KINGS IN THE 'RACE' NHL: TEAM-BUILDING EXERCISE HAS PLAYERS RUNNING ALL OVER L.A. KINGS VS. DALLAS (LATE).Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer The Kings returned to action Saturday night after a season-long six days between games. Despite the lengthy layoff, the players didn't get much rest. Only Sunday was a real day off. Though they didn't practice Tuesday, the events of the day ended up being more exhausting for the Kings. The players didn't know what to expect when they arrived at Toyota Sports Center The Toyota Sports Center (formerly HealthSouth Training Center) is a practice facility for the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Sparks, and the Los Angeles Kings, located on 555 North Nash Street in El Segundo, California. at 7:30 a.m. and were told to hand over their wallets and cell phones. It turned out they walked into a reality television show. In a variation of "The Amazing Race," the players were broken into four teams and given tasks to complete in a team-building exercise. The tasks were to stand on a surfboard in the ocean for five seconds at Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. , teach a 10-minute lesson at Torrance Elementary School elementary school: see school. , hit a ball on the fly to the outfield grass at Dodger Stadium • • [ , locate Kings broadcaster Jim Fox Jim Fox may refer to:
The players took cabs from location to location, though they needed to hitch rides for one leg. "It was cool," goalie Jason Labarbera said. "We didn't know what the next task was going to be. To hit baseballs at Dodger Stadium was awesome. I wanted to stay there all day. ... We all had to do our part and act like a team, so that was a good lesson to take away." The whole deal was filmed and will air as a special show on FSN (Full-Service Network) A communications network that provides shopping, movies on demand and access to databases and a variety of interactive services. West in the coming weeks. The Kings asked for the winners not to be revealed before the show airs. "It was a lot of work," LaBarbera said. "The last thing you want to do on a day off is exercise, but it was still a fun thing." Doing their part The Kings wore commemorative California State Firefighters' Association patches on their jerseys during Saturday's game against Dallas. After the game, each player was to sign his jersey so it can be auctioned off on the official NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there Web site with proceeds going to victims of the recent area fires. More than 1,500 firefighters and volunteers were welcomed to the game, with Fire Captains doing the ceremonial dropping of the puck. Radio changes Kings games on Nov. 13, Jan. 31, Feb. 10, Feb. 28 and March 2 will air on 1260-AM rather than the usual 1150-AM. Scratches Defenseman Tom Preissing was a healthy scratch from Saturday's game. Kevin Dallman played in his place, only the third time he's been active this season. Raitis Ivanans was added to the injured reserve list Injured Reserve is a special sports reserve list for professional teams to use if a player is injured and unable to play for a period of time. It is used so that that player does not take up a roster spot. In baseball, a similar list called the disabled list is used. retroactive to Nov. 2 with a fractured cheekbone cheek·bone n. See zygomatic bone. . He missed his second consecutive game with the injury, which caused him headaches during the week. He's eligible to be activated at any time and could play Tuesday. Veteran Scott Thornton got off the bench in Ivanans' absence. Rich Hammond contributed matthew.kredell@dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Dallas center Mike Ribeiro, right, takes a shot past Kings defenseman Rob Blake for a goal Saturday. Mark Avery/Associated Press |
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