The Stanley Cup won’t be celebrated inside Staples Center on Oct. 12, but it will be celebrated by fans that week. The Kings are making the Cup available for public viewing and photos at four stops from Oct. 10-12. Full details are available by clicking here, and here’s a brief rundown
OCT. 10 — KNOTT’S BERRY FARM
Those who pay for admission for the park have a chance to visit with the Cup between 2:30-4 p.m..
OCT. 10 — ESPN ZONE AT L.A. LIVE
Those who buy a ticket to the Kings’ Ice Crew calendar launch party — tickets are $50, details available by clicking here — will get to attend the party and get a photo opportunity with the Cup from 7-10 p.m.
OCT. 11 — THE GROVE, LOS ANGELES
The Cup will be available for photos between 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
OCT. 12 — THE AMERICANA AT BRAND, GLENDALE
The Cup will be available for photos between 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Rumor has it the Cup is Coming to Bakersfield…
–True?
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
October 4th, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Sunday, Oct. 14th (5 p.m.)
29 Eyewitness News, 92.1 Max FM & Dignity Health LA Kings Stanley Cup Championship Celebration/Pennant Giveaway…
I know, I’m probably stretching it…
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T Reply:
October 9th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, That would be nice. I’d like to see it with the team engraved on it.
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luc20rules Reply:
October 4th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Hope it does, I have enjoyed your comments on this site. You deserve your time with the cup.
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Debra Turull Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 11:49 am
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Hey, could you let us know if it does, we live in Paso Robles and it would be a closer drive than LA. My husband has been a fan through since the 70′s with all of their ups and downs. It would be so cool to get a pic with the cup. Plese keep in touch.
Thank you
Debbie
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Does the cup get weekends off? What’s the deal with not doing these things on Sat/ sun?
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King Alex Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 9:32 am
@FKA PakiFro, It’s done intentionally to keep the crowds down.
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 11:43 am
@King Alex,
Working very well for them
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King Alex Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
@FKA PakiFro, I hope you get your chance bro! I was able to go to the event at Nokia a few weeks ago but I went at 10PM as weekdays are no good for me either. Best of luck!
FKA PakiFro Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
@King Alex,
Thanks man. I got a picture with it during the Draft but I think it’ll be a cooler picture with the Kings roster engraved on it.
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LDC7hockeyfan Reply:
October 8th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Yeah during the week no good for me too…Crowds????/ people are starting to care less about hockey again……
The lack of a 10/12/12 opening night ceremony blows nacho cheese chunks.
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luc20rules Reply:
October 4th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
@DesertKing, Are you ever not thinking of Nacho Cheese?
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DesertKing Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 7:14 am
@luc20rules,
Hockey and nachos are like war and peace, Starsky and Hutch, Captain and Tennille, Kings and Stanley Cup. They just naturally go together to
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Michael J. Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 11:25 am
@DesertKing,
You forgot peanut butter and jelly, beer and pizza, and Puck and Poorman.
California Royalty Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
@DesertKing, Tell me about it! I was planning on heading out for it!
Now when the season does start, it will happen quick and I won’t have time to save up for it.
Gonna miss the banner being raised!
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Knotts scary farm anyone?
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luc20rules Reply:
October 4th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
@Cortex949, The scariest thing I’ve seen are Bettman & Fehr working harder running thier PR campaign then negotiating which really neither side seems to have any interest in.
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King Alex Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 9:34 am
@Cortex949, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios for me. Already got my front of the line passes!
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Cortex949 Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 11:58 am
@King Alex, yea universal has better mazes but u need that line pass with how jam packed it gets. Knotts has more rides tho. And many rides have scarers in them like the log ride
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King Alex Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
@Cortex949, Been going to both alternating now for years & dig both of them. For anyone who has not gone to either, get a ticket & go if you are a fan of horror and scares as they are a blast! I highy recommend front of the line passes due to the crowds.
The league allowing the Cup to be paraded around during a lockout is laughable.
Send the NHL a message boycott the events.
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LBlocal Reply:
October 4th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
@KOHO, And pimping it out to boot! +1
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Jon (@LAKingsJon) Reply:
October 4th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
@KOHO, Best comment I’ve seen so far. Don’t give them a penny or any of your time. I know, it’s The Cup but… the only action we have is no action at all. If they see merchandise prices fall to $0, on top of losing the revenue from games that should have been played, someone’s hand is going to be forced. I see a time coming when some small market teams just aren’t going to be able to wait it out. When that happens, some fans are going to be done for good, if they aren’t already.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 10:18 am
@Jon (@LAKingsJon), I definitely agree with not supporting the NHL monetarily but going and seeing the Cup doesn’t do that I don’t believe. 2 of the events above appear to be free. And going to Knotts isn’t helping the NHL. The only thing might be the Ice Crew event to some degree but I believe those dollars go to the Kings Care foundation if I’m not mistaken. And many of those other events helped support local hockey clubs.
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Finesse Hockey Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 8:46 am
@KOHO,
Yet, it’s not just the Cup events…. it has to be the whole damn thing to make it work.
Get this, why do you think the NHL is only cancelling two weeks of games at a time???? Because it is a “slow drip” — they got us good….. If they cancel the whole season or only part of the season now, then all us fans on the “slow drip” will not be on this blog…. or hit the NHL webpage. If we stop going online, then the hits on the page goes down…. and so does the advertising revenue. We fans play into the lockout because we care… yet the money still flow…. and the “slow drip” continues.
Bettman…. is our supplier and local pusher…. yet we criticize him, blame him (and rightly so) and, obviously, we just can’t get enough.
Just take a look at the Kings webpage…. gotta go thru that Carls Junior ad before you see Kings Vision…. Do you think Carls Junior wants the season to be cancelled…. not as long as we are slobbering over that hottie eating her first burger ever.
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KOHO Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
I guess my point is if the league is going to lock out players, close offices and lay people off to get what they want then shut the whole damn thing down and put the Cup back in the HOF until it’s over.
There is no use prancing the Cup around when you have no intention of having your employees compete for it, the Cup is bigger than the league but don’t use it to keep people interested in something you care nothing about.
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It has been a life long dream to get my picture with the cup….
But it cannot be done in a lockout…
That is like slapping the hockey gods in the face!
Until the lockout is over, I am boycotting it.
I respect the players, and put full blame on the ownership, NHL and bettman.
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Sancho Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
@Mars, boy… You’re really going to show them! I’d say take the opportunity and get it done. But, that’s my opinion.
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I’m stomping around like Herman Munster right now! Darn! Darn! Darn! Darn! None of these cup photo ops are ever on my days off!
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Debra Turull Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 11:53 am
@toemas_sandstrom, You don’t think you feel like a cold is coming on,cough,cough
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To me its about the name on the front of the jerseys Go Kings Go
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I liked this article, because it is the simple truth. Remember owners are not GMs. The Owners of NHL franchises oddly enough would probably list another sport as their favorite. If anyone is to make a concession for the sport, fans, and/or arena employees it will be the players.
http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/8456901/nhl-players-need-protect-game-lockout
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People…we won the cup. it’s okay to go see it and enjoy it.
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Shakes Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 6:47 am
@McDonalds, +1
everything which is happening right now doesn’t take away from how happy i felt about a group of guys who fought for each other, played the right way, and pulled off upset after upset. A bunch of suits aren’t going to ruin that memory for me and i felt happy to see their names alongside the owner and coaches who made those memories possible.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 9:02 am
@McDonalds, Agreed. Going and seeing the Cup is not supporting the NHL in anyway IMO.
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Bones Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 9:58 am
@McDonalds, +2, when I got my picture taken with the cup, I saw it as celebrating the fact that our boys being #8 defeated the #1, #2 and #3 teams and won the cup.
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Why can’t the players just form their own teams?
Line ‘em up on the boards and throw their sticks in a pile.
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Munchrat Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 7:58 am
Long live the WHA!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gustavo Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 8:46 am
@Munchrat,
They can..It’d take about 2 years to put it together, though. I much rather see this resolved. Imperfect as it may be.
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Awesome! Another list of events I can’t go to BECAUSE I WORK! This is crap!
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Lake Forest Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 9:00 am
@goodguy, yeah it’s horrible working huh?
why don’t you send TL an email and provide times that work best for you.
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 9:18 am
@Lake Forest,
Saturday or Sunday would be great.
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Lake Forest Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 9:21 am
@FKA PakiFro, i live at 123 main street, just bring it over between the hours of 10am and 12.
THANKS
goodguy Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 10:17 am
@Lake Forest,
A weekend would be nice! smart a**….. You know, because most of the population of america works m-f….
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Lake Forest Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 10:19 am
@goodguy, lol, it would be. I am in the same boat as you my friend!
Gustavo Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 11:06 am
@goodguy,
The vast majority of the population in America get paid vacation, family or sick days. If I was in your shoes I’d not hesitate to use one of those paid days off and go visit Lord Stanley.
Michael J. Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 11:29 am
@goodguy,
Another reason why “work” is a four-letter word.
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goodguy Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
@Gustavo ,
I totally would, however I used what few hours/days I had left to attend playoff games and make it from south orange county on time. Oh, there was also this little parade/rally in downtown that i used a whole day for.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/alex-ovechkin-play-khl-hockey-espn2-barry-melrose-153156693–nhl.html
Steve and Barry…on ESPN2
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go Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
@FKA PakiFro, Not only that but the LEGEND continues and live on ESPN2!
Ovechkin vs Juraj Mikus and Juraj Mikus.
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go Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
@go, PS it is a 3rd one…….
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Michael J. Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
@go,
So Mikus is like Smith from The Matrix???
I went and watched my friend’s amateur hockey game, because I needed my fix… It was like rubbing alcohol to an alcoholic.
Please end this lockout.
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Hey guys, if you want to watch the Monarchs game today, the NY Islanders are streaming it. Very cool.
http://www.jewelsfromthecrown.com/2012/10/5/3460626/manchester-monarchs-vs-sound-tigers-game-streaming-live-today
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Neil Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
@DLB, watching now!! Thanks Maybe the Kings will do this in the future…
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jess Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 4:40 pm
@DLB,
NOLAN!!
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jess Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
@DLB,
1st Nolan scores, 1-0 Monarchs..
-Then Lokti scores 2-0 Monarchs!
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jess Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 4:52 pm
@jess,
Nolan workin on a Gordie eh! Good fight
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this is pretty depressing! We could be talking about Kings hockey now and all we can talk about is the lockout.
My daughter was born oct 13th, which is when we lost to NJD 1-2. Then we won 4 in a row! Ah, the good times!
I miss scheduling everything around Kings games. Now I have no dedicated TV time for me.
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Forum Gold Reply:
October 6th, 2012 at 11:35 am
@Lake Forest, I am already sick of Laker talk and the pre-season has not even started. Life is much more fun with Kings hockey.
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Happy Thanksgiving weekend to my fellow Canadian Kings fans!
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Question for Rich, or anyonw else on here who is expert enough to comment: (If the question has already been asked and answered, I apologize.)
We are seeing many players now signing interim contracts with European teams. Already, one of them–Rick Nash–has been injured playing in one of these leagues. (Haven’t heard what his status is since the announcement. Has anyone?) My question is: what happens NHL contract-wise if a player is injured playing in another league and is unable to perform because of this for his NHL team when the season begins?
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CB14 Reply:
October 5th, 2012 at 5:37 pm
@Russ Dynda, If they are injured playing for a different league, their NHL team is not obligated to pay their contracts. Most of the players buy insurance for their NHL contracts when they play in Europe.
Here’s an excerp from a Scott Burnside article about Andrew Ference playing in the Czech Republic, ” To protect the final year of his deal, one that would pay him $1.4 million after taxes, Ference’s insurance costs are $7,500 a month.” Pretty expensive when you factor in what guys are paid in Europe.
Here’s a link to that article: http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/8460881/nhl-playing-czech-republic-lockout-old-times-andrew-ference
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