Happy New Year reading (my favorite Kings and Ducks stories from 2015)

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I’ve picked out three of my favorite stories from 2015. Hope you enjoy reading them (or re-reading them) as much as I did reporting and writing them:

On the AHL’s successful migration into California for 2015-16:

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20151222/ahl-migration-to-california-cities-is-a-hockey-bonanza

On the Kings’ remarkable marketing success in the wake of Stanley Cup championships in 2012 and ’14:

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20150219/winning-two-stanley-cups-has-helped-feed-the-la-kings-marketing-machine

On the enormous but silent presence of Teemu Selanne hanging over the Ducks-Winnipeg Jets first-round playoff series:

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20150421/teemu-selannes-presence-looms-over-anaheim-ducks-winnipeg-jets-series