Campbell said that in the future, the duties of the off-ice crew members at the Staples Center would be rotated to make sure the clock operator isn't always the same person and to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

WSJ: Kings' 3-2 Win Over the Blue Jackets on Feb. 1 Draws Scrutiny

He said John Tyre, the head of the off-ice officiating crew for Kings games at Staples Center, who was sitting next to the clock operator on Feb. 1, told the league he did not see the timekeeper stop the clock.

WSJ: Kings' 3-2 Win Over the Blue Jackets on Feb. 1 Draws Scrutiny

The people who operate the clock at NHL games are part of a small, behind-the-scenes crew that handles off-ice details such as keeping penalty time and determining when goals have been scored.

WSJ: Kings' 3-2 Win Over the Blue Jackets on Feb. 1 Draws Scrutiny

The crew is also responsible for keeping the ice litter-free, the most common projectiles being hats tossed onto the rink after a player scores a hat trick a third goal in the same game.

WSJ: Ralph Gardner Jr.: The Sport of Zamboni

The crew of the Royal Navy's Portsmouth-based ice patrol vessel has rescued a cruise ship threatened by Antarctic ice.

BBC: HMS Protector approaches MS Fram

If the rear skate loses its purchase on the ice, the crew finds itself sitting at the end of what suddenly has become a 30- or 40-foot-long pendular arm.

FORBES: Shiver Me Timbers

As the boat is slammed by searing winds and tumultuous seas, he staggers around, sliding over slippery decks, seasick, bruised, exhausted and wholly in awe of the crew's ability to work on the roiling deck, in the pitching gutting room and the ice-filled hold.

ECONOMIST: Living off the cruel sea