Don't call it the freeway series.
The Ducks have extended a contest to name their rivalry with the Kings.
USC-UCLA is "The Cross-town Rivalry."
Dodgers-Angels is "The Freeway Series."
Kings-Ducks is ???
It's worthy of a nickname, says Fox Sports, which is giving away tickets to all 6 Ducks-Kings games this season if you can come up with an appropriate nickname. This contest has been going on for a while, but they just extended it. Chances are if you're reading this blog, you know more about the rivalry than I do. So go here: http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=18266 and name the rivalry. It makes it easier for us media-types to refer to in print.
My suggestions (I'm ineligible to win, so steal away):
• The SoCal skate
• The Ruckus for the Puckus
• Thin Ice
• The Frozen Pool Party
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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