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The Los Angeles Kings is a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded in 1967 in Los Angeles, California. The logo of the team from 1967-88 was a crown, which the team members use on their jerseys. They played at the Forum in Inglewood, California, a suburb of the Los Angeles area, their home for thirty-two years and then moved to Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles, to begin the 1999-2000 season. This is the place where many other prominent teams struggle with each other e.g. the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers etc.

The Los Angeles Kings have not had any great success, their win just once being in 1990-91. They qualified for the post-season play after failing to get out of the first round 12 times in the 24 seasons. They advanced just once to the second round. Their biggest credit was when they won their conference championship for the first time in history and advanced to the Stanley Cup finals in the 1992-93 seasons, where they lost the series to the Montreal Canadians in five games. Their closest rival is the Anaheim Ducks, who play just 35 miles south in Anaheim, California.

History

From 1988 to 1996, Wayne Gretzky, one of the most successful players, was a part of the team. The Kings have had great players like Bill “Cowboy” Flett, Eddie “The Jet” Joyal, Eddie “the Entertainer” Shack, and Real “Frenchy” Lemieux. They were the ones to introduce the Kings to the NHL in the first few seasons. The players got colorful nicknames by owner Cooke, who thought this would add popularity to the sport in South California. He insisted that radio and television use the nicknames when referring to the above players.

The team suffered due to poor management after two good seasons. In 1972, the Kings hired Bob Pulford as their coach. The team played good five seasons under his supervision. On June 23 1975, the team acquired a great figure, Marcel Dionne. He helped his team get the second place in the James Norris Division. He lasted with the Kings for 12 years and was later traded to the New York Rangers.

On May 2006, Marc Crawford was hired as the 21st head coach of the Los Angeles Kings. On February 28 2007, the Kings and the NHL announced that the Kings would open the 2007-08 National Hockey League at the new O2 Arena in London, England. The special “NHL Premiere 2007” series will be the Kings first game outside of North America. They have signed five unrestricted free agents, including center Michal Handzus, left wings Ladislav Nagy and Kyle Calder, and defensemen Tom Preissing, Brad Stuart and Jon Klemm.

Like all NHL teams for the 2007-08 seasons, the Kings have changed their jerseys to new Reebok Edge jerseys. The logo did not change but have brought a new style with the stripes.

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