Darryl Sutter is back on the Southern California hockey scene.
Sutter’s role is in an advisory capacity, and he is not expected to have a ubiquitous presence at games. But his face is already well known to area hockey fans for coaching the Kings to Stanley Cup championships in 2012 and 2014. He is the franchise leader with 225 regular-season wins, accumulated in six seasons.
Sutter’s Kings run ended with his firing, along with former general manager Dean Lombardi, in 2017, after the Kings missed the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. That might come with a disclaimer considering that his post-Cup team in 2014-15 missed the postseason even though it recorded 40 wins and 95 points in the regular season. Sutter’s Kings tenure ended, however, with his players alienated by his tough-love style; a report about players locking him out of the dressing room after a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning was later confirmed by Lombardi.
Poturalski was named most valuable player of the Calder Cup playoffs with 12 goals and 23 points in 18 games. He appeared in two games with the Carolina Hurricanes. Pietila played in 19 games for the New Jersey Devils last season. He led the Binghamton Devils in scoring.
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