It was October 2006 outside the Kings locker room at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Anze Kopitar was kicking a soccer ball around with Lubomir Visnovsky two hours before a hockey game and I looked at them and thought to myself, "This is another old-school hockey culture that just doesn’t work."
A modern hockey warm-up
Ditch the soccer ball and think muscle fiber activation to get ready for action