LA Kings to Honor Mark Hardy at Legends Night on Saturday vs Oilers

The LA Kings will
honor defenseman Mark Hardy at STAPLES Center tomorrow night
to conclude the club's popular 2017-18 Legends Night Series, presented by McDonald's.
Hardy played 11 seasons with the Kings and ranks fourth all-time in games played among club defensemen.
Kings Team Ambassador and Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Miller will M.C. the pregame ceremony which takes place prior to the Kings-Edmonton Oilers game at 7 p.m.

Born in Switzerland, Hardy enjoyed a 15-year NHL career, playing 11 seasons in Los Angeles.
Selected in the second round, 30th overall by the Kings at the 1979 Entry Draft, he currently ranks 20th on the all-time Kings scoring list with 303 points.
Among Kings defensemen all-time, he ranks third in assists (250), fourth in games played (616) and points (303), fifth in penalty minutes (858) and seventh in goals (53).
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The son of Olympic figure skater Barbara Wyatt, Hardy played 915 career NHL games, scoring 62 goals and adding 306 assists for 368 points while racking up 1,293 penalty minutes.
His first stint with the Kings started in 1979-80, when he appeared in 15 games as a rookie. He would appear in at least 74 games during each of the next five seasons and set career highs with 14 goals and 53 points during the 1984-85 campaign. Hardy stayed in LA until he was traded to the New York Rangers during the 1987-88 season.
After several seasons on Broadway and a short stint with the Minnesota North Stars, Hardy returned to Los Angeles for 11 games during the 1992-93 season. That season, the Kings made their first-ever appearance in the Stanley Cup Final. Hardy finished his NHL career by playing 16 games in Los Angeles the following season.
Hardy played a significant role in the "Miracle on Manchester," a playoff game between the Kings and Oilers that took place on April 10, 1982, at The Forum. The contest was the third of a five-game playoff series between the teams, with Edmonton heavily favored as the No. 1 seed.

After splitting the first two games, the Kings trailed the Oilers 5-0 in the third period.
Jay Wells, Doug Smith and Charlie Simmer each scored for LA to cut the deficit to 5-3. With just over four minutes to play, Hardy found the back of the net to make it a 5-4 game.
Steve Bozek scored a power play goal with just five seconds remaining to send the game to overtime. Daryl Evans then completed the largest comeback in NHL playoff history as he scored 2:35 into the extra frame to lift the Kings to a 6-5 victory.
Hardy also had two assists in the game and the Kings would eventually go on to win the series.
Each of the goal scorers from the Miracle on Manchester team was honored in a special Legends Night ceremony on New Year's Eve in 2016.

Following his playing career, Hardy returned to Los Angeles as an assistant coach starting in 1999-00. After six years behind the bench with the Kings, he joined the Chicago Blackhawks as an assistant coach for the 2006-08 seasons, then came back to LA once again as an assistant coach from 2008-10. Hardy also served as an assistant coach with the ECHL's Ontario Reign from 2011-14, the AHL's Chicago Wolves from 2014-16, and the Tucson Roadrunners from 2016-17. He currently serves as a special assistant coach with the new Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL).