With Thursday’s win, Jonathan Quick won his 27th career playoff game and moved past Kelly Hrudey for sole possession of first place in the franchise’s all-time postseason goaltending registry. Career Los Angeles Kings postseason numbers: Quick: 43 GP / 2,660 MP / 27-16 record / 1.96 GAA / .931 Sv% / 7 SO Hrudey: 57 [...]
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First Taste: Gary Shuchuk
As the 2012-13 season marks the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles Kings’ 1992-93 run to the Stanley Cup Final, LAKings Insider will be catching up with members of that memorable Kings team as part of a “First Taste” series – a reader-suggested reference to the franchise’s “first taste” of Stanley Cup action. For the [...]
First Taste: Luc Robitaille
In both the grand scheme of the 1992-93 season and in its most focused moments, Luc Robitaille was front and center – or, perhaps more accurately, front and left wing. His 125 points marked the most ever recorded by a left wing in one season in league history, and until Alex Ovechkin scored 65 times [...]
First Taste: Warren Rychel
As the 2012-13 season marks the 20th anniversary of the Kings’ 1992-93 run to the Stanley Cup Final, LAKings Insider will be catching up with members of that memorable Kings team as part of a “First Taste” series – a reader-suggested reference to the franchise’s “first taste” of Stanley Cup action. LAKI also spoke last [...]
Kelly Hrudey’s Legends Night speech
Kelly Hrudey was honored on the second and final Legends Night of the season and addressed the Staples Center crowd prior to the Los Angeles Kings’ 6-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday, March 9.
Name this segment: 1992-93 reflections
As this spring marks the 20th anniversary of the Kings’ first Stanley Cup appearance, I’ll be catching up with members of that team to hear their recollections of the playoff run and will ask them to share their thoughts of their teammates and particular pivotal moments from April, May and June, 1993. Kelly Hrudey has [...]
A conversation with Kelly Hrudey
Goaltender Kelly Hrudey will be honored on Legends Night prior to Saturday night’s game against the Calgary Flames. In advance of the on-ice ceremony, Hrudey attended Kings practice at the Toyota Sports Center on Friday morning and shared his recollections of his trade to Los Angeles, leading the Kings onto the ice in Game 7 [...]
A conversation with Ian Laperrière
After 16 seasons in the National Hockey league, Ian Laperrière officially retired as a player from hockey the day after the Stanley Cup was presented to the Los Angeles Kings, a team with whom he spent eight and a half seasons. By the end of June, 2012 he had been named the Philadelphia Flyers’ Director [...]
Alumni game in Simi Valley
For those in or around the Valley or Ventura County — or those who don’t mind a little drive — the Kings’ alumni association will be having a game on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Iceoplex Simi Valley. Scheduled to appear are Rob Blake, Nelson Emerson, Daryl Evans, Marty McSorley, Glen Murray, Brad Norton, [...]
