The Los Angeles Kings in conjunction with the National Hockey League announced the club has been selected to participate in a special preseason game later this year.
The Kings will be featured in the annual Kraft Hockeyville Canada preseason game on Oct. 2 in Lumby, British Columbia.
The Kings will face the Edmonton Oilers in an announcement that was initially made during Sportsnet’s pre-game show
Kings President, Business Operations Luc Robitaille said, “The LA Kings are honored and thrilled to be selected for this tremendous annual event. It will provide many wonderful memories for our players and our staff, and it is yet another great addition to the many terrific events we will be planning and participating in as part of our 50th Anniversary.”This is the first time the Kings have participated in this event. Lumby is the 10th community to host Hockeyville and they also receive $100,000 in arena upgrades.
Additional Kings preseason games will be announced at a later date.
The Kings are currently also scheduled to play a “Black and White” intra-squad game at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario as announced earlier.
That is scheduled to take place on September 25 beginning at 3 p.m.
