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Kings’ hair-raising tribute to Ryan Smyth

By Helene Elliott
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A very hairy morning for the Kings.

In honor of Ryan Smyth playing his 1,000th NHL game Saturday night, his teammates decided to honor him with wigs duplicating the mullet he used to wear.

Here’s Jarret Stoll.

And here’s Drew Doughty, who took a moment to fluff his hair for full effect.

We’ll have more later on the Kings’ morning skate and their thoughts on Smyth.

By the way, Coach Terry Murray didn’t wear the mullet wig, but he had a good excuse: He lived through the ‘70s and the bad hair.

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-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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