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The Sports Report Hall of Fame, Kings/Ducks edition

Those of you who publication nan Dodgers Dugout newsletter cognize that for nan past fewer years, we person done a Dodgers Dugout Hall of Fame, asking readers to ballot for erstwhile Dodgers whom they judge should beryllium successful this much fan-oriented Hall of Fame. Clayton Kershaw was nan astir caller inductee.

Which sewage maine reasoning (always a vulnerable thing), what if we had a Sports Report Hall of Fame, arsenic selected by nan readers, of group who made a immense effect connected nan section sports scene?

The measurement it works: Each Thursday complete nan adjacent fewer weeks, you will spot a database of candidates. A different class each week.

This week, nan class is nan NHL (Kings/Ducks). You tin ballot for up to 10 people. You don’t person to ballot for 10, you tin ballot for immoderate number up to and including 10. Your ballot should dangle connected what nan personification did connected and disconnected nan section only arsenic a personnel of nan Kings aliases Ducks. The remainder of their profession doesn’t count.

If there’s a sanction not connected present that you deliberation should be, please nonstop maine an email truthful that personification tin beryllium included successful adjacent year’s ballot.

Any records mentioned are astatine nan clip that personification retired.

Whoever is named connected astatine slightest 75% of nan ballots will beryllium elected. The 10 group receiving nan fewest votes will beryllium dropped from early ballots for astatine slightest nan adjacent 2 years. A personification must beryllium retired arsenic a subordinate to look connected nan ballot.

How do you vote? For this week’s ballot, click here. Results will beryllium announced each Tuesday.

So, without further ado, present is nan ballot for nan Kings/Ducks category.

Rob Blake—Won nan Norris Trophy arsenic champion defenseman successful 1998 pinch 1 of nan champion hep checks successful convention history. Now nan team’s GM.

Dustin Brown—Served arsenic squad skipper from 2008-2016 and was nan first Kings subordinate to ever hoist nan Stanley Cup. He vanished pinch 20 points successful 20 games that postseason and was astir apt nan toughest, astir beingness subordinate successful Kings history.

Randy Carlyle—Coached nan Ducks to their first, and truthful acold only, Stanley Cup title. His 384 games won arsenic coach is by acold nan astir successful squad history.

Marcel Dionne—Some see him nan top King successful history. He scored 550 goals and had 1,307 points successful 921 games. Led nan convention pinch 137 points successful 1979-80.

Ryan Getzlaf—The 19th wide action successful nan 2003 NHL draft, Getzlaf was a personnel of nan Ducks’ 2007 Stanley Cup title team. Getzlaf is nan Ducks’ all-time leader successful games played, assists, and points and nan all-time playoff leader successful goals, assists and points. He led nan Ducks successful assists 12 times, including a franchise grounds 66 successful 2008–09, and successful points 8 times.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere—After an astonishing tally successful nan 2003 playoffs (Giguere vanished nan playoffs undefeated successful 7 overtime games, mounting a grounds for nan longest playoff overtime shutout streak astatine 168 minutes and 27 seconds and was named MVP contempt his squad losing successful nan finals), Giguere was almost arsenic astonishing successful 2007, erstwhile nan Ducks won nan title

Wayne Gretzky—The top lucky subordinate of each time. The lucky world was shocked successful August 1988 erstwhile he was traded from Edmonton to nan Kings. With Gretzky, nan Kings reached nan Stanley Cup Final for nan very first clip successful 1993. He had had 918 points, scoring 246 goals and getting 672 assists successful 539 games pinch nan Kings.

Paul Kariya—Drafted 4th wide successful 1993, Kariya formed a formidable 1-2 punch pinch Teemu Selanne. In Ducks history, he is still 3rd successful goals (300), 4th successful assists (369) and 4th successful points (669).

Anze Kopitar—Just retired, Kopitar is nan team’s all-time leader successful games, assists and point. He won 2 Selke Trophies (best protect forward) and Lady Byng Trophies (sportsmanship). He was besides a pivotal subordinate successful some of nan Kings’ Stanley Cup wins.

Bob Miller—The top lucky play-by-play man of each time.

Bernie Nicholls—In nan 1988-89 season, he scored a team-record 70 goals and had 80 assists. The 70th extremity made him only nan ninth subordinate pinch a 70-goal play successful NHL history. Still 5th all-time successful goals for nan Kings and seventh successful assists. And who tin hide nan “Pumper-Nicholl?”

Nick Nickson—Nickson joined nan Kings successful 1981, calling games connected TV and power pinch Bob Miller. When nan TV and power broadcasts were separated successful 1990, Nickson became nan Kings’ power play-by-play announcer. Nickson retired astatine nan extremity of nan 2024-25 NHL season. In June 2015, nan Hockey Hall of Fame announced that Nickson would beryllium nan recipient of nan Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, honoring lucky broadcasters.

Scott Niedermayer—One of nan top offensive-defenseman successful history, Niedermayer led nan Ducks to nan Stanley Cup title successful 2007.

Jonathan Quick—One of nan 2 top goaltenders successful Kings history, and netminder for some their Stanley Cup titles.

Luc Robitaille—The Kings’ all-time starring extremity scorer pinch 557 goals. Robitaille was a instrumentality favourite who scored much than 30 goals 12 times, including 63 successful 1992-93.

Teemu Selanne—The Finnish Flash and top subordinate successful Ducks history. Selanne had 51 goals and 109 points successful 1996 and led nan NHL successful goals successful 1997-1998 and 1998-1999. Still leads nan Ducks pinch 457 goals.

Charlie Simmer—Scored 56 goals for nan Kings successful 1979-80 and 1980-81, starring nan NHL successful goals successful 1979-80. Was nan first near helping to person consecutive 100-point seasons.

Darryl Sutter—Coached nan Kings to their only 2 Stanley Cup titles. Team’s all-time leader successful wins pinch 225.

Dave Taylor—Played his full 17-season profession pinch nan Kings, scoring 1,069 points during that time. Scored 100 points twice. Tough, relentless player. Retired and became adjunct wide manager, past wide head successful 1997-98. He drafted Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar and Jonathan Quick among others.

Rogie Vachon—Perhaps nan astir unappreciated goalie successful NHL history and nan first awesome subordinate successful Kings history. Second all-time for nan Kings down Quick successful games played (389) and wins (171). Elected to nan NHL Hall of Fame successful 2016.

To vote, click here. You tin ballot for up to 10. Those named connected astatine slightest 75% of ballots are elected.

Voting is still unfastened successful these categories:

To ballot successful nan UCLA ballot, click here.

To ballot successful nan USC ballot, click here.

To ballot successful nan Rams/Chargers/Raiders ballot, click here.

The inductees truthful far:

MLB
Don Drysdale
Clayton Kershaw
Sandy Koufax
Vin Scully
Fernando Valenzuela

NBA
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Elgin Baylor
Kobe Bryant
Chick Hearn
Magic Johnson
Jerry West

Until adjacent time...

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