by Brian Kennedy | Apr 22, 2023 | Edmonton Oilers, Inside Hockey, Los Angeles Kings
The arena in Los Angeles was full Friday night. This is a departure from normal, where a full house includes a lot of ghosts in seats that are sold by license. That is, a good deal of the lower bowl—empty. However it happened, there were very few gaps for empty seat...
by Brian Kennedy | May 9, 2022 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Friday night in LA, the two big guns of Edmonton cranked it up, got their team off to a fast start, and watched while mid-tier players took over the show and cruised to an 8-2 victory. After the game, the Kings, to a player, were saying what their coach had likely ...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 24, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The LA Kings and Anaheim Ducks finished their “Freeway Faceoff” series on Saturday night with the Kings playing to solidify their likely playoff berth and the Ducks trying to hold on and end the season respectably. Mostly, the Anaheim effort was worthy, though they...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 29, 2022 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Seattle Kraken
Back in 1986, the New York Islanders grabbed a centerman in the 5th round. He was the 104th pick in the draft. Few probably thought he’d be in the NHL for 1000 games. And Todd McLellan wasn’t. His playing career, in fact, lasted just five games. He has a perfect...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 16, 2022 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Every once in a while, an NHL defenseman throws a puck right into the front of his own net, and watchers say to themselves, “Wow. They teach you not to do that in Pee Wee.” Well, there’s an excuse for you! But what if your team’s D looks so inexperienced as to...
