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December 23, 2013
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Behind THE NAME
In a city of stars, there’s only one monarch, the Los Angeles Kings. The late Canadian entrepreneur, Jack Kent Cooke, who owned the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and later the NFL’s Washington Redskins, selected “Kings” from public entries as the moniker for his expansion hockey franchise in 1967. Though there was a team called the Los Angeles Monarchs that played during the 1930s in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, Cooke’s new team was more closely connected to the Lakers in rich color livery of purple and gold along with their royal crown logo. In 1988, the team’s colors changed to the more menacing black, silver and white scheme to coincide with the acquisition of Wayne Gretzky.…
Behind THE MASK
ONDREJ PAVELEC | WINNIPEG JETS Tired of being assaulted with shots every night, Pavelec is fighting back. His mask, by David Gunnarsson, features an aerial assault, with multiple angry-looking bombs reigning from the heavens. Each bomb is branded with Winnipeg’s alternate logo.…
SILVER GRAPES
IT WAS SUMMER 1995 AND Donald S. Cherry was red in the face. He crouched in a darkened corner of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, surrounded by glass cases of memorabilia. Dressed in full Scottish Highlander attire, he was trying to complete his ensemble with the all-important kilt. He and his wife. Rose, had matching ones made. Only he couldn’t get the kilt on for the life of him. He struggled and struggled, but it was too tight. “I thought, holy s---, have I put on that much weight since the last time I put it on?” Don says. Down the hall, his son Tim waited with a full camera crew. Where was Dad? Half an hour passed. “I’m thinking, ‘What the hell is going on?’ Tim says. “I go…
EAT CROW, NOT DUCK
AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE SEE HAM-pus Lindholm play, they quickly realize he’s just 19 – going on 30. The selection of Lindholm by the Anaheim Ducks as the sixth pick in the defenseman-loaded 2012 NHL draft raised quite a few eyebrows, especially with the more-hyped Mathew Dumba and Jacob Trouba still on the board. Lindholm’s work for the Ducks in the first quarter of his rookie season is raising eyebrows for a different reason. A high level of poise and smarts in his game makes you wonder if the birthdate on his driver’s license or passport should be checked and verified. “It’s unbelievable the way he plays at his age,” says Francois Beauchemin, Lindholm’s defense partner. “He knows how well he can play. He uses his ability to do that.” The…
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