Some non-Kings related news, related to Kings management…
First, Kings GM Dean Lombardi is among seven NHL executives who will be in charge of selecting the players and staff for the United States’ team in the 2001 IIHF World Championships, which will be held April 29-May 15 in Slovakia. Lombardi, along with fellow GMs Brian Burke (Toronto), Paul Holmgren (Philadelphia), David Poile (Nashville), Ray Shero (Pittsburgh) and Dale Tallon (Florida), plus Atlanta team president Don Waddell, will pick the team, along with Jim Johannson, USA Hockey’s assistant executive director for hockey operations. Scott Gordon, former coach of the New York Islanders, will coach Team USA. Matt Greene and Jack Johnson played for Team USA in last year’s World Championships, and the Americans finished 13th in the 16-team tournament.
Also, congrats to Kings assistant GM Ron Hextall, along with Kings broadcaster Daryl Evans and Hextall’s wife, Diane. All three completed the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday in some cold, dismal conditions. The three ran together and finished in 4 hours, 37 minutes and 11 seconds. It was Hextall’s first marathon. Evans, an avid runner, is probably running another marathon right now somewhere.
and crushing cars with his bare hands along the way!
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2001 world championships… will Deadmarsh be included?
I kid… thanks for everything Rich!
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DLB Reply:
March 23rd, 2011 at 5:34 pm
@HeShootsNScores, Dean’s in charge of building the time machine.
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let’s hope no Kings players get picked to play as they’ll be competing for a cup well into the summer.
also, Hextall…did he chop any competitors legs off with a goalie stick?
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Wow ..just watched Oil Change on NHL channel and they showed how the
Penner trade went dwn.. Really interesting.. Showed Pens playing ping
pong with Horkoff and then telling him he was traded.. Cool stuff
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Daryl Evans is the man. The guy is a ball of never-ending energy.
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luc20rules Reply:
March 23rd, 2011 at 7:41 pm
@wavesinair, He does the 5k, I remember a few years back the Kings were giving 100 level seats to all those that beat him in the 5k. I at the time ran 5 mile daily in about 26 mins, but always under 30 mins, so I thought 5k is about 60% of that and Daryl probably just turned 50 at the time. I never saw him from the start I ran my pace past most everyone finished at around 13.5 mins to see Daryl rested and drinking water at the finish. He is deadly fast in the 5k.
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4:37:11 is nothing to sneeze at…
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Purple Ghost Reply:
March 23rd, 2011 at 6:03 pm
@Alma, Yup. A very solid time for a first-timer of his age.
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Always wanted to run that marathon. Need to be in shape first though. Hehe. Would be neat to see a lot of Kings fans do it next year all wearing Kings shirts.
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CupRun2011 Reply:
March 23rd, 2011 at 5:37 pm
@Keeper, Training starts in August…LA Roadrunners or LA Leggers. Week 1 starts at 1 mile…26 weeks later you run (& walk the marathon). Don’t need to be in great shape, the training helps. I did it 2002; did it in 6h:42m–wasn’t quite dark when I finished
Great experience, though!
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luc20rules Reply:
March 23rd, 2011 at 7:44 pm
@CupRun2011, I heard the last couple of years, you need to record some good times to be allowed to run. I think it around 6.5 hours is the cutoff now to qualify.
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CupRun2011 Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:22 am
@luc20rules, Didn’t see any restriction on having to run <6.5 hr. to qualify…only to be placed in "corrals" with some of the "elite runners" (i.e. sub 3, 4 and 5 hr). Nonetheless, there are marathons held all over the Socal area throughout the year. Traning isn't too bad (except for getting up at 5am on Saturdays or running in rain (like they did last Sunday), but it's worth it once you have completed it!
I’ll bet for a Ducks game, Daryl just runs over to the Pond to broadcast!
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luc20rules Reply:
March 23rd, 2011 at 7:45 pm
@edwood2, That would beat those waiting in traffic on the 5 freeway by about 20 mins.
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Here’s the 2011 IIHF World Championships website if you’re so inclined:
http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/
Also, former Islanders head coach, Scott Gordon, will return as the coach of the US Men’s team.
http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/gordon-to-coach-us.html?tx_ttnewsbackPid=955&cHash=947414fd24
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Congrats to all three for finishing the marathon.
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Hahaha. Those are good times!
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Ha! Hextall on the run. I thought you might mean he landed a GM job with another team and was leaving for it right away!
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YA Deano!!! Way to go. We had a great team this past Olympics and I am betting we win in Russia!
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2001? Better start scmoozing Mike Richter & Jeremy Roenick…Do you believe in UNDERACHIEVEMENT?!?! YES!!!
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