''Frozen Fury'' is an annual

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game between the

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and the

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of the

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(NHL), held in

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since 2021. A previous incarnation of the series was held between the Kings and the

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from 1997 to 2016. On four occasions, the

faced different teams instead of the Avalanche, once each against the

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, the

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, and the

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. The 15th Frozen Fury was originally supposed to take place on September 29, 2012, but was cancelled due to the NHL lockout. It resumed September 27–28, 2013, with the

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

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to see the Kings defeat the

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

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, the annual regular season game held on New Year's Day that began in 2008. From 1997 to 2015, these games were played at

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; in 2016, they were played at

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. The 2016 games were the end of the original tradition, due to the launch of the

in the 2017–18 season. In 2021, a new Frozen Fury series was launched at

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between the Kings and the Golden Knights.

The games

Frozen Fury I (1997)

;Scoring summary

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 ;Scoring summary

Frozen Fury XVI (2014)

Frozen Fury XVII (2015)

Frozen Fury XVIII (2016)

Frozen Fury SLC I (2021)

;Scoring summary

Frozen Fury SLC II (2022)

;Scoring summary

Records

References

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