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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 Gretzky is the Kings' all-time leader in single season assists and points and career playoff assists and points. This is a list of franchise records for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (updated through January 13, 2024).
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 ...
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.
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 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 ...
Moreover, Pelé's #10 was retired by the New York Cosmos during the farewell of the Brazilian star on 1 October 1977, [3] probably becoming the first number ever retired in association football. [4] Mexico was a pioneer country in the use of permanent numbers in football; these were adopted in the Primera División in the 1980s. [5]