Ivanans takes off the handcuffs
Ivanans said he will take off the mask tonight and is free to fight for the first time since he broke his cheekbone Nov. 2 in San Jose. Coincidentally, the Kings host the Sharks tonight. He said he won't hesitate to drop his gloves because of the injury.
``It's been six weeks and it's healed up nicely, so I should be OK,'' Ivanans said.

Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at 

A fight at a Kings game? Maybe in the stands...