One thousand of them for Rob Blake!

Rob Blake re-enters the Kingdom
(photo courtesy of www.slam.canoe.ca)

The weekend game against the Phoenix Coyotes (recap to follow soon) was number 1000th (one thousandth) in an NHL regular season for defensman Rob Blake. He played 678 of them in the Kings uniform.

"It's just another game," Blake said. "That's what we do. We're hockey players. Only 500 to go. I'm three-quarters of the way there.

That's your goal as a player. You want to be around this long. I guess you recognize it and move on."

Congratulations, Rob on this notable achivement! I'm hoping that you will also be able to play more than 49 career play-off games in the Kings uniform (which you have to date) as well!