Los Angeles Kings Memorabilia & Collectibles

They are member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League. The Los Angeles Kings are professional ice hockey team that is based in Los Angeles, California. On February 9, 1966, the team was founded. It is when Jack Kent Cooke was awarded an NHL expansion franchise for Los Angeles. Then, the Los Angeles Kings became part of the six teams that were able to play in the 1967 NHL expansions. The first season of the team was opened at the Long Beach Arena and that was on October 14, 1967. The team was able to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers. Two months after that, they started to play their home games at the Long Beach and at the same time in Sports Arena. At present, the team’s home arena is in the Staples Center. Moreover, the team was able to finish in second place of the Western Division in the first season that they have.

 

 

Winner of one conference championship and one division championship, the Los Angeles Kings is a professional hockey team for the National Hockey League. Founded in the year 1966, the team has produced notable players and their own stories to tell in the NFL history.

 

One of the remarkable trophies that the Kings received was the Campbell Conference Trophy. A trophy awarded to the playoff champions in the Western Conference, the team had one in the 1992-93 season. Aside from that, the Los Angeles Kings also had various trophies awarded to their lineup of players. Art Ross Trophies were awarded to Marcel Dionne, former center, and Wayne Gretzky for leading the league in scoring a number of points all throughout the season.

 

The Los Angeles Kings' high season was in 1992 to 1993. Despite the absence of their team captain and scoring leader, the team managed to reign in the league and won the championship title for the conference. That same season, fans saw the players from the Kings rise to the occasion to lift their team to victory. One of them was 1986-87 NHL Rookie of the Year Luc Robitaille who led the first 39 games well. Alongside with him were players Tony Granato, Tomas Sandstorm, Rob Blake, Marty McSorley, Alexei Zhitnik, and Kelly Hrudey. Together they finished with a record of 38-35-10 scoring 88 points finishing third in the Smythe Division.

 

The team has produced a lot of impressive hockey players. Rogie Vachon was one of these players making the most shoutouts in the 1976-77 season. The latest is Jonathan Quick who made the most wins in the season of 2009-2010. The Kings' top 10 scoring leaders include Luc Robitaille who made a total of 1154 points along with Dave Taylor who hit the 1000 mark finishing as 3rd scoring leader. For such an achiever in the league, it is but right to say that one has to purchase a Luc Robitaille collectible to shout out his/her to support to this athlete.

 

In 84 regular season games, the team has established itself in the NHL with a record of 63 goals plus 62 assists.