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...Henry also was a shrewd talent evaluator. Henry, who was unavailable for comment Saturday, brought future NHL stars like Luc Robitaille and Martin Gelinas to the Olympiques, while current rising stars Claude Giroux and David Krejci also played for Gatineau. The...
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...Swift Current Broncos. The list of previous recipients also includes NHL luminaries Sidney Crosby, Eric Lindros, Joe Sakic, Luc Robitaille, Mario Lemieux, Pat LaFontaine and Dale Hawerchuk. âÂÂItâÂÂs pretty special,âÂÂâ Eberle said. âÂÂTo be a part of the history...
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...Swift Current Broncos. The list of previous recipients also includes NHL luminaries Sidney Crosby, Eric Lindros, Joe Sakic, Luc Robitaille, Mario Lemieux, Pat LaFontaine and Dale Hawerchuk. âItâs pretty special,â Eberle, an Edmonton Oilers draft pick, said....
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determination that pushed Luc Robitaille to hockey's highest honor.
It was a year of triumph, heartbreak and shame in the Southland.
From the highs of Kobe Bryant and the Lakers bringing the NBA Championship back to Los Angeles, to the lows of Manny
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L.A. Daily News
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The 21-man roster for the host National Conference will be announced on
Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET and the 21-man roster for the American Conference
will be announced at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday.
The third class will be inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame
on
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December 22, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL and the Ontario Reign announced that Hockey Hall of Fame member and Los Angeles Kings President of Business Operations Luc Robitaille will be the featured speaker at the 2010 ECHL Hall of
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In case you have been totally out of contact with the hockey world, hiding under a huge rock, or just taking a vacation from hockey, former Los Angeles Kings great and their current President/Business Operations Luc Robitaille was inducted into the
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âHope is the light that shines on the ninth-round draft picks of the world, who are too slow, who canât skate, who donât have a chance of making it, and compels them to achieve greatness anywayâ.
âLuckyâ Luc Robitaille recited this quote, which was
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This will be the first time that the NHL Entry Draft is to be held in Los Angeles.
âThis is a very exciting and this is a very special announcement,â said Kings President of Business Operations, Luc Robitaille. âThe Draft is the place so many young
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December 4, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL) Manchester Monarchs
LOS ANGELES, CA - The Los Angeles Kings, the parent club of the Manchester Monarchs, will host the 2010 NHL Entry Draft at STAPLES Center, the National Hockey League and the Kings
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BURBANK, Calif. â November 11, 2009 â On Thursday, November 12 recent inductee to the NHL Hall of Fame Luc Robitaille will take to the ice on âThe Jay Leno Showâ (Monday-Friday, 10-11 p.m. ET). The Stanley Cup winner will take penalty shots on Lenoâs
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TORONTO -- National Hockey League legends Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.
The new class featured players who stretched
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China Post
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...with the recent posts about Red Wings in this year's class of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Luc Robitaille was inducted with fellow Red Wings Brett Hull and Steve Yzerman. Robitaille's two years in Detroit were the least among the three former players inducted...
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Winging It In Motown
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Continuing with the recent posts about Red Wings in this year's class of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Luc Robitaille was inducted with fellow Red Wings Brett Hull and Steve Yzerman. Robitaille's two years in Detroit were the least among the three former
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Winging It In Motown
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In honor of one of the greatest Hockey Hall of Fame classes ever, weâre going to be accomplishing one of the greatest running diaries ever.
Or not.
Undoubtedly, tonight is a great night for four of the most dynamic, memorable, talented, and
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TORONTO -- On the day they were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, former Red Wings Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille looked back on how a young Russian and an old Russian helped forge their hockey legends.
The two players came to Detroit in 2001, when
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Detroit Free Press
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Whoever wrote the script summarizing Luc Robitaille's career for the highlight film that accompanied his hockey Hall of Fame induction Monday got it wrong.
"All Luc Robitaille did was score goals," the narrator intoned, but that wasn't true.
Robitaille
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Los Angeles Times
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Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, left to right, Brett Hull, Lou Lamoreillo, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman show off their rings after a ceremony in Toronto on Monday. (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press)
With files from Chris Iorfida,
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My life as a hockey fanatic began around the time Luc Robitaille first stepped on the ice wearing a Kings purple and gold jersey. He was immediately magic on the ice. He scored his first goal on the very first shift when he touched the puck for the
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The Hockey Hall of Fame is inducting its 2009 class â Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille, Brian Leetch and Lou Lamoriello â in Toronto on Monday night. Here is some of what the inductees had to say earlier in the day.
On their careers
Brian
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Wayne Gretzky will be on hand to watch as his former Team Canada teammates are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night. (Kevin P. Casey/Associated Press)
Lou Lamoriello's 67-year-old eyes did not deceive him. He did see Wayne
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Brian Leetch unleashed his best French-Canadian accent, a surprise to those used to his composed, at times nearly emotionless, public speaking voice.
"Michel Bergeron used to look at me and say, âWe need you now; we need you now,â" said Leetch,
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The following is part two of an updated story written for the Online Kingdom back on April 14, 2006, a few days after Los Angeles Kings left wing Luc Robitaille announced his retirement as a player. It is being re-published in honor of his induction
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The Hockey Hall of Fame received an injection of scoring, leadership and class Monday in Toronto.
In what has been called one of the strongest classes in the history of the organization, the Hall opened its doors to players Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull,
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Canada.com
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EL SEGUNDO, CA â Back on April 3, 1995, the night that all-time Los Angeles Kings great Dave Taylor had his jersey number 18 retired by the club, this reporter wrote that he was the King of Kings, earning that right above other all-time Kingsâ greats
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Hockey players know when they're around greatness. At least Kris Draper did in 2002. After his Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup that year, the longtime center made sure to get a couple autographed team jerseys.Â
Kings hero Luc Robitaille reailzed
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Sporting News
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Being inducted is a group of players who were certainly some of the gameâs greatest. Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille and Brian Leetch will be honoured next Monday night, as will New Jersey architect Lou Lamoriello. Between the five, their
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It seems like the the Los Angeles Kings have always been able to score.
From Marcel Dionne, Charlie Simmer and Dave Taylor on the âTriple Crownâ line in the 1970s, to the two-headed rookie scoring monster of Luc Robitaille and Jimmy Carson in the late 1
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The following articled appeared in the Feb. 6, 1989, edition of Sporting News Magazine.
When Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall travels around the National Hockey League with his team and counts the house, he jokes about his missed opportunity.
"I
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Sporting News
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The Montreal Canadiens, host team for this year's NHL draft, made the final pick on Saturday afternoon, selecting Finnish goalie Petteri Simila 211th overall, bringing the first part of the offseason to a close. The second day may not have the appeal
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AOL Sports
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Luc Robitaille's election to the Hockey Hall of Fame recalls that no player strongly tied to the Dodgers or Angels has been enshrined at Cooperstown since the turn of the century. . . .
Don Sutton was inducted in 1998, Nolan Ryan a year later. . . .
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Los Angeles Times
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...the most by a left wing. Robitaille was selected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File) Luc Robitaille got a phone call Tuesday, informing him he had been selected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. The whole process went much smoother...
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Long Beach Press-Telegram
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Another outstanding class (Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman) is headed to the Hockey Hall of Fame. With a four-player limit per year, not every strong candidate can make it. Which eligible player among those not yet in the
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NBC Sports
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...left wing Luc Robitaille, right, moves the puck under pressure from Calgary center Matthew Lombardi in the third period on April 15, 2006 during his final game of his 19-season career. Robitaille has been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Kings left wing...
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Los Angeles Times
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Luc Robitaille was announced today as part of the 4 players being nominated to the Hockey Hall of Fame. The other 3, Hull, Yzerman and Leetch were pretty much a forgone conclusion. There was some debate around who the 4th would be this year. I think
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Congratulations to Los Angeles Kings legend Luc Robitaille, who was selected today to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He will enter along with Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, and Brian Leetch. The ceremony will be in Toronto on November
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Igor Larionov became the group's first Hall of Fame inductee last season. If Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille make it in their first year of eligibility today, the 2002 Stanley Cup champion Red Wings will boast four Hockey Hall of Fame
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Detroit Free Press
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...Luc Robitaille plans to spend Tuesday at his desk at the Kings' El Segundo offices, but it won't be business as usual. This is the day the Hockey Hall of Fame will announce this year's inductees, and Robitaille has an excellent chance to be among them. The...
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Los Angeles Times
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Sportscasters and journalists love to mention star quality players who were drafted very low and yet went on to fame and fortune. The most cited examples that come to mind are Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille, Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg. Those are all
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SB Nation
http://www.birdwatchersanonymous.com/2009/6/22/921049/where-star-level-players-are-found
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Newyorkrangers.com reports Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. ET, the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee will announce the members of the 2009 Hall of Fame induction class. This year's nominees include Brian Leetch, Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille.
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After Sunday, is it too soon to talk Pittsburgh Penguins? For the Red Wings, maybe, but not me.
Some folks are saying the Wings will meet a decidedly tougher bird in a purely hypothetical Stanley Cup finals rematch.
Carolina coach Paul Maurice -- and
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Detroit Free Press
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There's a player in every draft that gets selected later than his performances and skills suggest he should. Usually it's because the player has shown some negative characteristics that raise doubts.
Omaha Lancers center Louis Leblanc, who was No. 13
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Silicon Valley financier William "Boots" Del Biaggio III was scrambling during the summer of 2007 to buy a significant portion of the NHL's Nashville Predators.
The 24 percent piece of the team he was after would have achieved a
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Legends of the National Hockey League will face off on the ice this week with local amateurs in a friendly game of hockey to raise money for Loma Linda University Children's Hospital.
Scheduled to play are alumni from the Kings, including Luc
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San Bernardino County Sun
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Let's, for one second, take a step back from the playoff races and examine the curious world of NHL mascots.
On Tuesday, Capitals Kremlin took an off-beat and humorous look at mascots around the NHL and determined that IceBurgh, the warm and cuddly
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Update: Before the game, the Kings will honor their five players who have had their numbers retired: Wayne Gretzky, Rogie Vachon, Dave Taylor, Marcel Dionne and Luc Robitaille. As for other reasons to see the Kings, that's a little tougher. They have
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Los Angeles Times
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The names read like a Hall of Fame checklist.
Patrick Roy. Larry Robinson. Bob Gainey. Steve Yzerman. Brett Hull. Brian Leetch. Nicklas Lidstrom. Sergei Fedorov. Luc Robitaille. Michel Goulet. Dominik Hasek. Ed Belfour.
Whether it was in Montreal,
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Adulation doesnât come easy for hockey players like Sean O'Donnell.
Unless you're a teammate, a fellow player or a serious fan attuned to all aspects of the sport, the most of important part of O'Donnell's game and those of his lot won't get the
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So far, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby's season hasn't gone as planned verbal jabs from opponents, public denouncements from the media and criticism from fans.
Plus, his club, two victories shy of the Stanley Cup last year, is currently fighting for a
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Pittsburgh Entertainment
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Thetford Mines, Que., was unveiled Saturday night as a finalist of CBC Sports' Hockeyville 2009, completing the list of five communities competing for the crown as Canada's most spirited hockey community.
CBCâs Cassie Campbell-Pascall and former NHL
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