Here’s something cool out of the Kings’ trip to Washington, D.C., today. Wayne Simmonds, along with Willie O’Ree, the NHL’s first black player, and the Caps’ Donald Brashear and Nicklas Backstrom, was scheduled to visit the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club in Southeast D.C. The club includes the oldest minority youth hockey program in the U.S. “I always want to give back and I think it’s a good thing that we’re doing it,” Simmonds told the Kings’ web site. “It’s always good to support the cause and help out the little kids.”

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