As a goalie for the Omaha Lancers from 1989 to 1991, Eustace appeared in 36 games.[9] During these years, King had five wins and two losses during the 1989–90 season.[10] By January 1991, King had nine wins, four losses and two ties with the Lancers.[5] With the Lancers, King and the team won the Anderson Cup during the 1989-90 regular season.[7] During the playoffs, King and the Lancers won the Clark Cup during the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons.[11][12]
In June 1991, King remained in the USHL when he was traded to the Dubuque Fighting Saints.[13][14] With Dubuque, King did not miss any regular season game leading up to the USHL playoffs scheduled for April 1992.[15] At the 1992 Clark Cup finals, King and Dubuque were defeated by the Des Moines Buccaneers.[16] That year, King and the team reached the round-robin stage of the 1992 National Junior-A championship hosted by USA Hockey.[17] In his 33 goaltending games with the Fighting Saints, King had 16 wins, 12 losses and 2 ties during the 1991–92 season.[9]
From 1992 to 1996, King continued his goalie career in Ohio when he joined the Central Collegiate Hockey Association for Miami University.[1] As part of the Miami Redskins men's ice hockey team, King was on the ice for 77 minutes between 1993 and 1995.[4] In February 1995, King was one of several players who received a one-game suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct after a game against the Michigan State Spartans.[18] During the 1995–96 season, King had the Miami season record for goals against average with 3.90.[19] By January 1996, King had appeared in seven games for Miami.[4] After appearing in 20 games during 1996, King had five wins, seven losses and two ties for Miami.[20]
Executive career
Prior to his hockey career, King worked for Leo Burnett Worldwide in media buying. While with Leo Burnett, King became part of the NHL Diversity Task Force in 1994 and was a manager. He remained in the NHL when he went to work in sponsorship as a director.[21] In 2004, King became a sports agent when he and Matthew Oates created O2K Sports Management.[22][2] At O2K, King works in multiple departments including healthcare and finance.[2] With O2K, King is a member of the National Hockey League Players' Association.[6] Following the hiring of Brett Peterson in 2009 and Harkie Singh in 2020, King was one of a few people of color working as an agent for the NHLPA in 2020.[23][24]
During his NHL experience, King began to represent Chris Stewart in 2006 when King was starting out as an agent.[2] During the early 2010s, he was the agent for Wayne Simmonds when Simmonds experienced multiple events of racial discrimination while playing hockey.[25][26] King also represented Raffi Torres when Torres used blackface as part of his costume for Halloween in 2011.[27] During the 2010s to 2020s, King has represented players such as Jared Spurgeon and Jason Zucker.[28][29] In 2021, King represented Willie O'Ree when skates were worn to recognize O'Ree as the NHL's first person of color player.[30] While working as an NHL agent during the COVID-19 pandemic, King created a social distancing hockey team called the North L.A. Stars. He made the Stars after the pandemic prevented children from playing minor ice hockey in Los Angeles.[31]
