Frozen Fury

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Frozen Fury is an annual pre-season ice hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL), held in Salt Lake City since 2021. A previous incarnation of the series was held between the Kings and the Colorado Avalanche in Las Vegas from 1997 to 2016. On four occasions, the Los Angeles Kings faced different teams instead of the Avalanche, once each against the Arizona Coyotes, the San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers, and the Dallas Stars.[1][2][3] The 15th Frozen Fury was originally supposed to take place on September 29, 2012, but was cancelled due to the NHL lockout.[4] It resumed September 27–28, 2013, with the New York Rangers making their debut in the series.

The first game to be played in Las Vegas was also the first outdoor game in the league's history: 14,000 fans came to a rink set up outside Caesars Palace to see the Kings defeat the New York Rangers 5–2 on September 28, 1991. The air temperature was 85 °F (29 °C) during the game. The game served as a predecessor to both the Frozen Fury series (which was played indoors) and the NHL Winter Classic, the annual regular season game held on New Year's Day that began in 2008.

From 1997 to 2015, these games were played at MGM Grand Garden Arena; in 2016, they were played at T-Mobile Arena.[5] The 2016 games were the end of the original tradition, due to the launch of the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017–18 season.[6]

In 2021, a new Frozen Fury series was launched at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City between the Kings and the Golden Knights.[7]

The games[]

Frozen Fury I (1997)[]

September 20 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 OT Colorado Avalanche Recap


Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st COL Josef Marha Brent Severyn, Eric Messier 13:13 1–0 COL
2nd LAK Roman Vopat (PP) Brad Smyth, Rob Blake 2:06 1–1
COL Eric Messier Jari Kurri, Joe Sakic 14:51 2–1 COL
3rd LAK Olli Jokinen (PP) Luc Robitaille, Ray Ferraro 4:12 2–2
LAK Craig Johnson Rob Blake 12:27 3–2 LAK
COL Joe Sakic Peter Forsberg, Claude Lemieux 19:20 3–3
OT LAK Donald MacLean Doug Zmolek, Jan Vopat 2:51 4–3 LAK

Frozen Fury II (1998)[]

September 19 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Recap


September 20 Colorado Avalanche 5–4 Los Angeles Kings Recap


Frozen Fury III (1999)[]

September 11 Los Angeles Kings 4–0 Phoenix Coyotes Recap


Frozen Fury IV (2000)[]

September 30 Colorado Avalanche 5–4 Los Angeles Kings Recap


Frozen Fury V (2001)[]

September 22 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 San Jose Sharks Recap


Frozen Fury VI (2002)[]

October 5 Los Angeles Kings 6–5 Colorado Avalanche Recap


Frozen Fury VII (2003)[]

September 23 Los Angeles Kings 3–1 Colorado Avalanche Recap


Frozen Fury VIII (2005)[]

September 24 Colorado Avalanche 2–1 OT Los Angeles Kings Recap


Frozen Fury IX (2006)[]

September 23 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Recap


Frozen Fury X (2007)[]

September 22 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 SO Colorado Avalanche Recap


Frozen Fury XI (2008)[]

September 27 Colorado Avalanche 4–3 SO Los Angeles Kings Recap


Frozen Fury XII (2009)[]

September 26 Los Angeles Kings 5–3 Colorado Avalanche Recap


Frozen Fury XIII (2010)[]

October 2 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Recap


Frozen Fury XIV (2011)[]

October 1 Colorado Avalanche 4–1 Los Angeles Kings Recap


Frozen Fury XV (2013)[]

September 27 Los Angeles Kings 4–1 New York Rangers Recap


Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st LAK Anze Kopitar Drew Doughty, Justin Williams 0:15 1–0 LAK
LAK Jeff Carter (PP) Mike Richards, Matt Frattin 11:39 2–0 LAK
NYR J. T. Miller Anton Stralman, Oscar Lindberg 14:06 2–1 LAK
LAK Mike Richards (PP) Unassisted 17:27 3–1 LAK
2nd LAK Trevor Lewis Jarret Stoll, Robyn Regehr 16:15 4–1 LAK
3rd No scoring this period


September 28 Colorado Avalanche 3–2 Los Angeles Kings Recap


Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st LAK Mike Richards (PP) Unassisted 16:38 1–0 LAK
2nd LAK Mike Richards 2 (PP) Matt Frattin, Jarret Stoll 0:14 2–0 LAK
COL Ryan O'Reilly Steve Downie, Matt Duchene 8:11 2–1 LAK
COL Gabe Landeskog Alex Tanguay, Andre Benoit 12:58 2–2
COL Gabe Landeskog 2 (PP) Andre Benoit, Paul Stastny 16:06 3–2 COL
3rd No scoring this period

Frozen Fury XVI (2014)[]

October 4 Colorado Avalanche 3–2 SO Los Angeles Kings Recap


Frozen Fury XVII (2015)[]

October 3[8] Los Angeles Kings 4–0 Colorado Avalanche Recap  
None Scoring stats Dustin Brown, Kyle Clifford
Trevor Lewis
Marian Gaborik
Reto Berra (28 saves) Goalie stats Jonathan Quick (14 saves)


Frozen Fury XVIII (2016)[]

October 7 [9] Dallas Stars 6–3 Los Angeles Kings Recap


October 8 [10] Colorado Avalanche 2–1 OT Los Angeles Kings Recap


Frozen Fury SLC I (2021)[]

September 30[11] Vegas Golden Knights 1-3 Los Angeles Kings Recap


Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st LAK Brendan Lemieux Austin Strand 1:45 1–0 LAK
2nd LAK Lias Andersson Gabriel Vilardi, Vladimir Tkachev 1:48 2–0 LAK
3rd VGK Danill Miromanov Nicolas Roy 4:30 2–1 LAK
LAK Arthur Kaliyev (PP) Quinton Byfield, Vladimir Tkachev 9:35 3–1 LAK

Records[]

Team Games Wins Losses Win %
Los Angeles Kings 22 13 9 .591
Colorado Avalanche 16 7 9 .438
Arizona Coyotes 1 0 1 .000
New York Rangers
San Jose Sharks
Vegas Golden Knights

References[]

  1. ^ "Kings History in Las Vegas".
  2. ^ "Los Angeles reclaims Frozen Fury crown at MGM Grand - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". 26 September 2009.
  3. ^ http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/article.php?aID=4954
  4. ^ "2012 Preseason Schedule Unveiled".
  5. ^ Carp, Steve (April 3, 2016). "T-Mobile Arena is built for hockey". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Carp, Steve (October 8, 2016). "Avalanche edge Kings in overtime in Frozen Fury finale". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  7. ^ "LA Kings to Play Frozen Fury Preseason Game in Salt Lake City". NHL.com. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  8. ^ "Frozen Fury XVII In Las Vegas Date Announced". Los Angeles Kings. April 1, 2015.
  9. ^ "Tickets for 'Frozen Fury' games at T-Mobile Arena go on sale June 24". 13 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Live blog: Los Angeles vs Colorado". 9 October 2016.
  11. ^ "LA Kings to Play Frozen Fury Preseason Game in Salt Lake City". 11 October 2021.
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