After two years of wearing No. Mitchell respectfully declined. In the past two years Doughty has been nominated for the Norris Trophy, won a gold medal with Team Canada at the Olympics, and earned the No.
Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Your sports. Read More See Full Story. Nickname Kings — Owner Jack Kent Cooke chose Kings as the team nickname from entries submitted in a fan contest receiving more than 7, potential names.
Championship Stanley Cup 2 , Who is the greatest Los Angeles Kings? To qualify as a greatest player for this team, the player must have played one season for this team. If not, we will remove the player. Los Angeles Kings Team Formation. Read More. To that end, in the summer of , the Kings made a high-profile trade acquiring Viktor Arvidsson from the Nashville Predators for a pair of draft picks, both in rounds where the Kings owned multiple selections.
The Kings also dipped into the free-agent market this summer, signing highly sought-after, two-way center Phillip Danault and veteran defender Alex Edler, in addition to forward T. Tynan and goaltender Garret Sparks. With the remaining core of Stanley Cup champions still in place and a stable of young, talented prospects ready to enter the fold, the trio of veterans added this offseason join a roster poised to forge a new era in Kings history.
Behind the Scenes. By Jesse Cohen. September 9, Share This Article. Following an opening-round playoff loss in , Los Angeles would fail to make the playoffs for the next six seasons — their longest playoff drought in franchise history. There would also be a revolving door of players too. A shrewd developer of talent and a keen eye for top-notch prospects, Lombardi was able to stack his team for the future with a slew of acquisitions.
The s would see the many years of highs and lows finally culminate into a Cup-winning team for Los Angeles. Not only did the Kings finally — and truly — put a non-traditional hockey market like California onto the map, but they became one of the more successful franchises of the decade.
They first caught fire at the end of the season, when they went on a tear of 12—4—3 in the final 19 games of the regular season to squeak into the playoffs. The Kings secured the eighth and final playoff spot in their second-to-last game of the season. Once the playoffs got underway, the upstart Kings would dispel the Vancouver Canucks , St.
Los Angeles was fueled by the brilliant goaltending of Quick, and the postseason scoring punch of Kopitar, Doughty, Justin Williams, team captain Dustin Brown, Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, and Dustin Penner, who each reached double digits in playoff scoring that season.
They would repeat the feat of becoming Stanley Cup winners just two seasons later in Worth noting too that they nearly defended their title in by making it all the way to the semi-finals, before barely losing to the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime of Game Five. While the secondary run ultimately fell short, Los Angeles would nonetheless be at the top of the mountain once more in the following season.
Having much of the same composition as the squad, the Kings enlisted newcomers like Marian Gaborik, Robyn Regehr, Tanner Pearson, and Tyler Toffoli to secure their second Cup victory. They did so off of a solid regular-season record. It would take Los Angeles three consecutive 7-game series to eliminate the San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks, and Blackhawks in order to get themselves back into the Final. Once there, the Kings needed just five games to topple the Rangers and reacquire the Cup.
This time around it would be veteran Justin Williams who would be the Conn Smythe recipient after he went in scoring through 26 postseason games. The second half of the s ended up being more lackluster for the Kings.
They missed the playoffs in , and , while suffering opening round losses during the appearances in between. That being said, their most key players continued to produce and are still among the best in the NHL. Kopitar remains as one of the premier two-way players in the game today, and has won the Selke Trophy as the top defensively-minded forward in the game in both and
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