A Brief History: The Start of the LA Kings Silver and Black Era

Everybody can remember the day when Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings.  However, something that often goes unrecognized from that same event was the re-branding of the Kings.  After rocking their historic yellow and purple color scheme for over three decades, the Kings (only a few days after the Gretzky trade) simplified their look going to a black, silver, and white color scheme. 

This change was not a coincidence with Gretzky's arrival, however, as the Kings re-vamped their look solely because of him.  They knew they had just went from a nobody franchise to an organization with the best player to ever live, so they had to make a statement.

As you can see today, this style was well accepted by Kings fans and black, silver, and white have been the franchise's colors ever since!  In fact, the Kings would win their first Stanley Cup in these colors.


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