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| Kings put Palffy on injured reserve list |
NHL Hockey |
10/19/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - Los Angeles Kings right wing Ziggy Palffy was put on the injured reserve list Saturday due to a left groin strain. The move is retroactive to October 13. Palffy suffered the injury October 12 against the Detroit Red Wings. He is eligible to return to the Kings' lineup for the start of the team's upcoming five-game road trip, which commences on Wednesday in Detroit. Last season, Palffy had 32 goals and 27 assists. He has a goal and two assists over two contests this season. The |
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| Kings Team Report: Familiar foe hands Kings first loss |
NHL Hockey |
10/18/2002 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Kings finally tasted defeat Thursday night when Peter Forsberg and the Colorado Avalanche picked up a 4-1 victory at the Staples Center. It was the Avalanche who handed the Kings their last loss when they edged LA in a gritty seven-game first-round series a year ago. In fact it has been Colorado that has ended the Kings' last two campaigns with consecutive seven- game playoff victories. "There has to be respect," LA coach Andy Murray told the Los Angeles Times. "We've fought t |
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| Canucks, Ducks both hope to get back on track at Pond |
NHL Hockey |
10/18/2002 |
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| a three-game losing streak when they continue a four-game homestand at the Pond Friday against the Vancouver Canucks. After winning their first game under new coach Mike Babcock, the Ducks have dropped three straight, including a 4-2 setback to the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. Dan Bylsma and Steve Rucchin recorded the two goals while Keith Carney had a pair of assists in the loss for Anaheim, which was 0-for-7 on the power play. Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 34 saves, but absorbed his third straight loss. Adam |
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| LA Kings retire Gretzky's number |
NHL Hockey |
10/10/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Kings retired Wayne Gretzky's No. 99 jersey in a special ceremony before the team's 2002-03 regular season opener Wednesday night at the Staples Center. LA went on to a 4-1 victory against the Phoenix Coyotes, the team "the Great One" currently serves as managing partner. Before the game, a bronze statue of Gretzky in his Kings uniform was unveiled outside the Staples Center. Gretzky, 41, the greatest scorer in the history of the National Hockey League with 2,8 |
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| Gretzky Night in LA: No. 99 heads to the rafters |
NHL Hockey |
10/09/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Kings will honor legendary Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky prior to the start of their 2002-03 season opener at the Staples Center tonight against the team the Great One currently serves as managing partner, the Phoenix Coyotes. Gretzky, who played with the Kings from 1988-96, will be recognized in a pregame ceremony that will include his famous No. 99 sweater being raised to the Staples Center rafters, making him the fourth King to have his jersey retired by the c |
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| 2002-03 NHL Season Outlook |
NHL Hockey |
10/09/2002 |
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| the 90-point mark for the fifth straight season. Anything more than that is contingent upon a couple things -- Sean Burke putting together a third consecutive all-star effort, and Daniel Briere and Daymond Langkow repeating their career seasons. 9. Los Angeles Kings - LA believes it can improve from within as it continues to lose key pieces year after year, but the approach seems puzzling when you consider that its Pacific Division brethren -- San Jose, Phoenix, Dallas and Anaheim -- were all players of some so |
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| Kings sign free agent defenseman |
NHL Hockey |
10/09/2002 |
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| El Segundo, CA (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Kings signed free agent defenseman Brad Norton to a one-year contract on Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. The 27-year old Norton, who was a training camp tryout with the Kings, registered an assist in six preseason games. He handed out two assists in 22 games with the Florida Panthers last season while adding 10 helpers in 40 games for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League. The Kings also announced that defenseman Aaron Mill |
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| Rangers sign right wing Ward |
NHL Hockey |
10/01/2002 |
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| National League last season, tallying eight goals and 19 assists. He has appeared in three preseason games for the Rangers and has collected one goal and one assist. The 6-foot, 200-pound Ward has appeared in 529 career NHL games with the Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins, and has notched 95 goals and 129 assists along with 429 penalty minutes. Ward was originally selected by Vancouver with their sixth choice, 128th overall, in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. |
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