In Quinton Byfield’s comfortable home in Manhattan Beach, homemade cookies in a big plastic bag have been rescued from his freezer by his mother Nicole Kasper and are sitting on the kitchen island. An artificial Christmas tree still spreads red, green and blue festive cheer from

Perhaps you noticed the moment. More likely, it passed without pricking your consciousness. But there was Kevin Fiala, helping protect a 3-1 lead in an important late-season game against UtahED4. If the same thing happened in October or November, you might have wondered if Fiala had snuck

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Sometimes after he began providing analysis on LA Kings broadcasts, former Kings forward Daryl Evans would look over at broadcast partner Nick Nickson and for a moment he might close his eyes and listen to Nickson’s distinctive, rumbling description of the action on the ice,