who served as the editor of Ontario Reign Insider the past two years in addition to front office duties with the Reign, now serves as Manager of Editorial Content for the Kings and his work will primarily be featured at LAKI.
Other regular contributors will include Kings personalities and content specialists such as Jack Jablonski, Jesse Cohen and - in his 40th season with the Kings - Nick Nickson. LAKI will now debut the club's LA Kings Legends Series, which so far has featured former fan favorites as Tony Granato, Larry Robinson, Brian Kilrea, Mattias Norstrom and Butch Goring, and an overall emphasis on Heritage with the Kings having been in Los Angeles for more than 50 years. LAKI will also feature regular LA Kings in the Community stories.
In addition, the Kings and John Hoven, editor of the popular Mayor's Manor website, have entered in an exclusive Content Partnership in which MayorsManor.com will remain independent but also be integrated into LAKingsInsider.com. The first of its kind in the history of LAKI, Hoven will also contribute exclusive content to LAKingsInsider.com on a monthly basis, as well as continue daily updates on MayorsManor.com.
Said Hoven, a long-time member of the local chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association:
"Since the inception of Mayor's Manor in 2009, we've had one goal in mind - to provide the most in-depth content surrounding the LA Kings organization. We take pride in using an independent voice to cover every aspect of the team's activity, on and off the ice - from the Draft, to the AHL, and every bit of NHL action.
Through the years, nothing has been more satisfying than being universally recognized as the go-to source for Kings prospect information and rankings. Now, as the team is on the verge of entering what should be an exciting chapter and another successful phase, we felt this was a great time to partner with the Kings and open up our coverage to an expanded audience via the LA Kings Insider platform. I look forward to interacting with a whole new community of fans and sharing in our combined passion for hockey. The future is beyond bright in Los Angeles and we're proud to be part of it in such a big way."
The Kings season opener takes place this Thursday as the Minnesota Wild visit STAPLES Center. Game time is 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FOX Sports West, the LA Kings Audio Network and TU LIGA (Spanish Radio).