The Kings’ practice rink in El Segundo is empty save for two men circling each other near the blue line, ready to fight. One, roughly the size and shape of a small vending machine, is in street clothes while the other towers over him in skates and a white-and-black hockey sweater.
If they come to blows it will be a mismatch, especially since the taller guy is wearing a helmet and carrying a stick. But teaching players to defend themselves in situations like this is kind of the point.
The heavily muscled man in street clothes is Jeremy Clark, a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu who the players all call the fight coach.