Pregame concert

By Rich Hammond on January 12, 2009 6:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

The ice girls just came into the press room to give a rousing version of ``Happy Birthday'' to Kings broadcaster Daryl Evans, who turned...well, let's not embarrass him. Anyone who calls Kings Talk tonight can ask him how he liked his special attention.

We've been having department-wide blog issues today but I think we're back. I'm hearing Ersberg in goal tonight, but that's secondhand info at the moment.

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
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Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
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