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Facts on the Fly: 2/2/2013 Los Angeles Kings @ Team from Anaheim To my fellow Kings fans I should have warned all of you about what was going to transpire in the last game against the Predators; I knew the outcome of the game before it even happened. Let me explain; my family takes turns going to the games with me and this particular game it was my youngest daughters turn to go. The Kings have never won a game with her in attendance, not one. In her defense, she knows this and did not go to a single game during the playoffs, not because we told her she could not go, but because she refused to go. I will be going to the game, my daughter will not; so I’m saying we got a chance.
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2/2/2013: Los Angeles Kings @ Team from Anaheim
The most goals that the Kings have scored against the Team from Anaheim at home is seven in a 7-1 win over the water fowl on 12/27/1995.
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The first time the Kings shutout the water fowl was on 4/14/02. That goaltender for the Kings was Jamie Storr and the score was 1-0.
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In the 2001/02 season the two teams played a total of five games against each other; the Kings did not lose to the Team from Anaheim that season; winning four with one tie thrown in.
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Instead of writing about the Team from Anaheim here are some teams that played in California before even the Kings played their first game. There have actually been several teams that came before the Kings in California, this is just about a few of those teams.
The original San Diego Gulls team was founded in 1966 as part of the Western Hockey League. The Gulls played at the San Diego Sports Arena. Willie O'Ree, the first black athlete to play in the NHL, was an All-Star for the Gulls. His jersey is retired and presently hangs in the rafters at the San Diego Sports Arena.
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After the 1960-61 season, the Spokane Comets informed the WHL that they were considering a move to either Los Angeles or San Francisco. Los Angeles Sports Arena general manager Bill Nicholas said that he wanted to affiliate with the WHL if he could not get an NHL franchise. The WHL evaluated both the Sports Arena and the Cow Palace near San Francisco. The WHL decided to approve the transfer of the Victoria Cougars rather than the Comets on April 23, 1961 to a Los Angeles-based ownership group headed by James Piggott and Los Angeles Rams owner Dan Reeves, the new team would become the Los Angeles Blades.
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The first Los Angeles Monarchs team was part of the Pacific Hockey League (PHL) in the 1920s. The teams were formed by local athletic clubs and league games were more like weekend recreational games, rather than a competition of professional contenders. By 1929, at the dawn of the Great Depression, most of the teams folded. Only a few schools the University of Southern California, the University of California, Los Angeles and Loyola Marymount University still continued to play and support local hockey programs. Picture may not be of 1920's Monarchs, but it is a Monarchs team from long ago.
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When the Pan Pacific Auditorium opened in 1938; Los Angeles saw a new Monarchs team emerge. The Pan Pacific was capable of seating 6200 spectators for ice hockey games. The Monarchs shared the arena with the Hollywood Wolves and Pasadena Panthers. The league would be short-lived and fold after the 1941 season due to the start of World War II.
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The 1972/73 team is the next one up in the history of the Kings.
Bob Pulford became full time head coach and instituted a disciplined defense oriented system. Consequently, the Kings allowed 60 fewer goals than in 1971-72. Their penalty killing, once the worst in the NHL, was led by Jimmy Peters and Real Lemieux and was the best in the league.
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Offensively, the Kings were led by "The Hot Line," which consisted of Juha Widing, Bob Berry, and Mike Corrigan; they combined for 89 goals and 112 assists.
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After starting 1-6, the Kings went on a club record 8 game winning streak. The team got hot once again in March, going 6-4-2 to get within 2 points of the 4th place St. Louis Blues, who held the final playoff spot with 3 games to play. L.A. would suffer two straight disastrous losses to the last place California Golden Seals, and fell to 6th, missing the playoffs by 3 points.
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More did you know on your LA Kings.
Did you know that Davis Drewiske was the recipient of the Wisconsin High School Mr. Hockey Award in 2003 after his recovery from a neck fracture the year before?
Did you know that former King Adam Deadmarsh had his name spelled wrong on the Stanley Cup when he played with the Avalanche, (Deadmarch)? He may not have been the first to have it misspelled, but he was the first to have it corrected.
Did you know that former King; Ziggy Palffy is still playing hockey in Europe; even after “retiring” back in 2006? He plays for his hometown club of HK 36 Skalica and is still producing good numbers, recording 26G and 57A in 48 games last season.
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Alright how about an easy question for the trivia:
Name the players that scored the final goals for the Kings in each playoff series last year? Not necessarily game winners, (although some were), but the final goal of the last game in each series.
Sources: LAKINGS.com; NHL.com; TSN.ca; HOCKEYDB.com; HOCKEY-REFERENCE.com; GOOGLE IMAGES
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