After tomorrow’s NHL Awards in Las Vegas and the draft this weekend in Pittsburgh, Kings players and staff can start putting the Stanley Cup on tour. Every player and coach and many staff members get to spend a day with the Cup. Most take it to their respective hometowns to spend time with family and friends. Some have public events. This summer, based on hometowns, the Cup could end up in four countries, including six Canadian provinces and five U.S. states. If you know the day, it should be fairly easy to find the Cup in Ayr, Ontario, or Meadowlake, Saskatchewan, each with a population under 5,000. Here are the hometowns of all the players…
CANADA
Jonathan Bernier (Laval, Quebec)
Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty (London, Ontario)
Kyle Clifford (Ayr, Ontario)
Colin Fraser (Surrey, B.C., but will take the cup to Alberta)
Simon Gagne (Ste. Foy, Quebec)
Dwight King (Meadowlake, Saskatchewan)
Willie Mitchell (Port McNeill, B.C.)
Jordan Nolan (St. Catharines, Ontario)
Dustin Penner (Winkler, Manitoba)
Mike Richards (Kenora, Ontario)
Brad Richardson (Belleville, Ontario)
Jarret Stoll (Melville, Saskatchewan)
Kevin Westgarth (Amherstburg, Ontario)
Justin Williams (Cobourg, Ontario)
UNITED STATES
Dustin Brown (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Davis Drewiske (Hudson, Wisc.)
Matt Greene (Grand Ledge, Mich.)
Trevor Lewis (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Alec Martinez (Rochester Hills, Mich.)
Scott Parse (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Rob Scuderi (Syosset, N.Y.)
Jonathan Quick (Milford, Conn.)
EUROPE
Anze Kopitar (Jesenice, Slovenia)
Andrei Loktionov (Voskresensk, Russia)
Slava Voynov (Chelyabinsk, Russia)
As a bonus, here’s where Dean Lombardi intends to spend part of his day with the Cup. Bonus points if you can name it…
the el sid lounge……
the place he told penner, that he would end up…
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Rich Hammond Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:13 am
Technically the El Cid Lounge, but correct! In Ludlow, Mass.
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oldthunder Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:16 am
@Rich Hammond, beautiful! Is that a Munter’s air conditioning unit on it?
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Rich Hammond Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:17 am
I do believe so…
DesertKing Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:46 am
@Rich Hammond,
Are they communicating with aliens using that humongous dish, or is that the size dish you need to get SCF games from NBC?
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steve mcqueen Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 6:54 pm
@DesertKing, they use it as a radio telescope during the off season.
Dan Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:57 am
@Rich Hammond, Where are you taking the cup?
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ADub87 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:15 am
@greg from ventura, Damn! Just a few minutes to slow!
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CheezyPoofs Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:36 am
@ADub87, some of the people on this site scare me with their knowlege.
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Sebastian Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:15 am
@greg from ventura, HAHAHAH, you win! good one Rich
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:48 am
@greg from ventura,
Here’s the OG thread:
http://lakingsinsider.com/2011/05/26/golf-kaunisto-and-the-el-cid-lounge/
Here’s the El Cid facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Cid-Lounge/117051388313844
And here’s the Ludlow Softball website:
http://www.ludlowsoftball.com/
No mention of El Cid or any adult rec leagues though…
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
@greg from ventura, LOL! I was a little late to the party, but that was my first guess!
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Shuchuk Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, is penner going to play this summer? or will the el cid lounge need to look elsewhere for their cleanup batter?
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Landofoz Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 3:13 am
@Shuchuk, only if the el cid is gonna pay him about $3.5 mil. a little pricy for a rec league.
LA_1968 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
@greg from ventura, Good call. I could tell it was nowhere near a farm because there are no pickup trucks. Well a small double cab but that don’t count to farmers.
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Mike Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
@greg from ventura, NHL”s War Room???
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KC23 Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 8:49 am
@greg from ventura, Now that is some funny stuff.
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tony121 Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Is it possible to know ahead of time when each player will have their day with the cup? I’m in NY and would love to see when Scuderi, Brown and Quick
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A strip club?????????????
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As a compliment to the above list, I developed a ‘player map’ last year that I keep updated for the Kings roster. Feel free to embed it if you wish Rich.
http://kingsnewsdaily.com/kings-roster/
There’s a link just below the map to see a bigger version.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:41 am
@Paul Armbruster (TomorrowsNewsMonthly.com),
Complements on your compliment!
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driller1 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
Wow, Slava is literally from the middle of nowhere. Hope the Cup doesn’t get lost.
I remember seeing an interview with Brown “Who is the most likely to damage the Cup?”
“Probably one of the young Russians. You never know with those Russians”
LOL
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KC23 Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 8:50 am
@driller1, Nah, I saw Brown’s boys … definately Brown is the top of that list.
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1st post in a while, and I got deleted right off the bat. lol
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Rich Hammond Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:23 am
I didn’t think you wanted your email out there.
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Dominick (defrim65) Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:28 am
@Rich Hammond, No worries. I don’t mind one way or the other, but it was unintentional.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:47 am
@Dominick (defrim65),
Green cornfields are the place for me
Far side living is the life for me
Ears spreadin’ out so far and wide
Keep the Insider, just give me that countryside!
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Dominick (defrim65) Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
@Duncanz,
See ysoon buddy
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KC23 Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 8:52 am
@Dominick (defrim65), Wondered what the heck happened to you during the most incredible run in King’s history. Been dieing to hear about those stats you never hear about. Who had the most impressive stats in the playoffs this year? I’m thinking the Brown line had to be way up there.
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Rich – Any chance of the Cup ending up in San Diego for a day? Lot’s of fans down here as well as 4 solid youth hockey programs that would be ecstatic over a visit.
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I wish they would let LA have the Cup for a week or two before it goes everywhere else. Seems odd that the winning city doesn’t even get to see it for a while.
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CupRun2012 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:43 am
@Kris, What are you talking about? The Cup was in LA on 6/6/12, then again on 6/11/12 to 6/14/12…now it’s LA’s playground…Las Vegas!
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barney stinson Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
it should tour the So Cal rinks to give all the kids in our youth programs a chance to see it in person and set their sights on it!
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KC23 Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 8:53 am
@barney stinson, Not a bad idea.
I remember the Penner comment, but what is the deal with the el sid lounge? What mystical power does it hold over DL?
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DesertKing Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:48 am
@paige,
The power of Jack Daniels, old No. 7.
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Lake Forest Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:49 am
@DesertKing, my FAVORITE type of POWER
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KC23 Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 8:54 am
@paige, Not sure, but their softball team lost out on a great player.
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The burning question is: Where will Rich Hammond spend his day with the cup?
1) Wrigley
2) Writers camp
3) Blogapalooza 2012, where the prodigal @poorman will make his triumphant return.
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CoffeyIsForClosers Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
@Michael J., # 1. Rich is already campaigning for the 2014 Winter Classic to be held in Wrigley Field.
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KC23 Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 8:55 am
@CoffeyIsForClosers, King’s Vs Chicago at Wrigley. I like the sound of that.
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Dear @Hasty,
I hereby take back each and every baseless allegation I ever made in your honorable direction!
Now, go on and be a good man and invite us all up to go swim in your pool with the Cup!
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Stuart Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
@Duncanz, you’d first have to line up and let everyone in town punch you in the neck! At least that’s what I was told when I inquired about visiting the rarified Ayr…
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Duncanz Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
@Stuart,
This town sounds hickier than the one “I” live in …
How could this possibly be??
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Harty Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
@Duncanz, Its actually a bedroom community for Toronto stock brokers, high tech community in the Waterloo hub (RIM, Google, Facebook and Open Text) and we have a beautiful community with historic sites with a hometown feel. And maybe a stanley cup soon in our town for the day. Brand new Community Centre with bowl seatiing, sitting about 1.500 around the NHL size ice surface, with hanging clock at centre ice and a walking track and community rooms throughout.
Right now signs around town congratulate Kyle Clifford on his accomplishments with his team and all the Kings management.
Just to see the some 800+ youth athletes in Ayr admire the cup in Kyle’s presence will be the best experience of all. No punching allowed, as everyone in town know of each other and their children and cousins. Awesome feel to live in a such a tight knit community.
Go Kings Go……….
can they bring it to orange county so I can parade it through the ducks parking lot just to rub it in a little? GO KINGS GO!
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:36 am
@chuckrocks, Count me in for that one and I’m sure OCKingsfan as well as LAKE FOREST.
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Lake Forest Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:41 am
@LVKINGS88, Definitely, and I got a few friends that would also join.
Would love a chance to take a picture with the Cup. Not sure how that could happen since none of the player are from So Cal.
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Michael J. Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:46 am
@Lake Forest,
Let me know the place in time. I’m just a few miles north of the ponda centre.
LVKINGS88 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
@Lake Forest, I hear Brad Doty and Kopidor are, Brads from Ontario and Kopidor is from Slo-vang,CA.
Stuart Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
@Lake Forest, I’ve always said that I would never touch the cup before the Kings won, and I was never in a hurry to see the thing whenever it came around, but I’m ready to embrace the chalice for all it’s worth!
FM3 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
@LVKINGS88, I have at least 20 family and friends that would love to join an OC Kings contingent in the Anaslime Parking Lot.
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
@FM3, I live in San Clemente and met a couple of fans down here, my buddies I played hockey with live in RSMargarita right next to Selanne’s favorite bar, it’s a quacks bar or should I say, it was a quacks bar. The rumor is Selanne wants to play for the quacks again, I don’t know why, according to my buddies who talked to Teemu, there were a few players he couldn’t stand, any guesses?. The Kingdom behind the Orange Curtain is very strong.
stagger Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
@FM3,
I live 5 min away from the Ponda Scum Center. I would be there in a heartbeat!
OnTheFly Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
@chuckrocks,
I’ll go too. I’m from Huntington Beach.
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paige Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
@chuckrocks, I’ll be there, too!
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LittleRhody Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@chuckrocks, Count me in, as well. I’m just a few miles from Lake Forest
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Brian Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
@chuckrocks, Count me in.
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KingMe20 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
@chuckrocks,
Works for me. I live in Laguna Hills, and I’m a student at Chapman University School of Law, so getting to that parking lot would be a piece of cake for me! The rink in Aliso Viejo, which the Kings visit about once or twice a season, is also nearby. I too would love a chance to finally touch the Cup.
Rich, do you know if it will be at either Hockeyfest or Tip-a-King? Will it make a return to the practice facility?
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hockey junkie Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
@KingMe20,
count me in … brea!!
Great Question… hockey fest or tip-a-king or even frozen fury?
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According to everyone outside of Los Angeles, the Kings only have about 250 fans.
I wonder if we could all petition the NHL to get the cup for a day since there aren’t that many of us.
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:38 am
@Blurker, I guess they forgot too add the three zero’s plus after that 250.
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Robert R Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:40 am
@Blurker, Some erudite lowlife commenting on a Yahoo! article said that “Los Angeles doesn’t deserve the Cup. They don’t give a (manure)”.
250,000 at the parade. Yeah, we don’t care. What an ignorant loser!
Can’t wait for that championship banner to be unfurled at Staples.
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Michael J. Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:48 am
@Robert R,
The Kings have a huge following. Maybe the percentages are lower than say the % of B’low fans, or Calgary. But, we kinda have a few more options of thing to do and teams to choose to follow.
Most are just jealous of us…
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Robert R Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
@Michael J., A quarter of a million were the ones who could show up, so let’s add in those who could not get away from work or aren’t well enough to leave home, plus those of us who currently reside around the US (and the world, for that matter).
That naysayer was kind enough to share some of his stupidity with us. We of Kings Nation know better.
FM3 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
@Robert R, Maybe what we should have done is riot in Anaheim when we win the Cup next year. Keep our city intact but torch the Ponda Center. Why tear up LA when we can hit up Disneyland and kick a few Ducks along the way. I mean, we already show more support for the Kings when we are playing the Ducks in their own arena so why not do it there. LOL (Obviously joking for all those law abiding citizens out there that might think I am serious)
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Robert R Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
@FM3, Of course you’re not serious.
Besides, I like Space Mountain (not the wait).
LVKINGS88 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
@FM3, My kid works at D-land and Cali adventure so let’s just burn down the Ponda Center,(joking).
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
@Blurker, Not everyone, just trolls.
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Naturallawyer Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:06 pm
@Blurker, I’ve grown to accept that people won’t let that myth go. You can direct people here to prove the point: http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance
Note, the Kings are 15th in home attendance, but they are lowest in the league in road attendance. This indicates that Kings fans don’t travel well like other teams’ fans do. It also means there aren’t a lot of transplant Kings fans in other cities, which makes sense since people move from other cities to LA, not vice versa.
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dkrasne Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
@Naturallawyer, another possible interpretation – Kings are in the Pacific division, which means when Kings are on road they (at least more often than anyone else) are playing to empty houses in Phoenix and Dallas. Other Pacific division teams at least get to play in LA which usually sells out.
The Kings @ Devils SCF games were actually pretty well attended by Kings fans (especially games 1 & 5…less so game 2 but that was cause of 2 off days between games 1 & 2). Didn’t see many Devils fans at all in Game 6 in LA.
In general, LA is just further away from most teams than everyone else. Thats exactly why Kings had worst travel schedule this year (+ Europe to boot). Lord knows where the upteen million Red Wing fans come from…only 2 million or so have deserted Motown in the last 20 years
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Naturallawyer Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
@dkrasne, Yeah, I flew to NJ for game 5, there were tons of Kings fans. Some of us decades-long fans didn’t want the Kings to lift the Cup without us there… But you have a great point about playing in empty buildings so often (looking at the home attendance at that espn site, a majority of the Pacific competition is brutal).
PW Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 3:07 pm
@dkrasne, Who wants to see their team play the Kings and lose on their home ice? No wonder why the attendance is low.
Duncanz Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
@Naturallawyer,
Every single one of the clubs above The Kings in this table has an arena with a greater capacity, apparently.
Presuming they all continued to sell out, The Kings spot at no.15 wouldn’t change.
As for the faltering road attendances, I would put this down, more than any other factor, to the team’s hard earned reputation for plaing boring, stodgy hockey, resulting in games with very few goals for either team.
I believe recent events may bring about a sliver of a change in people’s perceptions next season, just possibly, maybe ….
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LA_1968 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
@Naturallawyer, I disagree that the reason is we don’t travel well. I can testify that we don’t travel well but that’s not the reason the attendance is low. Transplants can be a factor but it’s not the key. We just didn’t have the star power to draw the home team fans in, nor did we have any rivalries (in the other cities’ fans minds). The media could be partly blamed for our star power but our play and history was the biggest factor. We got a huge boost in this department with the Cup so we’ll see next year.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
@LA_1968,
You couldn’t've said that better, myself!
KingMe20 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
@Naturallawyer,
I guarantee there will be more fans on the road this year.
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Naturallawyer Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
@KingMe20, I fully expect that. As a season ticket holder, every year I look forward to playing the prior year’s cup winner to see how we stack up. For the Kings, that means every game is going to be a “big game” for the other team. From a competition standpoint, it will get a lot tougher than it was in this regular season.
I bet even Phoenix fans will show up to see the new rivalry take hold. They were mad at the end of game 5.
KC23 Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 8:58 am
@Naturallawyer, I’ll be interested to see how that changes next season. One thing is for sure. The King’s will sell out every home game.
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Simarosa Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
@Blurker,
Oh what do they know, tthe Kings have more than 250 fans in Manchester!
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Deke'r Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
@Blurker, ….who gives a rats ass what other people think…
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Awww man, the cup needs more time in LA, I need to get my pic taken with it.
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Might have to take a trip to Viking, AB and/or Sylvan Lake, AB to get a pic with the cup.
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Action Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@Newf,
I got the same plan. See ya there.
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Go Kings Go!
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Did Justin Azevedo just sign with a Finnish team? can anyone confirm?
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CT King Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@Paul, Confirmed. Azzy is going to Finland
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I just need the Cup to be in the HOF on August 21st. Am I asking to much?
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Sebastian Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 11:56 am
@DesertKing, Well, the Original on is always there…and the replica will be there as a stand in.
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Dominick (defrim65) Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
@DesertKing,
Not sure on any scheduling, but that’s 3 days before Kopi’s birthday. Chances are Kopi might have it in Slovenia for his day with the Cup during the summer, and the logistics of getting it to Slovenia from Canada might be difficult.
Lots of fans there who are counting on Kopi bringing it there and holding it up triumphantly.
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OnTheFly Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
@DesertKing,
I’m planing on making a trip to the HOF this summer too. I said back in 93 that I would never return until the Kings won.
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Robert R Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@OnTheFly, I’m waiting til I receive my Stanley Cup championship cap and t-shirt, then visit the HOF
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LB Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
@DesertKing, There’s a second version of the Cup, they ensure that there’s always a Cup at the Hall of Fame.
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PRMan Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
@LB, Yeah, when I saw the Cup in ’95, they told me that Claude Lemieux had the “real” Cup. The one I was looking at had his name on it, though. His didn’t yet.
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Will Rich get a day with the CUP?
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Scot Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
@Sebastian,
Seems to be a burning question these days, and he doesn’t seem to be answering it. Maybe he’ll do a long overdue Open Forum session where people can ask him. Maybe he won’t…
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Bring the cup to Moorpark, Ca (off Tierra Rojada rd. just behind moorpark high) any coming Sunday between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. My buddies and I play roller hockey pick up games there every weekend and would love a chance to ” Battle for the Cup!” We have skill levels from terrible to half decent but are all avid hockey fans as well as die hard kings fans.. or you could just bring to the channel islands ice center in oxnard, ca home of the Riptide! Bring the cup to the 805!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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barney stinson Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
@Jay805, agreed!!!
Santa Barbara has rocking roller hockey leagues for women, men, kids, but at least they should do a rink tour, with a stop at Oxnard for all of us northernmost fans to get to see it. The Oxnard rink is why my family are all fans – we met Simmonds, Quick, Boyle, and Terry Murray there a few years ago when they did a clinic for the kids. It was awesome and cemented us as Kings fans instead of just hockey fans
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Jay805 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
@barney stinson, Awesome! We need more public rinks around here or Southern California in general. There’s not many places for a kid to just play hockey without having to pay an arm and a leg. Maybe bringing the cup around will show that we love hockey out here too!
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puddle Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
@Jay805, Holy crap, that’s about 1 minute away from where I grew up. Crazy!
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Jon Quick was born in Milford, but grew up in Hamden, CT, so he’ll probably take it there.
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CT King Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
@pautna, I’m hoping he spends part of the day at Avon Old Farms where he went to High School. It’s 10 minutes from my house.
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pautna Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
@CT King, I hope you get a chance to see the cup! If you do, bring tissues.
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PW Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
@pautna, Stand out in front of the Dan Patrick Show that day.
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Rich,
Will you be linking articles on each players day with the cup? That would be pretty neat to see the players’ local news sources stories about their day with the cup.
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PRMan Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:46 pm
@Geronimo, NHL.com always does that.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/newsindex.htm?location=/cup/summer&view=headline
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puddle Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
@Geronimo, I prefer the hall of fame’s journal.
http://www.hhof.com/htmlSTCjournal/exSCJ_2012.shtml
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I hope it comes to LA for a bit, just for a chance to check it out, see some of the names and history of it. Would be nice.
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KC23 Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 9:03 am
@Donald_S, I’m thinking it might be at Staples on opening night. Least I hope it will be. Can’t wait to see the new banner. Personally I’d like to see those other two banners burned on opening night. Never ever understood banners for anything less that first place.
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Pahrump, NV, and the El Cicada Taco Bar patiently await their turn with the Cup.
Maybe (if he’s reading this) the magnificent power forward, scoring machine, T Lewie (the man that blew away Claude Giroux in the ’06 draft by a full 5 places!) could stop off on his way to the SLC and spend a few worthwhile hours displaying Lord Stanley and reminiscing about his prodigious output, here.
There’s a truncated ticker tape parade – me and Tex are cutting up old copies of ‘The Weekly Pahrumper’ in potential readiness – down the main street in the offing for you, Trev!!
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Dominick (defrim65) Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
@Duncanz, I heard they don’t eat tacos in Pahrump, they shoot them.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
@Dominick (defrim65),
The stale ones discarded after the overproductions on some public holidays are often used “skeet-style” for exactly this purpose.
But there are so many feral animals and wild, untamed cactae floating around the place that we are purdy well stocked for the continuous barrage we like to put out, out here.
You are invited over anytime to shoot at beer cans with me and Tex too, you know!
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Hotell in New Jersey ?
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I had “Go Kings Go!” written across my back window right above my Kings sticker all during the playoffs and got a few honks. There’s Kings love in San Diego too!
I was smiling for probably an hour after each honk.
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370455VinSD Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
@RobBordson, I’m getting so many high fives and “Go Kings!” when I wear my gear around San Diego. It’s awesome, and a bit surprising considering I’ve actually come to blows over it down here in the past just because they are from L.A. It’s not like we have a hockey team down here and I still sport my share of Gulls gear.
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FM3 Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@RobBordson, Had a Wings fan and a few Stars fans here in San Antonio Texas tell me what a great sight it was to see the Kings play so well in the playoffs. Every day through the cup run I wore Kings gear in some capacity. Even as the Spurs went down, the praise went up for the Kings. Might even have converted a few fans along the way. GKG!!!
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Since the Kings displayed such team unity during their steamroll through the playoffs, they should do something that (I guessing) no other teams has done with the Stanley Cup in the previous summers. A player or staff member who has the cup should travel with the player or staff member who is scheduled to have it next. That way it would be like passing a baton, but even better!
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Is the Cup actually going to be in Pittsburgh for the Draft?
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I heard from unreliable source that Rich is taking the cup to Burning Man…
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Stuart Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 12:49 pm
@John Roy Morgan, that would be awesome!!! touching the cup on shrooms might made your head explode!
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Lake Forest Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
@Stuart, “the snozzberries tastes like snozzberries”
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Duncanz Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
@John Roy Morgan,
I heard the G20 Summit in Los Cabos!
Can any “other” reputable journalist or individual verify this potentially scurrilous breaking news item?
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Best job…..the man who travels with the cup where evet it goes!
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Duncanz Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
@neil,
Also the worst prospects of (successful) marriage … but does HE care?!
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PW Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
@Duncanz, The cup has groupies, no worries.
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When do we find out dates for each city? Can’t wait for Trevor Lewis to bring the Cup to SLC!
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So, will Westgarth, Parse, and Drewiske get their names on the cup? I thought they had to play 41 games or at least one playoff game?
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When will Quick get his Day? Will any of the date be posted when the players get their day?
I figure it will go Iticha, NY (Brown) to Hamden, CT (Quick) to Boston Logan Airport… with a quick stop over at Holyoke/wherever he lives when not in LA, MA (Lombardi).
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Rich, would be great if we could have the Cup at a Suite Night next season. Can you make that happen for us?
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Rich that’s funny man!
El Cid lounge classic!!
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Yes that would be the El Cid, best part is my aunts car and dads white truck are both in this pic, gonna be a hell of a party at the CID when deano brings it home!!! to the person who thought its a strip club it is not but never know might take the 5 min ride to palmer to hit up the MAJIC LANTERN, prob a good idea anyway… by far the best bar in Ludlow, tell me a place in LA where you can get double JACK and cokes for about three bucks!!!
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