Good morning, Insiders!
Two notes here from the Kings before heading to the rink for morning skate.
From earlier this morning, the Kings will have a new addition to their helmets tonight, as they announced a multi-year partnership agreement with Twilio.
The LA Kings announced today, a new strategic multi-year partnership with Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), the customer engagement platform that drives real-time, personalized experiences for today’s leading brands. As the team’s official away helmet partner, Twilio’s logo will appear prominently on the side of all the Kings’ away helmets during all regular season and playoff games beginning with the current 2025-26 season. This positioning will provide Twilio with coast-to-coast exposure in some of its fastest-growing and most important markets, while enhancing its visibility among fans and business audiences alike. The deal, which was brokered by AEG Global Partnerships, marks Twilio’s first major partnership with a team in the National Hockey League (NHL) and North American professional sports.
As part of the partnership, Twilio’s customer engagement technology will be implemented by the LA Kings, enabling next-level fan communication before, during, and after games. Additionally, the LA Kings and Twilio will collaborate on custom content throughout the season showcasing the company’s technology offerings in action. Twilio will also leverage the away helmet exposure across the country, hosting away-game events and hospitality experiences in select markets. The away helmet placement ensures Twilio’s brand will be prominently featured during nationally televised games in major media markets through the NHL season including key metropolitan areas like Toronto, Seattle, Vegas, Dallas, Boston, New York and more.
In addition to the helmet partnership, Twilio’s technology brings new opportunities for the LA Kings to engage with fans. With the ability to deliver even more personalized communications and interactive experiences, Twilio’s platform will help strengthen the team’s connection with fans at key moments throughout the season.
Kings President Luc Robitaille
We’re proud to welcome Twilio, an industry leader in customer engagement, as our official away helmet partner. Their technology platform will help us communicate with season ticket members and fans in more personalized, meaningful ways – deepening their connection to the team whether they’re cheering from our home ice at Crypto.com Arena or following us on the road.
Twilio CMO Chris Koehler
At Twilio, we’ve always believed that everyone, no matter their role or industry, is a builder at heart. Builders want to improve things, whether that’s a business, a team, or what comes next. Partnering with a world-class, dynamic organization like the LA Kings gives us a great chance to connect with both our current and future builder audiences and do it in ways that are fun, unexpected, and genuinely memorable.
As noted in the release, there is more to it than just this, but what you’ll see tonight is a new logo on the Kings white helmets, which will remain for away games the rest of the season, whether the Kings are wearing white helmets or silver helmets.
Secondly, just now, the Kings announced that they have signed forward Vojtech Cihar to a three-year, entry level contract!
Selected by the Kings 59th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft, Cihar has four goals and eight points (4-4=8) with two power-play goals, one game-winning goal and eight penalty minutes (PIM) in 27 games this season with HC Energie Karlovy Vary of Czech Extraliga, Czechia’s top professional hockey league. Cihar, 18, was also named to Czechia’s 2026 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men’s World Junior Championship roster, taking place Dec. 26, 2025 – Jan. 5, 2026 in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minn.
The 6-0, 180-pound forward played in 43 games last season for HC Energie Karlovy Vary as part of his first full regular-season with the club where he posted four goals and nine points (4-5=9) before adding an assist in eight playoff contests. His nine regular-season points were the most by a player under 18 years of age in Czech Extraliga. Internationally, the Chomutov, Czechia native has represented his home country at both the 2025 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship in Texas and 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa where he claimed a bronze medal.
Will have more on Cihar tomorrow in a World Juniors camp preview article, with Cihar set to represent Czechia for the second consecutive season. Really nice moment for Cihar here, who is eligible for an entry-level slide on his deal, which is likely to be the case next season.
Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Off to Climate Pledge Arena here in a few minutes for morning skate. Kings vs. Kraken tonight to conclude the short roadtrip before the Kings return home. Will have a full preview up in a couple of hours as the Kings look to keep building off victories over Chicago and Utah.