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Frozen Fury

Frozen Fury was an annual pre-season ice hockey game hosted by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), which was held in Salt Lake City from 2021 to 2023. A previous incarnation of the series was held between the Kings and the Colorado Avalanche in Las Vegas from 1997 to 2016. On four occasions, the Kings faced different teams instead of the Avalanche; once each against the Arizona Coyotes, the San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers, and the Dallas Stars.[1][2][3] The 15th Frozen Fury was originally supposed to take place on September 29, 2012, but was cancelled due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.[4] It resumed September 27–28, 2013, with the New York Rangers making their debut in the series.

The first game to be played in Las Vegas was also the first outdoor game in the league's history: 14,000 fans came to a rink set up outside Caesars Palace to see the Kings defeat the New York Rangers 5–2 on September 28, 1991. The air temperature was 85 °F (29 °C) during the game. The game served as a predecessor to both the Frozen Fury series (which was played indoors) and the NHL Winter Classic, the annual regular season game held on New Year's Day that began in 2008.

From 1997 to 2015, these games were played at MGM Grand Garden Arena; in 2016, they were played at T-Mobile Arena.[5] The 2016 games were the end of the original tradition, due to the launch of the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017–18 season.[6]

In 2021, a new Frozen Fury series was launched at the then-Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City between the Kings and the Vegas Golden Knights;[7] the Sharks then rejoined the series in 2023.[8] This series was concluded following the 2023–24 season, with Salt Lake City receiving the expansion Utah Mammoth.[9]

The games

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Frozen Fury I (1997)

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September 20 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 OT Colorado Avalanche Recap
Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st COL Josef Marha Brent Severyn, Eric Messier 13:13 1–0 COL
2nd LAK Roman Vopat (PP) Brad Smyth, Rob Blake 2:06 1–1
COL Eric Messier Jari Kurri, Joe Sakic 14:51 2–1 COL
3rd LAK Olli Jokinen (PP) Luc Robitaille, Ray Ferraro 4:12 2–2
LAK Craig Johnson Rob Blake 12:27 3–2 LAK
COL Joe Sakic Peter Forsberg, Claude Lemieux 19:20 3–3
OT LAK Donald MacLean Doug Zmolek, Jan Vopat 2:51 4–3 LAK

Frozen Fury II (1998)

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September 19 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Recap
September 20 Colorado Avalanche 5–4 Los Angeles Kings Recap

Frozen Fury III (1999)

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September 11 Los Angeles Kings 4–0 Phoenix Coyotes Recap

Frozen Fury IV (2000)

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September 30 Colorado Avalanche 5–4 Los Angeles Kings Recap

Frozen Fury V (2001)

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September 22 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 San Jose Sharks Recap

Frozen Fury VI (2002)

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October 5 Los Angeles Kings 6–5 Colorado Avalanche Recap

Frozen Fury VII (2003)

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September 23 Los Angeles Kings 3–1 Colorado Avalanche Recap

Frozen Fury VIII (2005)

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September 24 Colorado Avalanche 2–1 OT Los Angeles Kings Recap

Frozen Fury IX (2006)

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September 23 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Recap

Frozen Fury X (2007)

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September 22 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 SO Colorado Avalanche Recap

Frozen Fury XI (2008)

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September 27 Colorado Avalanche 4–3 SO Los Angeles Kings Recap

Frozen Fury XII (2009)

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September 26 Los Angeles Kings 5–3 Colorado Avalanche Recap

Frozen Fury XIII (2010)

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October 2 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Recap

Frozen Fury XIV (2011)

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October 1 Colorado Avalanche 4–1 Los Angeles Kings Recap

Frozen Fury XV (2013)

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September 27 Los Angeles Kings 4–1 New York Rangers Recap
Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st LAK Anze Kopitar Drew Doughty, Justin Williams 0:15 1–0 LAK
LAK Jeff Carter (PP) Mike Richards, Matt Frattin 11:39 2–0 LAK
NYR J. T. Miller Anton Stralman, Oscar Lindberg 14:06 2–1 LAK
LAK Mike Richards (PP) Unassisted 17:27 3–1 LAK
2nd LAK Trevor Lewis Jarret Stoll, Robyn Regehr 16:15 4–1 LAK
3rd No scoring this period
September 28 Colorado Avalanche 3–2 Los Angeles Kings Recap
Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st LAK Mike Richards (PP) Unassisted 16:38 1–0 LAK
2nd LAK Mike Richards (2) (PP) Matt Frattin, Jarret Stoll 0:14 2–0 LAK
COL Ryan O'Reilly Steve Downie, Matt Duchene 8:11 2–1 LAK
COL Gabriel Landeskog Alex Tanguay, Andre Benoit 12:58 2–2
COL Gabriel Landeskog (2) (PP) Andre Benoit, Paul Stastny 16:06 3–2 COL
3rd No scoring this period

Frozen Fury XVI (2014)

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October 4 Colorado Avalanche 3–2 SO Los Angeles Kings Recap

Frozen Fury XVII (2015)

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October 3[10] Los Angeles Kings 4–0 Colorado Avalanche Recap  
None Scoring stats Dustin Brown, Kyle Clifford
Trevor Lewis
Marian Gaborik
Reto Berra (28 saves) Goalie stats Jonathan Quick (14 saves)

Frozen Fury XVIII (2016)

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October 7[11] Dallas Stars 6–3 Los Angeles Kings Recap
October 8[12] Colorado Avalanche 2–1 OT Los Angeles Kings Recap

Frozen Fury SLC I (2021)

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September 30[13] Vegas Golden Knights 1–3 Los Angeles Kings Recap
Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st LAK Brendan Lemieux Austin Strand 1:45 1–0 LAK
2nd LAK Lias Andersson Gabriel Vilardi, Vladimir Tkachev 1:48 2–0 LAK
3rd VGK Daniil Miromanov Nicolas Roy 4:30 2–1 LAK
LAK Arthur Kaliyev (PP) Quinton Byfield, Vladimir Tkachev 9:35 3–1 LAK

Frozen Fury SLC II (2022)

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October 6[14] Vegas Golden Knights 6–4 Los Angeles Kings Recap
Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st LAK Kevin Fiala Adrian Kempe, Sean Durzi 1:52 1–0 LAK
LAK Gabriel Vilardi Trevor Moore, Brandt Clarke 6:09 2–0 LAK
VGK Reilly Smith Brayden McNabb, Jack Eichel 16:36 2–1 LAK
2nd VGK Brayden McNabb Jack Eichel 5:14 2–2
VGK Chandler Stephenson Mark Stone, Reilly Smith 11:15 3–2 VGK
VGK Jonathan Marchessault Shea Theodore 17:43 4–2 VGK
3rd LAK Trevor Moore (PP) Arthur Kaliyev, Sean Durzi 2:21 4–3 VGK
VGK Reilly Smith (2) (PP) Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson 8:37 5–3 VGK
LAK Sean Durzi (PP) Arthur Kaliyev, Phillip Danault 15:51 5–4 VGK
VGK Alex Pietrangelo (EN) Unassisted 18:52 6–4 VGK

Frozen Fury SLC III (2023)

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October 5[8] San Jose Sharks 3–4 OT Los Angeles Kings Recap
Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st LAK Pierre-Luc Dubois Kevin Fiala, Vladislav Gavrikov 8:27 1–0 LAK
SJS Alexander Barabanov (PP) Mikael Granlund, Anthony Duclair 8:27 1–1
2nd LAK Anze Kopitar Drew Doughty 8:16 2–1 LAK
SJS Mike Hoffman Tomas Hertl, Mackenzie Blackwood 14:45 2–2
3rd LAK Trevor Moore Viktor Arvidsson, Phillip Danault 3:28 3–2 LAK
SJS Thomas Bordeleau William Eklund 14:15 3–3
OT LAK Adrian Kempe Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty 0:17 4–3 LAK

Frozen Fury SLC IV (2024)

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Intended to be the third meeting between Los Angeles and Vegas, the game was originally scheduled for September 23, 2024. However, it was officially cancelled on June 20, 2024, due to the Salt Lake City-based Utah Hockey Club entering the NHL.[9] The game was replaced by a matchup between the Kings and the Utah Hockey Club (later the Utah Mammoth) on the same date, without the Frozen Fury branding.[9]

Records

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TeamGamesWinsLossesWin %
Los Angeles Kings241410.583
Colorado Avalanche1679.438
Vegas Golden Knights211.500
San Jose Sharks02.000
Dallas Stars1101.000
Arizona Coyotes01.000
New York Rangers

References

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