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==Players and personnel== ===Current roster=== {{Los Angeles Kings roster}} ===Team captains=== [[File:AnΕΎe Kopitar (25992321104).jpg|thumb|Anze Kopitar has been the team's captain since 2016.]] {{further|topic=team captains in ice hockey|Captain (ice hockey)}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Bob Wall (ice hockey)|Bob Wall]], 1967β1969 * [[Larry Cahan]], 1969β1971 * [[Bob Pulford]], 1971β1973 * [[Terry Harper]], 1973β1975 * [[Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950)|Mike Murphy]], 1975β1981 * [[Dave Lewis (ice hockey)|Dave Lewis]], 1981β1983 * [[Terry Ruskowski]], 1983β1985 * [[Dave Taylor (ice hockey)|Dave Taylor]], 1985β1989 * [[Wayne Gretzky]], 1989β1996 * [[Luc Robitaille]], 1992β1993, 2006<ref name="RobitailleCaptain">Robitaille served as captain to start the 1992β93 season, while Gretzky was injured. Gretzky resumed his role as captain when he returned to the lineup. Robitaille again served as captain for the 2 final games of his career.</ref> * [[Rob Blake]], 1996β2001, 2007β2008 * [[Mattias Norstrom]], 2001β2007 * [[Dustin Brown (ice hockey)|Dustin Brown]], 2008β2016, 2022<ref name="BrownCaptain">Brown was named captain for the team's final game of the 2021β2022 season</ref> * [[AnΕΎe Kopitar|Anze Kopitar]], 2016βpresent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=886199|title=Anze Kopitar Named Kings' New Team Captain|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> {{div col end}} ===Head coaches=== [[File:Darryl Sutter - June 2014.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Darryl Sutter]] was the head coach of the Kings from 2011 to 2017.]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Red Kelly]]: 1967β1969 * [[Hal Laycoe]]: 1969β1970 * [[Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)|Johnny Wilson]]: 1969β1970 * [[Larry Regan]]: 1970β1972 * [[Fred Glover (ice hockey)|Fred Glover]]: 1971β1972 * [[Bob Pulford]]: 1972β1977 * [[Ron Stewart]]: 1977β1978 * [[Bob Berry (ice hockey)|Bob Berry]]: 1978β1981 * [[Parker MacDonald]]: 1981β1982 * [[Don Perry]]: 1982β1984 * [[Rogie Vachon]] (interim):<sup>1</sup> 1984, 1988, 1995 * [[Roger Neilson]]: 1984 * [[Pat Quinn (ice hockey)|Pat Quinn]]: 1984β1987 * [[Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950)|Mike Murphy]]: 1987β1988 * [[Robbie Ftorek]]: 1988β1989 * [[Tom Webster (ice hockey)|Tom Webster]]: 1989β1992 * [[Barry Melrose]]: 1992β1995 * [[Larry Robinson]]: 1995β1999 * [[Andy Murray (ice hockey)|Andy Murray]]: 1999β2006 * [[John Torchetti]] (interim):<sup>2</sup> 2006 * [[Marc Crawford]]: 2006β2008 * [[Terry Murray]]: 2008β2011 * [[John Stevens (ice hockey)|John Stevens]] (interim):<sup>3</sup> 2011, 2017β2018 * [[Darryl Sutter]]: 2011β2017 * [[Willie Desjardins]] (interim): 2018β2019 * [[Todd McLellan]] 2019β2024 * [[Jim Hiller]] 2024βpresent<ref name="Hiller20241" /><ref name="Hiller20242" /> {{div col end}} '''Notes:''' * <sup>1</sup> Rogie Vachon took over as interim head coach for the Kings on three occasions, the first for two games in the middle of the 1983β84 season after Don Perry was fired, then replaced by Roger Neilson.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/01/28/Two-months-ago-team-owner-Jerry-Buss-said-there/4602444114000/ | title=Two months ago, team owner Jerry Buss said there}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/04/02/Roger-Neilson-hired-Jan-30-as-the-coach-and/3337449730000/ | title=Roger Neilson, hired Jan. 30 as the coach and}}</ref> The second time was for one game in the middle of 1987β88 season after Mike Murphy was fired, then replaced by Robbie Ftorek.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1987-12-10-8702100915-story.html | title=Hapless Kings Hire Ftorek as Coach | date=December 10, 1987}}</ref> The third occasion was for the final seven games in the 1994β95 lockout-shortened season after Barry Melrose was fired, then replaced by Larry Robinson.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/NHL-NOTES-Kings-Fire-Melrose-As-Coach-3036381.php | title=NHL NOTES / Kings Fire Melrose as Coach | date=April 22, 1995}}</ref> In all those times, he returned to his duties in the Kings front office.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/17943290/nhl-hockey-hall-fame-los-angeles-kings-montreal-candiens-goalie-rogie-vachon-inducted-30-year-wait | title=Thirty-year wait is over for Vachon | date=November 1, 2016}}</ref> * <sup>2</sup> John Torchetti took over as interim head coach for the final 12 games of the 2005β06 season after Andy Murray was fired.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-19-sp-kings19-story.html|title=Kings Set Their Sights on Crawford|last=Foster|first=Chris|date=May 19, 2006|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 21, 2019|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> Torchetti was replaced by Marc Crawford at the end of the 2005β06 season.<ref name=":0" /> * <sup>3</sup> John Stevens took over as interim head coach for four games in the middle of the 2011β12 season after Terry Murray was fired.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=John Stevens Team Staff Profile - Elite Prospects|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/276/john-stevens|access-date=December 13, 2020|website=www.eliteprospects.com}}</ref> He would return to his duties as assistant coach after Darryl Sutter was hired.<ref name=":1" /> Stevens would return again, this time as the permanent replacement for Sutter in 2017.<ref name=":1" /> ===General managers=== [[File:Rob Blake - 2014.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Rob Blake]] is the most recent general manager for the Kings, serving from 2017 to 2025.]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Larry Regan]]: 1967β1973 * [[Jake Milford]]: 1973β1977 * [[George Maguire (ice hockey)|George Maguire]]: 1977β1984 * [[Rogie Vachon]]: 1984β1992 * [[Nick Beverley]]: 1992β1994 * [[Sam McMaster]]: 1994β1997 * [[Dave Taylor (ice hockey)|Dave Taylor]]: 1997β2006 * [[Dean Lombardi]]: 2006β2017 * [[Rob Blake]]: 2017β2025 {{div col end}} ===Team owners=== * [[Jack Kent Cooke]]: 1967β1979 * [[Jerry Buss]]: 1979β1988 * [[Bruce McNall]]: 1988β1994 * Joseph M. Cohen and Jeffery Sudikoff: 1994β1995 * [[Philip Anschutz]] and [[Edward Roski]]: 1995βpresent
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