Live from Anaheim

By Rich Hammond on September 13, 2007 5:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) |

Sitting here at Honda Center, where last season ended, it's hard to believe we actually had a summer. It feels as though Game 5 of the Cup Finals could have been about a month ago, not three months.

Something else I forgot to add this morning... There are a couple familiar faces around El Segundo these days. Pete Demers is working with the training staff during camp, in order to deal with the large numbers of players in camp. Pete is doing well and will be recognized at the Hockey Hall of Fame inductions in November, as part of his recent induction into the Trainers' Hall of Fame. Bill Gurney, the Kings' video guru until last season, is back working with the team full time in the role of video technician.

Here are the rosters for tonight. Both teams are brining out the big names on defense...

KINGS: Aubin, Cloutier, Ersberg, Petiot, Johnson, Blake, Armstrong, Visnovsky, Calder, Willsie, Frolov, Klemm, Westgarth, Dallman, Ivanans, Modry, Holloway, Gauthier, Simmonds, Lewis, Moulson, Boyle, Zeiler.

DUCKS: Bryzgalov, Levasseur, Hnidy, Kunitz, Getzlaf, Parros, Kondratiev, O'Donnell, Marchant, Beauchemin, Pronger, LaCouture, Moen, Keith, Segal, King, Hoffman, Skinner, Carter, Ryan, Salcido, Wirtanen, Mikkelson, Beleskey.

3 Comments

AJ said:

wow pete is back! I always loved the guy and wish they never let him go. I don't think he had anything to do with our injury curse, the guy has been with the team a lot longer then the duration of that curse. Wish they would put him back on the team.

September 13, 2007 6:03 PM

mike said:

Rich,

What's a video technican do? Just curious.

And "Cloutier has yet to let in a goal"...hilarious. I love your sense of humor.

September 13, 2007 10:48 PM

GMatsuda said:

A video technician on an NHL team generally handles all the video a team uses for scouting/coaching/instructional purposes. Gurney handled that for the Kings for years until he was let go in Lombardi's purge of the front office. I think they've discovered that he was one of the best in the business, if not the best, from what I've heard, so they brought him back. They're lucky he wanted to come back.

September 13, 2007 11:41 PM

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