National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman provided definition to the league's plan to resume play later this summer in a nationally televised address Tuesday afternoon.
The key takeaways for LA Kings fans:
- The Kings’ season is officially over
- Voting on league awards will consider ... Full Story
On Thursday, LA Kings President/Alternate Governor Luc Robitaille, Chief Operating Officer/Alternate Governor Kelly Cheeseman and Head Coach Todd McLellan joined Television Play by Play Broadcaster Alex Faust for a round table discussion on the logistics being undertaken in an effort to return to pl... Full Story
INSIDERS. News! News-y items! Heavy swaths of quotes will follow; the bullet points come first.
-- First, as the news shared: News. On today's conference call with reporters, General Manager Rob Blake shared that Jeff Carter isn’t yet healthy and wouldn’t be ready to play were the season to resum... Full Story
Late last week, LA Kings President Luc Robitaille, COO Kelly Cheeseman, Captain Anze Kopitar and Ambassador Bob Miller joined KCBS/KCAL Sports and AM 570 to promote the TEAMS FOR LA partnership that provides resources and capital for the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles. CLICK HERE to learn how an onlin... Full Story
Centers Alex Turcotte and Tyler Madden and defenseman Cole Hults joined LA Kings Television Play by Play Announcer Alex Faust in a Zoom video conference at noon Thursday, marking the first time all three fielded questions since they’d signed with Los Angeles. For Madden, it was his first extended me... Full Story
The LA Kings and other Los Angeles-area teams are using an online marketplace of new, recent and vintage paraphernalia to raise money that will be allocated to fluidly respond to civic challenges arising during the COVID-19 pandemic.
All of these proceeds will be transferred to the Mayor’s Fund f... Full Story
Lots more on this during the upcoming week. A consortium of Los Angeles teams will contribute to a discounted online memorabilia market with all proceeds benefiting the Mayor's Fund of Los Angeles, designed to transfer resources expeditiously and fluidly to needs that arise across the city during th... Full Story
John Crouch/Icon SportswireMonday’s Drew Doughty conference call began and evolved like so many Doughty scrums. There was a mature open to the call that even veered towards standoffish when he rejected a lay-up of a question about teammates he’d avoid quarantining with.
But T-Rex doesn’t want to... Full Story
INSIDERS. I hope you're all hanging in. Haven't been lingering in these parts for more than a few minutes lately, what with all the news a-happenin' and the children a-quarrelin', but I trust you and your family are doing as best you can. My family's condolences, love and light to anybody who has lo... Full Story
These are testing times across the globe, and in our family and community networks and our Southland hockey and friendship circles, we’re all doing what we can to ensure those around us are able to remain healthy while reducing the physical, mental and financial strains associated with a global pand... Full Story
INSIDERS. Hello from the quarantined Rosen household, which I haven't emerged from since the wee hours. Dom, my 15-month-old, is really, really into the moon these days. Moon is one of about 50 or 60 words he knows, so we like to give it a good look in the early evening and morning hours. It's been ... Full Story
March 24, 2020 – Day 12 of Quarantine
A fine Tuesday to you - if that is, in fact, what day it is. I'm being facetious, but the schedule we're currently on is even more warped than the dog-days hockey schedule when the grace and leisure normally reserved for weekends instead applies to four hours... Full Story