On the right side is a black shield with a gray number 63, for the Venice Beach fire house to which Mullen was also once assigned. “That’s banged up from going to different fires,” Matthew ...

The battle-scarred helmet the Kings received from two Los Angeles firefighters has proven to be a major good-luck charm, and a reminder of life's true heroes.

And the fire helmet is getting some of the credit for that. “Maybe that helmet brings a focus at home,” said Glen Murray, a two-time NHL all-star and currently the Kings’ director of player ...