Rink tour reminder

By Jill Painter on January 3, 2009 5:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) |

In case you want to rub elbows with any of the Kings players, broadcasters and coaches, here's the schedule for tomorrow's rink tour around Southern California:

*** NEWS ADVISORY ***

WHO: Los Angeles Kings

WHAT: 2009 Rink Tour

WHEN: TOMORROW (Sunday, January 4)

WHERE: Southern California

The Los Angeles Kings will visit eight Southern California area ice rinks for the fourth-annual 2009 LA KINGS RINK TOUR tomorrow (Sunday, January 4), beginning at 2:30 p.m.

Groups of Kings players, coaches, broadcasters and alumni will travel to each rink in the program to conduct on-ice clinics with youth hockey players and take part in autograph session with fans, as the club continues its outreach and commitment to growing the sport of hockey.

There is no admission charge for fans at each rink. The players will be at each rink from 2:30 - 4 p.m. The eight rinks featured are:

Aliso Viejo Ice Palace - 9 Journey, 949-643-9648
Erik Ersberg, Anze Kopitar, Brad Richardson

Iceoplex Simi Valley - 131 West Easy Street, 805-520-7465
Peter Harrold, Jack Johnson, Patrick O'Sullivan, Jim Fox, Bob Miller

Ontario Ice Skating Center - 201 S. Plum Street, 909-986-4231
Drew Doughty, Teddy Purcell, Kyle Quincey

Ice Chalet, Palos Verdes - 550 Deep Valley Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, 310-541-6630
Derek Armstrong, Dustin Brown, Sean O'Donnell, Nelson Emerson

KHS Ice Arena, Anaheim - 1000 E. Cerritos Avenue, 714-502-9185
Alexander Frolov, Raitis Ivanans, John Zeiler, Mark Hardy

Pickwick Ice Arena, Burbank - 1001 W. Riverside Drive, 818-845-5300
Kyle Calder, Matt Greene, Jarret Stoll, Daryl Evans, Nick Nickson

Valley Ice Center, Panorama City - 8750 Van Nuys Blvd., 818-893-1784
Denis Gauthier, Michal Handzus, Tom Preissing, Jamie Kompon, Bailey (Team Mascot)

Channel Island Ice Arena, Oxnard - 830 Wagon Wheel Road, 805-988-4440
Brian Boyle, Jonathan Quick, Wayne Simmonds, Terry Murray

Note: Player assignments subject to change

The Kings next play tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers at 7:30 p.m. at STAPLES Center. The game will be broadcast on FS West, KTLK AM 1150 and the Kings Radio Network.

For all Kings ticket information, call 1-888-KINGS-LA and visit www.LAKings.com.

See the Kings' All-Star Video and vote for your 2009 Kings All-Stars by visiting LAKings.com/allstar.

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2 Comments

anon said:

Why no Ice Station?

January 3, 2009 7:38 PM

Lacey said:

I'm really sad they decided to pass on Ice Town in Riverside this year. I was really looking forward to going this year. The other rinks are just too far.

January 3, 2009 11:16 PM

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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