HockeyAnalysis.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
“It’s very important for us to put on a great show in Kansas City. We owe it to Kansas City. Because we have so many good young players, we’re able to do this.” Those were Kings president Luc Robitaille’s words, when asked about the Kings’ exhibition game on September 22, reported by the Kansas City Star. [...]
Random Reality Thoughts (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Drafts are known for buried treasures, but this one might take the cake. Tom Glavine, the baseball player, was taken ahead of Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille during the 1984 draft . The Los Angeles Kings picked Glavine (who has made a decent case for the Baseball Hall of Fame) with the 69th overall pick. Hull was taken by the Calgary Flames with the 117th pick and the Kings selected Robitaille with the...
The East Bay Business Times (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Pacific Capital Bank says William "Boots" Del Biaggio III is overdue on a $2 million loan he took in 2006 with retired hockey star Luc Robitaille that was due in March.
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Pacific Capital Bank says William "Boots" Del Biaggio III is overdue on a $2 million loan he took in 2006 with retired hockey star Luc Robitaille that was due in March.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
from Pierrre LeBrun at Sportsnet, Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Brian Leetch and Luc Robitaille are all in their first year of eligibility in 2009. Yzerman and Hull are obviously total no-brainer selections and Leetch and Robitaille are pretty darn close to that. All of which means players such as Doug Gilmour, Pavel Bure, Dino Ciccarelli, Adam Oates and Steve Larmer, just to name a few, will have to...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Igor Larionov becomes the second member of the Red Wings' 2002 Stanley Cup championship team to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame, joining coach Scotty Bowman (who was inducted in 1991). Eight more teammates may soon join them: Eligible in 2009: Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille. Eligible in 2011: Dominik Hasek. Eligible three years after retirement: Chris Chelios, Sergei Fedorov, Nicklas Lidstrom,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
As he arrived in Kansas City to promote an NHL exhibition game at the Sprint Center, Luc Robitaille was heartened to see game three of the Stanley Cup finals televised in the hotel bar on Wednesday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
The last time Luc Robitaille, president of the Los Angeles Kings, visited the Sprint Center, it was still a construction site.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
In the pre-salary cap era, the Red Wings won in the playoffs because their fourth line was stacked with players like Luc Robitaille and Igor Larionov, only some of hockey's biggest luminaries.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
Serenaded again with chants of “M-V-P!” from the red-clad sellout crowd, Alex Ovechkin broke Luc Robitaille’s single-season NHL record for most goals by a left wing with his 64th and 65th scores Thursday night to lead the Washington Capitals to a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
From Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News, On last season's version of “The Apprentice: Los Angeles” reality show, Heidi Androl - aka “The Hottie” - made it all the way to the final six contestants before the inevitable: Donald Trump fired her. A few months later, Luc Robitaille hired her. And the Kings, immersed in their own reality show disguised as the 2007-08 NHL season, may have trumped every local...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
For the second straight year Steve Yzerman will put together Team Canada for the upcoming IIHF World Championships in Halifax/Quebec City. The tornament runs through May 2nd-18th. Luc Robitaille will be the assistant GM for the event. It will be the first time the Men's Senior tournament will be held on Canadian soil in the 100 [...]
ESPN (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
Luc Robitaille will serve as assistant general manager of Canada's team at the world championships in May.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
Hockey Canadan confirms Red Wings vice-president is returing to his GM job; Doug Armstrong and Luc Robitaille to assist
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 01/16/2008
This week, Luc Robitaille of the LA Kings will be hosting a Celebrity Shoot-Out—a charity event in Utah to raise money for a spinal care center there. This is just one of the many ways Robitaille involves himself in charitable causes; not only just throwing money onto a collection plate, but getting involved in a very personal, hands-on way. From Mike G. Morreale at NHL.com, ”Following Hurricane Katrina...
