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As I continue to go through the great questions, I thought I would post Don's interview with former King Jay Wells, as part of catching up with some of the most popular Kings of the recent past. Don got some great stories out of Jay, which makes this a really good read...
Continue reading Catching up with...Jay Wells.
As part of his series, tracking down some of the most popular Kings of the recent past, Don tracked down Kelly Hrudey, Kings goalie from 1989 to 1996. Hrudey, now 47, is best known, of course, for helping the Kings reach the Stanley Cup Finals in 1993. Hrudey now serves as a commentator for CBC's ``Hockey Night in Canada.'' Thanks to Don for the great interview...
Continue reading Catching up with...Kelly Hrudey.
Don has brought another great new feature to the site, in which he will attempt to catch up with as many former Kings greats as possible. He started with a good one, as he tracked down Bernie Nicholls, best known for his 70-goal season in 1988-89. In the interview, Nicholls talks about some of his glory days and gives an update about what he's up to these days.
As a bit of a refresher, here's one of Nicholls' more memorable goals from that 1988-89 season.
Continue reading Catching up with...Bernie Nicholls.
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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 rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
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.com.
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