Toyota Sports Center (10-18-14)

It's finally hockey season again which means it was finally time for me to head out to El Segundo again to see the Kings practice and try to graph a little hockey again. The Lakers were also at TSC practicing today but my goal was to get some of the Kings done with. This was one of the few weekend practices the Kings will have this season so it was great to be able to attend today. Practiced was scheduled for 10 am so I got there at 9 am to see if I could get anybody on their way in. Rob Blake was the only person who came by before practice and I was able to get him on all 3 of my cards I had for him: 

After I got Rob Blake, I waited around for awhile to see if anyone might be running late yet still stopped to sign really quickly but no one came by so I just made my way into the rink to watch practice. As the team started to leave the ice about an hour later, I started to make my way back to the front to wait for them to come out. Nobody came by for a while but after about 30 minutes I caught Daryl Evans walking to his car and after calling his name he came by to sign a card for me: 

Nobody was coming out and I was afraid they might stay late watching tapes or working out to get ready for their game tomorrow at Staples Center vs the Wild. Luckily after over an hour, I saw Marian Gaborik start to walk out of TSC and towards his car. I was standing at the fence that leads to the players parking lot and his car was not very far from where I was so as he got closer towards me I called his name and sure enough he came by and signed a couple of cards for me: 

I was really excited about these 2 cards as I've never gotten Marian before so I was really glad to add these to my collection. I decided to stay out front today to try to get a few young guys out there and it ended up working out just fine as only 2 Kings stopped out back while the rest of them exited without even stopping. The last auto of the day was by Brayden McNabb who I got as he was getting in his car along with Andy Andreoff. I did not have anything for Andy since he just made his debut less than a week ago but I was able to get a card signed by McNabb: 

Overall it was an okay day for graphing even though most of the regulars that come out front did not show up out there but I was still glad to get the 2 Marian Gaborik cards so I guess it wasn't all that bad. I will be attending tomorrow's game vs Minnesota and it may very well be a historic game as both Jonathan Quick and Andy Andreoff have a chance at setting a career milestone as Quick looks for his 33rd career shutout to surpass Rogie Vachon for most shutouts in franchise history and Andreoff seeks his first career point. I will also be trying to graph Jim Fox pre-game and Sean O'Donnell post-game so stay tuned as I may be posting tomorrow a recap of what I get if anything. So, thanks for reading and stay tuned for more to come very soon.