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Los Angeles monarchs
L.A. was in the pacific coast hockey league and their team was called the Los Angeles monarchs -
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L.A. Kings formation
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Los Angeles blades.
– L.A. was also in the western hockey league and their team was called the Los Angeles blades. -
WHL
he WHL teams thought that all of their teams would be turned into expansion teams for the NHL -
Jack Kent Cooke
Jack Kent Cooke paid the NHL 2 million dollars to add L.A. to the expansion -
Coliseum Commission
Cooke wasn’t allowed to have the kings play at the Coliseum Commission because it was signed to the blades so he constructed his own arena for the 1967-68 season -
first game
the kings played their first game against the flyers winning 4-2 at the long beach arena because theirs was not completed for the season