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Luc Robitaille to be honored again; Alec Martinez sent to Manchester

By Helene Elliott
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Luc Robitaille, who was inducted into the hockey Hall of Fame last week, will get another honor Friday.

Robitaille, the Kings’ president of business operations, is scheduled to receive a Los Angeles City resolution in Council from Councilman Bernard C. Parks at City Hall. The Kings will have their own celebration on Dec. 5, when they give away commemorative Robitaille bobbleheads to fans attending their game against St. Louis at Staples Center.

The next day, Robitaille will be honored again during a gala at Club Nokia, across the street from Staples Center. The gala will benefit the Echoes of Hope foundation, a charitable organization run by Robitaille and his wife, Stacia.

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The Kings had a day off Thursday, but a minor personnel decision was announced. Defenseman Alec Martinez, who sprained his ankle in the season opener and disappeared after that, was activated off injured reserve and assigned to Manchester (N.H.) of the American Hockey League.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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