Frozen Fury was an annual pre-season ice hockey game hosted by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), which was held in Salt Lake City from 2021 to 2023. A previous incarnation of the series was held between the Kings and the Colorado Avalanche in Las Vegas from 1997 to 2016. On four occasions, the Kings faced different teams instead of the Avalanche; once each against the Arizona Coyotes, the San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers, and the Dallas Stars. The 15th Frozen Fury was originally supposed to take place on September 29, 2012, but was cancelled due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout. It resumed September 27–28, 2013, with the New York Rangers making their debut in the series.

The first game to be played in Las Vegas was also the first outdoor game in the league's history: 14,000 fans came to a rink set up outside Caesars Palace to see the Kings defeat the New York Rangers 5–2 on September 28, 1991. The air temperature was 85 °F (29 °C) during the game. The game served as a predecessor to both the Frozen Fury series (which was played indoors) and the NHL Winter Classic, the annual regular season game held on New Year's Day that began in 2008.

From 1997 to 2015, these games were played at MGM Grand Garden Arena; in 2016, they were played at T-Mobile Arena. The 2016 games were the end of the original tradition, due to the launch of the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017–18 season.

In 2021, a new Frozen Fury series was launched at the then-Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City between the Kings and the Vegas Golden Knights; the Sharks then rejoined the series in 2023. This series was concluded following the 2023–24 season, with Salt Lake City receiving the expansion Utah Mammoth.

The games Frozen Fury I (1997)

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st COL Josef Marha Brent Severyn, Eric Messier 13:13 1–0 COL 2nd LAK Roman Vopat (PP) Brad Smyth, Rob Blake 2:06 1–1 COL Eric Messier Jari Kurri, Joe Sakic 14:51 2–1 COL 3rd LAK Olli Jokinen (PP) Luc Robitaille, Ray Ferraro 4:12 2–2 LAK Craig Johnson Rob Blake 12:27 3–2 LAK COL Joe Sakic Peter Forsberg, Claude Lemieux 19:20 3–3 OT LAK Donald MacLean Doug Zmolek, Jan Vopat 2:51 4–3 LAK

Frozen Fury II (1998)

Frozen Fury III (1999)

Frozen Fury IV (2000)

Frozen Fury V (2001)

Frozen Fury VI (2002)

Frozen Fury VII (2003)

Frozen Fury VIII (2005)

Frozen Fury IX (2006)

Frozen Fury X (2007)

Frozen Fury XI (2008)

Frozen Fury XII (2009)

Frozen Fury XIII (2010)

Frozen Fury XIV (2011)

Frozen Fury XV (2013)

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st LAK Anze Kopitar Drew Doughty, Justin Williams 0:15 1–0 LAK LAK Jeff Carter (PP) Mike Richards, Matt Frattin 11:39 2–0 LAK NYR J. T. Miller Anton Stralman, Oscar Lindberg 14:06 2–1 LAK LAK Mike Richards (PP) Unassisted 17:27 3–1 LAK 2nd LAK Trevor Lewis Jarret Stoll, Robyn Regehr 16:15 4–1 LAK 3rd No scoring this period

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st LAK Mike Richards (PP) Unassisted 16:38 1–0 LAK 2nd LAK Mike Richards (2) (PP) Matt Frattin, Jarret Stoll 0:14 2–0 LAK COL Ryan O'Reilly Steve Downie, Matt Duchene 8:11 2–1 LAK COL Gabriel Landeskog Alex Tanguay, Andre Benoit 12:58 2–2 COL Gabriel Landeskog (2) (PP) Andre Benoit, Paul Stastny 16:06 3–2 COL 3rd No scoring this period

Frozen Fury XVI (2014)

Frozen Fury XVII (2015)

Frozen Fury XVIII (2016)

Frozen Fury SLC I (2021)

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st LAK Brendan Lemieux Austin Strand 1:45 1–0 LAK 2nd LAK Lias Andersson Gabriel Vilardi, Vladimir Tkachev 1:48 2–0 LAK 3rd VGK Daniil Miromanov Nicolas Roy 4:30 2–1 LAK LAK Arthur Kaliyev (PP) Quinton Byfield, Vladimir Tkachev 9:35 3–1 LAK

Frozen Fury SLC II (2022)

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st LAK Kevin Fiala Adrian Kempe, Sean Durzi 1:52 1–0 LAK LAK Gabriel Vilardi Trevor Moore, Brandt Clarke 6:09 2–0 LAK VGK Reilly Smith Brayden McNabb, Jack Eichel 16:36 2–1 LAK 2nd VGK Brayden McNabb Jack Eichel 5:14 2–2 VGK Chandler Stephenson Mark Stone, Reilly Smith 11:15 3–2 VGK VGK Jonathan Marchessault Shea Theodore 17:43 4–2 VGK 3rd LAK Trevor Moore (PP) Arthur Kaliyev, Sean Durzi 2:21 4–3 VGK VGK Reilly Smith (2) (PP) Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson 8:37 5–3 VGK LAK Sean Durzi (PP) Arthur Kaliyev, Phillip Danault 15:51 5–4 VGK VGK Alex Pietrangelo (EN) Unassisted 18:52 6–4 VGK

Frozen Fury SLC III (2023)

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st LAK Pierre-Luc Dubois Kevin Fiala, Vladislav Gavrikov 8:27 1–0 LAK SJS Alexander Barabanov (PP) Mikael Granlund, Anthony Duclair 8:27 1–1 2nd LAK Anze Kopitar Drew Doughty 8:16 2–1 LAK SJS Mike Hoffman Tomas Hertl, Mackenzie Blackwood 14:45 2–2 3rd LAK Trevor Moore Viktor Arvidsson, Phillip Danault 3:28 3–2 LAK SJS Thomas Bordeleau William Eklund 14:15 3–3 OT LAK Adrian Kempe Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty 0:17 4–3 LAK

Frozen Fury SLC IV (2024) Intended to be the third meeting between Los Angeles and Vegas, the game was originally scheduled for September 23, 2024. However, it was officially cancelled on June 20, 2024, due to the Salt Lake City-based Utah Hockey Club entering the NHL. The game was replaced by a matchup between the Kings and the Utah Hockey Club (later the Utah Mammoth) on the same date, without the Frozen Fury branding.

Records Team Games Wins Losses Win % Los Angeles Kings 24 14 10 Colorado Avalanche 16 7 9 Vegas Golden Knights 2 1 1 San Jose Sharks 0 2 Dallas Stars 1 1 0 Arizona Coyotes 0 1 New York Rangers

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