# Frozen Fury

Frozen Fury was an annual pre-season ice hockey game hosted by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), held in Salt Lake City since 2021. 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 Hockey Club.

## 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 |
| 2nd | 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 |
| 3rd | LAK | Craig Johnson | Rob Blake | 12:27 | 3–2 LAK |
| 3rd | 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 XV (2013)
#### Scoring summary

| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | LAK | Anze Kopitar | Drew Doughty, Justin Williams | 0:15 | 1–0 LAK |
| 1st | LAK | Jeff Carter (PP) | Mike Richards, Matt Frattin | 11:39 | 2–0 LAK |
| 1st | NYR | J. T. Miller | Anton Stralman, Oscar Lindberg | 14:06 | 2–1 LAK |
| 1st | 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 |
| 2nd | COL | Ryan O'Reilly | Steve Downie, Matt Duchene | 8:11 | 2–1 LAK |
| 2nd | COL | Gabriel Landeskog | Alex Tanguay, Andre Benoit | 12:58 | 2–2 |
| 2nd | COL | Gabriel Landeskog (2) (PP) | Andre Benoit, Paul Stastny | 16:06 | 3–2 COL |
| 3rd | | No scoring this period | | | |

### 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 |
| 3rd | 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 |
| 1st | LAK | Gabriel Vilardi | Trevor Moore, Brandt Clarke | 6:09 | 2–0 LAK |
| 1st | VGK | Reilly Smith | Brayden McNabb, Jack Eichel | 16:36 | 2–1 LAK |
| 2nd | VGK | Brayden McNabb | Jack Eichel | 5:14 | 2–2 |
| 2nd | VGK | Chandler Stephenson | Mark Stone, Reilly Smith | 11:15 | 3–2 VGK |
| 2nd | VGK | Jonathan Marchessault | Shea Theodore | 17:43 | 4–2 VGK |
| 3rd | LAK | Trevor Moore (PP) | Arthur Kaliyev, Sean Durzi | 2:21 | 4–3 VGK |
| 3rd | VGK | Reilly Smith (2) (PP) | Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson | 8:37 | 5–3 VGK |
| 3rd | LAK | Sean Durzi (PP) | Arthur Kaliyev, Phillip Danault | 15:51 | 5–4 VGK |
| 3rd | 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 |
| 1st | SJS | Alexander Barabanov (PP) | Mikael Granlund, Anthony Duclair | 8:27 | 1–1 |
| 2nd | LAK | Anze Kopitar | Drew Doughty | 8:16 | 2–1 LAK |
| 2nd | SJS | Mike Hoffman | Tomas Hertl, Mackenzie Blackwood | 14:45 | 2–2 |
| 3rd | LAK | Trevor Moore | Viktor Arvidsson, Phillip Danault | 3:28 | 3–2 LAK |
| 3rd | 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 on the same date, without the Frozen Fury branding.

## Records

| Team | Games | Wins | Losses | Win % |
| Los Angeles Kings | 24 | 14 | 10 | .583 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| San Jose Sharks | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Dallas Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Arizona Coyotes | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| New York Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |