by Brian Kennedy | Jan 9, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, NHL
Has the Great Compression begun? That’s got to be a question that is starting to occur to West Coast hockey fans as teams battle a tight race for the Wild Card positions in the Conference. This is aided by the observation that at the very least, Anaheim is ...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 7, 2022 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Nashville Predators, NHL
It was supposed to be a big NHL double-header night uin SoCal Thursday. The Kings would host Nashville while down the highway the Ducks were set for Detroit. Never happened, as you likely know—the Ducks have Covid problems and had to postpone their contest until...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 1, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
It would have been advisable for the Kings to beat that Ducks Tuesday night. After all, they had two games in hand, and they came into the game having gone 1-3-1 in their prior five games, but winning the last of those, against Ottawa, 4-2. All of these contests, by...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 27, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Ottawa Senators
It was all LA Kings to start the game versus Ottawa at 4pm Saturday. Los Angeles got the first goal and dominated in the shots. But by the end of one period, the game was tied. What did this signal for a team that came in badly needing a win to get back to positive...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 25, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
Worse and worser. Things were like that for the LA Kings versus Toronto in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. To start, Andreas Athanasiou was on the Covid protocol list and thus not playing. He was replaced by Lias Andersson. Also out was Kale Clague. Sean Durzi took...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 22, 2021 | Arizona Coyotes, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The Kings would be off a bit had they read their game versus Arizona as a must-win. More like a got-to-have. Sounds the same, but at this point in the season, less is at stake, despite two points counting the same no matter what time of the year they’re gained. But...
