AVERY, ANNOUNCER IN CONFRONTATION.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and - The Kings' frustration over their slide out of the playoff race became palpable Friday when Sean Avery Sean Avery (born April 10, 1980 in Pickering, Ontario, Canada) is a professional hockey player in the National Hockey League, currently playing for the New York Rangers. He had formerly played for the Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings. had a heated verbal exchange with commentator Brian Hayward in the dressing room. Hayward calls games for the Mighty Ducks and will work today's Kings- Ducks game for NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . He criticized Avery during Tuesday's broadcast and accused him of running away from a confrontation with the Ducks' Todd Fedoruk. Hayward visited the locker room Friday to do prep work for today's game. Avery entered the locker room after practice and unleashed a profanity- laced tirade at Hayward, who argued back at Avery for several minutes as about 20 players, team officials and reporters watched. "You're an embarrassment," Avery said, among other unprintable un·print·a·ble adj. Not proper for publication for legal or social reasons: unprintable remarks. unprintable Adjective phrases, and Hayward responded by saying, "You want to see an embarrassment? Look in the mirror, Sean." The men remained separated by at least 10 feet for most of the exchange, although at one point Avery made a purposeful walk toward Hayward and finally was pulled away by assistant coach Ray Bennett. At one point, Avery said, "You're the reason the league doesn't have a national television deal. ... You're a (terrible) announcer and you were a (terrible) player." Hayward, an NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there goalie for 11 seasons, responded, "How would you know? When I played, you were in your third year of eighth grade." --Status report: Interim coach John Torchetti said Mathieu Garon would start in goal in today's game. Garon went down after being hit by a puck in practice but apparently suffered just a bruise. rich.hammond@dailynews.com (818) 713-3611 CAPTION(S): box Box: KINGS vs. DUCKS - Rich Hammond |
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