“The team was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent Cooke was awarded an NHL expansion franchise for Los Angeles on February 9, 1966, becoming one of the six teams that began play as part of the 1967 NHL expansion.”(Retro Seasons) The Kings became one of the six teams to begin play during the 1967-68 season breaking the original 6 into a new system of 12 teams. During their inaugural season, they lost in the first round to an expansion team like the Minnesota North Stars in game seven. After that, the team struggled to do anything major for the next 20 years. Until August 9, 1988, when the king traded for Wayne Gretzky, the greatest hockey player of all time. This trade shocked the hockey world and caused a stir among Canadians as Gretzky …show more content…
The Kings are one of the most fun, exciting, and beloved teams in the NHL. The Los Angeles Kings are in the NHL (National Hockey League) and are a very prominent team as they have 2 Stanley Cups ( the trophy for winning the NHL playoffs) in the past 12 years. They are extremely popular as Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States. Along with their 2 Stanley Cups the team has also won 3 Clarence Campbell trophies ( the team who makes it to the Stanley Cup final out of the Western Conference who have won the West). in their prestigious history, those 5 trophies rank them above the rest. The Los Angeles Kings were the first NHL team to really be on the West Coast. They have impacted the West Coast’s hockey production a lot since their expansion. The West Coast has grown the game past the limits it was previously capped at. Before that time, hockey was an afterthought in LA. No one knew too much about the sport. Since the Kings have been introduced into the league, they have been at the top of the league in sales and money on the huge market in LA. According to the states, they are worth 1.3 billion in all revenue. From the 2022 season to 2023 they had a 27% increase; this was a rebound after the huge drop during the COVID season when the Kings could not sell merchandise in person or sell tickets. Also, the Kings are huge in helping kids learn the game and play, they do hockey camps, provide money to organizations to help pay for gear and ice time. Over time, their efforts have helped California become ranked at the top of most hockey states. The Kings have some very notable current players: First is Anze Kopitar, the captain of this well oiled machine. He has been captain of the Kings for a long time now, about 8 years. He is a player who produces points no matter what, he doesn't produce a lot but he does it constantly which is very hard to find nowadays. He won both cups with the Kings as an assistant captain both
This paper will examine the relationship problems associated with King Lear and his three daughters. An initial question to be had was why did this relationship become the relationship that it is. King Lear gave up his power to his daughters but that transition of power was anything but successful. William Shakespeare, the writer of King Lear lived in times where having kings were commonplace. The relationship between King Lear and his three daughters was anything but healthy. “In the primary
King Of The Congo Punishment King of Belgium, Leopold the second was responsible for the deaths and cruelty of millions due to his harsh leadership over the Congo Free State. This large area is in the modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo and at the time was rich in rubber. Congo Free State was created to improve the lives of its native inhabitants, but Leopold II took absolute control. Under his control he mutilated and killed the servants who mined for the rich resources in the land. Workers
Kyra Brown English 102—9:00 04/19/2024. Oedipus the King Research Paper. Oedipus Rex, also known as Oedipus the King, is a play written by Sophocles and first performed around 429 BC. The play is about the tragic tale of Oedipus, a man who unknowingly murders his father and marries his mother. Something I liked about Oedipus Rex was the irony that was sprinkled throughout the play. For example, Oedipus mocks Tiresias for being blind and Tiresias turns around and says that the same thing Oedipus
In Sophocles’ work, Oedipus the King, Oedipus definitely fits Aristotle’s meaning of a tragic hero which is a man of honorable importance. He is not a usual man, but a man with outstanding superiority and immensity about himself. A man of his own ruins goes for a greater cause or principle. Oedipus conveys many mistakes. In the play Oedipus the King, things really had taken a turn from good to bad. Using Aristotle’s meaning defines will be proven that Oedipus is a 1main example of a tragic hero Nobleness
King talks mostly about horror movies. He says that he loves horror movies, and that the best ones are the most aggressive. Then, King says that we are all crazy. King says that horror movies are a release. To distract us from everyday life. He also says that we watch horror films to feed our dark side. Meaning that you get your “fix”
Born in Beaumont Palace, Oxford December 24, 1166 King John was the youngest son of King Henry II and Eleanor. John was Henry's most loved child however Henry was not give him everything else he could offer to his other four sons. As a child he was always forgotten about and overshadowed by his older brothers. When his father first split up the provinces to all of his five sons, John received no share therefore he received the nickname “Lackland”. He grew up among family problems and fights, and
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947. He graduated from the University of Maine. He then became a teacher and an established writer. Stephen King is also known as John Swithen and Richard Bachman. His books have sold all over the world and have been turned into movies and TV shows. As a toddler his parents separated and his mother raised his older brother and himself. Stephen King lived in Ford, Wayne Indiana and in Stanford , Connecticut. When he turned eleven he moved to Durham, Maine
Claudius-Roman Emperor Claudius was born in Lugdunan on August 1, 10 BC and died on October 13, AD 54 in Rome at the age of 63. Claudius was born into a Royal Imperial family and was the youngest child of Drusus and Antonia Minor. Although he had other siblings, only two survived past childhood, his older brother Germanicus and his older sister Livilla. Additionally, Claudius father passed away suddenly when he was an infant leaving Antonia to raise the children. Claudius childhood was less
Stephen King has labeled himself as the ‘Big Mac of writing’, as he is the name of entire genre because of his dark stories. In the 70’s, horror was not the most popular genre in literature, but Stephen single-handedly changed this. His novels, short stories, and films have become award-winning horror classics that generated the genre. Rolling Stones asked Stephen in an interview about his choice to write horror novels and how he entered one of the least respected genres of fiction. King responded:
King James I King James the first lived during the late 1500s to the early 1600s. King James was the king of Scotland, England, and even France. Although he had a rough childhood, he ended up having a successful rule, and he also authorized the publication of the King James version of the Bible. King James’s life was an eventful one, starting with an interesting childhood that led to him becoming the king of three countries and authorizing the King James version of the Bible. King James’s early life
The tragic display of the life of Oedipus in Sophocles’ masterful work, Oedipus the King, flawlessly encompasses the consequences of fate and our obliviousness towards the future. As clarified by Bernard Knox, tragedy contends to “the problem of man’s true stature, his proper place in the universe”. Oedipus’s crimes against his family were not only fated to transpire, but they were outside of his control. Oedipus’s certainty of knowledge, his decisions based on this certainty, and cursed fate led
Oedipus the King Oedipus Rex is believed to be one of the best classical examples of the Greek classical order and what tragedy represents. Many Greek tragedies include a central character that is known to be the “tragic hero”. In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus the main character plays this role. This paper will give a brief summary of some of the characteristics of a tragic hero, while also analyzing all the major events that lead to Oedipus rise and downfall. Oedipus, the king of Thebe’s
s horror novels Stephen King, the master of American horror, is a famous and successful author. Most of his novels have been adapted for movies, which also affected many people. Stephen King has many successful movies like The Shawkshank Redemption, Carrie and The Shining. Many people like to read Stephen King's stories. In the novel, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, the author described a lot on how Larry like to read and like to read Stephen King’s horror novels. In the novel chapter 1, “In
Oedipus the King, the Anti-Tragic Tragedy Sophocles’ drama, Oedipus The King plays out the misfortune of the King of Thebes, Oedipus who kills his father and marries his mother; committing two sins of the highest order. Although this drama is a tragedy; owing to the fact that the hero comes into ruination by the end of the play, it is not tragic; in the sense that his downfall is not merely pre-dictated by destiny and the will of the Gods but is brought about by his independent decisions.
The development of the legend of king Arthur spans more than one thousand years. The legend covered from the briefest mentions of a valiant warrior that fended off the Anglo-Saxon invasions of the island, to the elaborate in-depth legend of a man destined to rule England with his Knights of the Round Table. The development of this legend is a fascinating insight to how history was written, and more interestingly not written, and who ended up writing the version that stood the test of time. History