You can learn a lot about hockey by watching highlights, but you learn even more by listening to someone who’s lived every layer of the game. We’re joined by Daryl Evans, LA Kings radio analyst, lifelong skating teacher, and the man who scored the overtime winner in the Miracle On Manchester. He takes us back to street hockey roots, a first season where he could barely skate, and the power-skating breakthrough that flipped his entire path. We also get practical advice for beginners and adult skaters, including why learning how to fall safely is often the first real skill that unlocks confidence.
Daryl shares a story we won’t forget: helping a 101-year-old step onto the ice one more time. It turns into a lesson about mindset, community, and why hockey feels like a family in every rink and every city. We also dig into one of his most famous habits skating without laces and what it taught him about ankle mobility, edge control, and letting your feet work naturally.
Then we go deep on Kings history and Kings hockey today: what it was like being drafted, playing alongside Marcel Dionne and Dave Taylor, calling games on radio, and preparing with old-school handwritten notes so the broadcast sounds alive instead of read. We talk Jonathan Quick’s legendary 2012 run, Anze Kopitar’s place in franchise history, and what the Kings need to do to push forward, including the big questions around center depth and Quinton Byfield’s next step. If you love the LA Kings, NHL storytelling, and the craft behind hockey broadcasting, this one’s for you. Subscribe, share the show with a hockey friend, and leave a review with your favorite Kings memory.
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