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Los Angeles Kings
Conference	Western
Division	Pacific
Founded	1967
History	Los Angeles Kings 1967–present
Home Arena	Staples Center
City	Los Angeles, California
Colors	Purple, Silver, and Black
Media	FSN West FSN Prime Ticket KTLK (1150 AM)
Owner(s)	Philip Anschutz Edward Roski, Jr.
General Manager	Dean Lombardi
Head Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Rob Blake
Minor League Affiliates	Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL)
Stanley Cups	none
Conference Championships	1992–93
Division Championships	1990–91

The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the National Hockey League. They were part of the 1967 NHL Expansion.

Among the best players to have worn the Kings uniform are Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor, Luc Robitaille and Wayne Gretzky.

Curent Squad

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
31		Mathieu Garon (Injured)	R	2006	Chandler, Quebec
32		Barry Brust	L	2004	Swan River, Manitoba
39		Dan Cloutier	L	2006	Mont-Laurier, Quebec

<center>Defensemen
#		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Aaron Miller - A	R	2001	Buffalo, New York
4		Rob Blake - A	R	2006	Simcoe, Ontario
5		Brent Sopel	R	2006	Calgary, Alberta
8		Mike Weaver	R	2004	Bramalea, Ontario
14		Mattias Norström - C	L	1996	Stockholm, Sweden
17		Lubomir Visnovsky	L	2000	Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
28		Oleg Tverdovsky	L	2006	Donetsk, U.S.S.R.
38		Kevin Dallman	R	2006	Niagara Falls, Ontario

<center>Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
7		Derek Armstrong	C	R	2002	Ottawa, Ontario
10		Alyn McCauley (IR)	C	L	2006	Brockville, Ontario
11		Anže Kopitar	C	L	2005	Jesenice, Slovenia
13		Michael Cammalleri	C	L	2001	Richmond Hill, Ontario
15		Jeff Cowan	LW	L	2004	Scarborough, Ontario
19		Sean Avery	C	L	2003	Pickering, Ontario
21		Brian Willsie	RW	R	2006	London, Ontario
22		Craig Conroy - A	C	R	2004	Potsdam, New York
23		Dustin Brown	RW	R	2003	Ithaca, New York
24		Alexander Frolov	LW	R	2000	Moscow, U.S.S.R.
26		Marty Murray	C	L	2006	Deloraine, Manitoba
27		Scott Thornton - A	LW	L	2006	London, Ontario
29		Tom Kostopoulos	RW	R	2005	Mississauga, Ontario
41		Raitis Ivanans	LW	L	2006	Riga, U.S.S.R.

Team captains

• Bob Wall, 1967-69
• Larry Cahan, 1969-71
• Bob Pulford, 1971-73
• Terry Harper, 1973-75
• Mike Murphy, 1975-81
• Dave Lewis, 1981-83
• Terry Ruskowski, 1983-85
• Dave Taylor, 1985-89
• Wayne Gretzky, 1989-96
• Luc Robitaille, 1992-93; 2006 (interim)
• Rob Blake, 1996-2001
• Mattias Norström, 2001- present

Retired numbers

• 16 Marcel Dionne, C, 1975-87, number retired November 8, 1990
• 18 Dave Taylor, LW/RW, 1977-94, number retired April 3, 1995
• 20 Luc Robitaille, LW, 1986-94, 1997-2001, & 2003-06, number to be retired January 20, 2007
• 30 Rogatien "Rogie" Vachon, G, 1972-78, number retired February 14, 1985
• 99 Wayne Gretzky, C, 1988-96, number retired October 9, 2002