by Brian Kennedy | Mar 18, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues
The Blues should have been playing the Kings for the second of a two-game set Wednesday night, but for snow. Snow? LA? This sounds like a “dog ate my homework” excuse. Well, according to the local freebie paper in the LA-area city where I live, there was once snow ...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 9, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Do you remember when the Kings and Ducks renewing their rivalry meant something? This year, unfortunately, fans in the East, let alone Canada, seem neither to know much about what’s going on on the West coast, nor to care. Maybe that’s the fault of these teams....
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 6, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues
The LA Kings hosted the St. Louis Blues on Friday night, and they were promptly disadvantaged by a David Perron power play goal, scored at 2:08 of period one. This after having had a six-game winning streak dashed by a three-game losing streak (with one OT point) that...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 10, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
The LA Kings have allowed the first goal in ten of their 12 games this season. One of those was Tuesday night, when with less than two minutes gone, they were down to the San Jose Sharks in LA. They would end the period down by two. Meanwhile, the cross-town Ducks...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 3, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Lots of storylines existed around the Kings and Ducks, playing their first game against each other on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The Kings had two Dmen out to injury. They also had a couple of guys sidelined by Covid protocol. The Kings had their purple and gold...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 22, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Seven times prior to Thursday, Jonathan Quick had found himself playing in goal for the LA Kings on January 21st, his birthday. Four of those, he’d pulled off a win. Three times, he lost. As the Kings and Avalanche started out, it looked like he might go to 4-4. But...