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Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired league-wide in 2000 [1]. This is a complete list of numbers retired by the National Hockey League (NHL).A retired number is a jersey number that is taken out of circulation by a team as a way of honouring a former member of that team who wore that number; after the number's retirement, members of that team are not permitted to wear the number on their jerseys ...
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The Kings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference . The team was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent Cooke was awarded an NHL expansion franchise for Los Angeles on February 9, 1966, becoming one ...
Only player to have two numbers retired by the same team. 13: Wilt Chamberlain † Los Angeles Lakers: C 1968–1973 Only player to have the same number retired by three different teams (Golden State, L.A. Lakers and Philadelphia) 16: Pau Gasol † Los Angeles Lakers: C 2008–2014
Wayne Simmonds was a second round pick for the kings in 2007. Derek Armstrong played six seasons with the Kings Michael Cammalleri began his career with the Los Angeles Kings. Justin Williams was traded to the Kings in 2009. Kyle Calder played two seasons with the Kings. Denis Gauthier played in 65 games for the Kings during the 2008–2009 season.
The Kings, along with the Los Angeles Lakers, made an even bigger move in 1999, as they left The Forum, after 32 seasons, and moved to the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, which was built by Anschutz and Roski. Staples Center was a state-of-the-art arena, complete with luxury suites and all the modern amenities that fans and athletes ...
The Kings retired Wayne Gretzky’s No. 99 and unveiled a statue of him outside the arena. The NHL had retired Gretzky’s number leaguewide in 1999, when he retired as a player, but he delayed ...
Three players in the major North American sports leagues have had their numbers retired by all teams in their respective leagues, those being Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, Wayne Gretzky, arguably by many as the greatest hockey player in NHL history [20] [21], and Bill Russell, the most successful player in NBA history in terms of total ...
In 1985 #16 belonging to Marcel Dionne was retired. Five years later in 1995 the Kings retired former teammate of Dionne, Dave Taylor's #18 after seventeen years with the team. Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired by the league in 2000 and later by the Kings in 2002. [63] The most recent number retired was #23, for Dustin Brown in 2023.