Robitaille, a teammate of Norstrom for seven years.
Also, some have asked about the Kings’ schedule for alternate jerseys this season. I have it, and it stars tonight with the black/white third jerseys. They will wear the vintage “purple and gold” jerseys on Jan. 15 vs. Edmonton, Feb. 24 vs. Minnesota and March 19 vs. Anaheim. As for the black/white third jerseys, they will be worn for the following home games: tonight vs. Atlanta, Nov. 11 vs. Dallas, Dec. 26 vs. Anaheim, Jan. 1 vs. San Jose, Jan. 20 vs. Phoenix, March 3 vs. Phoenix, March 7 vs. Dallas, March 24 vs. San Jose, April 2 vs. Dallas, April 6 vs. Phoenix and April 9 vs. Anaheim.
Awesome! Looks like I grabbed the right jersey to wear tonight when I left the house.
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Very cool, please do it tastefully. Matty was never an over the top kinda guy and I’d hate to see him all embarrased out there (well maybe just a little).
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MacSwede Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
@Jammer06, He was our captain for crying out loud.
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Jammer06 Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
@MacSwede,
Indeed but I think he might want to crawl off the ice if they gave him something like a car. (not that they would, but I’m sure they’ll have something for him)
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Seamless Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
@Jammer06, I hope they don’t give him the same tacky painting they gave Adam Deadmarsh.
I loved Matty… just a good solid player
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Rich the black and white 3rds you are refering to are the leaked photo ones correct?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
@andrew,
No, no leaked photos here, the ones they’ve been wearing, the “trendy” ones.
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Drew Is Better Than You Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
@Kingsfanone, mannnnn the all black alternates are garbage. Keep the Purple! We have one of the best and unique color schemes in the league!
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I was just thinking this past week about how it would be nice for the organ-eye-zation to have a Matty Norstrom night. Very class move by the team. He wore the “C” well and deserves the honor.
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Sweet! You are missed Matty!.. Could care less bout the trendy black jerseys. Get rid of these damn things!
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One of the most solid, consistent players the Kings have had. Good for Matty!
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Go Matty yeah woooooo kings rule ducks suck best player on the kings is frolov. Go team go. First line with kovalchuk and simmer.
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fsd1 Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
@larva, list of drugs taken please….
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Sebastian Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
@fsd1, also interested…i want to party hard this weekend and not remember anything.
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GkingsG99 Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
@fsd1, Hahahahahahaha!!
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How nice would that be having Matty Norstrom on our team right now.
The warrior gets some well deserved recognition….Luc probably had to talk him into doing this.
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Bill M. Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
@Barry’s Mullet, Yeah. Cause, you know…our blue line absolutely sucks these days.
Nothing bad against Matty, he was a good player, and a good captain, and it’s great that the kings are honoring him for his contributions to the club (which are noteworthy), but I’ll take doughty and mitchell on the blue line any day.
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Barry's Mullet Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
@Bill M., You obviously didn’t see this guy play. He was one of the few bright spots on many bad Kings teams.
No offense, but Willie Mitchell couldn’t hold this guys jock strap and lets see how many shots DD gladly blocks with his face or clears out the front of the net. DD will hopefully win many awards and help bring us a SC, but he won’t win any awards for unsung hero or ultimate warrior. Norstrom is in that class of players who gladly lets players like DD bask in the limelight while they do all the little things that go unnoticed…A PRO’s PRO!
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jet Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
@Barry’s Mullet, Luc was a pretty good player, but he really understands what stuff like this means to Kings fans. Thank you Luc.
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As always Rich, your information is outstanding and timely.
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Matty was a consummate pro, a solid captain for the Kings. Kudos to Luc for giving Matty his props. I’ll be there for the standing O.
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Sweetness ill be wearing my brown Jersey in section 117 row 13 seat 19 can’t wait
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Way to show the love for Matty!
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So happy to be able to see the organization honor Matty. Class guy all the way and a great representative of the Kings in every way. I already knew I was going to blow out my voice on October 30th booing Kovalchuk, but now I have something positive to yell for too!
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Nice to see the grinder get his day.
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That’s a cool thing for Matty. He was a true professional.
as far as the purple and gold worn the other night in Vancouver…
What moron decided not to put the names on the jersey’s?
That was without question, one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen.
It’s opening night. We have new players on the team…why make life harder for the fans..just to show what it was like 40 years ago? For that matter they shoiuld have shown the game in black and white like they had 40 years ago, or why not just have it on radio only?
Sorry about the rant, but that pissed me off in the beginning of the game.
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launch Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
@nykingfan,
dude chill out….back in 1970 they didn’t have names on the jerseys.
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nykingfan Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
@launch,
They also didn’t have HD, yet the game was shown in HD!
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Kevco Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
@nykingfan, Not on Dishnetwork it wasn’t
Shakes Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
@nykingfan,
It’s funny that you say that because I think there isn’t one person who would’ve said “man they really screwed up the retro night by having the names”… I agree with you nyk….but maybe in a slightly more chilled out way.
By the way you gonna catch the Kings against the Rangers or Isles this year?
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nykingfan Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
@Shakes,
It didn’t bother me as much that sounded lol Just thought it was a dumb idea. By the 3rd period, I had my bearings going!
Hoping to go to both, but definitely the game at the mausoleum. How about you?
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It’s interesting that other than tonight’s game every black jersey night is against the pacific division.
Anyone have the time/energy to find out what the team’s record was in those sweaters last season? IIRC it was pretty good.
It can’t be a coincidence, can it?
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jayhay Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
@Blurker, i think the first loss last year i the 3rd jersey was game 4.
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OC KINGS FAN Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
@Blurker, LOL i went to the game when the unvailed the new 3rd jersey..they lost to colorado that night
laaammmeee
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jayhay Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
@OC KINGS FAN, i was speaking of their record last year, the coming of age year;)
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Solid, solid guy
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It would be cool if there were a night like this for Lappy, too.
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jayhay Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, you know Luc has a short list that he’s working on. and Lappy has to be right at the top of that.
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rick Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Agreed.
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Choralone Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Was thinking the same.
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MacSwede likes it!
Mattys was a great player, and a great captain. And also, on october 30th it is Kovalchuk-boooooo night
I cant attend since the long distance, promise you will boo for me?
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Nykingsfan you tell it like it is I like you. We should go to Anaheim together and let them know the kings rule. Yeahhhh goooooo kings.
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Well Deserved. Good on Luc and the organ-eye-zation. Maybe they’ll let Moller skate that night so we can have Sweden represent in the lineup on the ice for Matty as well.
Since Ersberg got sent down, we are Swede-less.
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The Kings need to make the third jersey their primary jersey. It’s way better than the ugly black/purple jerseys. I would be the players like it better too since they chose to wear it in the playoffs.
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Mike Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
@Katy Perry,
Actually, I really like the vintage purple and gold jerseys…they should be the primary jersey
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Steve Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
@Mike, Nope, those are Faker colors!
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Shakes Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
@Katy Perry,
I loooove our black and purple home jerseys. They may be one of the classiest in the league out of the Original 6 teams…
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Ugh. Just read the news on Clifford’s friend who died of a rare disease just 3 days before Clifford’s first game in the NHL. That had to be tuff.
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Drew Is Better Than You Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
@KC23, yeah weird. His body couldn’t filter protein or something right? And he died basically on an overdose of protein shakes/bars? Terrible terrible thing to happen.
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puck73 Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
@KC23, wanna suite ticket for tonites game..B level, where the Kings shoot twice ?
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Shakes Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
@puck73,
If you repeated that sentence, inserted “Ducks” for “Kings” at a game in the Pond that sentence would make perfect sense without any reference to where the seats are. I mean literally, they only shoot twice per game so far.
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I wonder if there will be a chance for any of us Norstrom fans to get to meet him to say thanks and have him sign an autograph or two. I had bought a jersey with his name on it right before he was traded to Dallas, and it has always been a hope of mine to meet him. Awesome idea to remember our great players–bring back Ziggy and Allison too!!
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Classy move and well deserved. He was one of the best to ever play here.
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Puck73
Love to!!!
Kccook23@aol.com
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Awesome! Loved Matty so much we named our 2nd kid after him!!!!!
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a fantastic player and human being… modest and tough… what is he up to these days rich? I too would love to see them honor Laperriere… i think the kings should involve those two in the organization any way they can… coach capacity etc! anything
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Hate those black and white jerseys…looks like something the Chicago White Sox should’ve worn in the 70s.
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Will they add nameplates on the retro jerseys?
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