| The LA Mings are an international street hockey team and a member club of the VASHL.The franchise was added as part of the 2010 expansion, which also included the Funployees and the View Askew Girls. The club did not field teams in the 2012 and 2013 Walter Gretzky street hockey tournaments and many members of the Mings played for other VASHL teams during this period. The franchise returned at the 2014 event.
The team is based on a mash-up parody of the Los Angeles Kings and Ming Chen. Chen first met Smith through a fansite he created in dedication to Smith in 1995, which led to Chen being hired to create the View Askew Productions website. For many years afterward, Ming Chen continued to work on all of Smith’s online properties and was the technical expert at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash Comic book store, featured on AMC’s Comic Book Men television show. He co-hosts the podcast I Sell Comics! with Mike Zapcic. Contents |
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2023 Roster
| # | Nat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 00 |  |
Drez Peregrina |
| 5 | |
Tim Seymour |
| 15 |  |
Chris “Shaggy” Vasilas |
| 25 | |
Dave Mader |
| 27 | |
Melissa Chadwick |
| 32 | |
Dave Kanis (C) (Goalie) |
| 55 | |
Jim Edelston |
| 66 | |
Stephanie Kanis (C) |
| 75 | |
Michael Lindenbaum |
| 431 | |
Dave Lafayette |
| 00 | |
Chris Van Sickle |
| 00 | |
Riley Eechaute |
Team Captains
- Stephanie Kanis & Dave Kanis, 2022-present
- Jim Edelston, 2014-2019
- James Elkins, 2011
- Travis Hill, 2010
WGSHT Team MVPs
| YEAR | PLAYER |
| 2024 | David Kanis |
| 2023 | Dave Lafayette |
| 2022 | Claude Williams |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Stephanie Kanis |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Suzanne Cafasso |
Photos
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Team Logos
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| Team logo used from 2010-2011 |
Team logo 2014-2015 |
Shoulder Patch / Alternate Logo 2014-present |
Team Logo 2016-present |
Games
WGSHT Record
| YEAR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PLACE |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 9th |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 10th |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 5th |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 13th |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 5th |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 7th |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 9th |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 4th |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2nd |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 6th |
| Total | 35 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 184 |
Team History
The idea for the 2010 expansion came from an immense response of people on the View Askew message board wanting to be part of the Walter Gretzky tournament experience after the first year. All of the original teams were mostly full since only eleven players could be on one team. Because the thread on the board furnished more players, expansion teams were created. The Mings, The Funployees, and the VAG were all added to the league to go to Brantford that second year. In 2011, another team was also created to let more players in and that is where the Red State Raiders came from, which then turned into the Hitmen, and now the Mallrats.
The original team all came together through the View Askew message board, the same as most of the other teams. The team name was chosen by it’s first Captain, Travis Hill. The original team logo was designed by Warren Stanley after Ming took a vicious hit in a Los Angeles street hockey game that a lot of players attended in late 2009. Warren worked off of a photo that was taken of Ming with a black eye from taking a ball to the face to come up with the logo.
The first year was amazing for the entire team as they got to face off against Puck U in the large Brantford rink. That is exciting for anybody. The second year was difficult because nobody wanted to really commit to play, so our team and roster were smaller than some of the other teams. We played better though because we all had more experience. Now, Jim Edelston has stepped in to return the Mings to Brantford.
