Hey, Kansas Citian! Yeah, you! The Stanley Cup Finals between the Los Angeles Kings and the New Jersey Devils start tonight. Well, it's going on right now, but whatever. Do you need a reason to watch the series? Yes? Okay then, how about a few Kansas City connections to get you warmed to these teams and maybe find a rooting interest.
New Jersey – Formerly the KC Scouts (1974-76), moved to Denver as the Rockies, then moved to their current home in Newark in 1982. They have three Cup victories in five attempts (95, 00, and 03)
Los Angeles – Played an exhibition game at the Sprint Center the past three years. The Sprint Center is owned and operated by the ownership group of the Kings, AEG. They have zero Cup victories in one attempt (with Gretzky!).
Why you should really care: it's hockey, and once this series ends, it's the painful offseason (and the Royals will be hard to watch for the next four months, trust me).
This is as deep as it gets for a KC for primer fans, so.... yeah.
Might I also take this time to remind you of the Puck-O-Rama series that ran early this season where we helped you fine KC hockey fans without a team find the perfect KC-esque team to follow. What were those choices again?
Florida Panthers – Southeast Division Champs, lost to Devils in first round
St. Louis Blues – Central Division Champs, lost in second round to Kings
Nashville Predators – Second place in Central Division, lost in second round to Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes – Pacific Division Champs, lost in conference finals to Kings
Los Angeles Kings – it escapes me at the moment...
Blog Archive
-
▼
2012
(99)
-
▼
May
(12)
- Decoding Rex Ryan's Hockey Loyalties
- Stanley Cup Finals: Why Should Kansas Citians Care?
- The 2012-13 Heels of Hockey: The Desert Dawgz
- New Ice Rink Coming to the Northland?
- Chris Hansen: Sports Franchise Predator
- Former KC Blade in NHL's Western Conference Final
- There Are No Minor Fans in the Minor Leagues : "AA...
- Gary Bettman Announces He Hopes to Have More Annou...
- Bettman Ready to Give His Daughter Away?
- Puck Reviews: The Blue Line Sports Bar
- New York Rangers and Colorado Avalanche Come to Sp...
- The Distinguished Sports Observer's Guide to Avoid...
-
▼
May
(12)
Popular Posts
-
As NHL training caps are just around the corner, let us remember that Kansas City doesn't have an NHL exhibition game. Oh, but there is...
-
“Let me ask you this,” (Sly) James said. “Which would you rather have, the Pittsburgh Penguins or the Phoenix Coyotes? Who do you think woul...
-
"This man just got through talking about what the f--- he ain't G-D did...LONG LIVE THE SCOUTS!!!" More on this to come, obvio...
-
It certainly seems that way. While the club has made no formal announcement, both his NHLPA.com player profile as well as TSN's Ottawa ...
-
(editor's note: this story originally appeared in the Kansas City Star on June 20th. It is posted here in its entirety for posterity...