William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles the Los Angeles Kings' Mexico ...

The Kings marked the arrival of Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers by changing their colors to black and silver, with a primary logo emphasizing the word "Kings" in a crest, prior to the 1988-89 season.

Douglas joined NHL.com in March 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles efforts by the Los Angeles Kings to grow hockey in Mexico.

The Kings suppress more chances and goals, but the Oilers have more weapons on the power play. A scoring rate of 9.07 GF/60 is low by their standards, but it beats the Kings’ bottom-10 rate of 6 ...

The basic shape of the new 13-sided shield, as well as the font choices and the crown strategically centered below the word "KINGS" is effectively the same as the logo the team used from 1988-98.

If the NHL would ever be braver and have more color vs. color jersey matchups (like they did in the 2014 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium between Detroit and Toronto), the Predators would rarely ...