by Brian Kennedy | Dec 13, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Kings-Ducks might not now be what it once was. The Freeway Faceoff hype has worn off. Neither team is making a dent in the league this year. So the crowd on Thursday night (the Ducks almost never play at home on this night, so that too is a surprise) was sparse at...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 12, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, NHL
The Rangers came to Los Angeles, drawing out fans from New York for a Tuesday evening contest at Staples Center. Take the game as the Kings played it as a bit of a preview of their Thursday contest against the Ducks, and you might think they’ll bound in to Anaheim and...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 5, 2019 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Washington Capitals
You can’t spot Washington a goal and expect good things to happen, but that’s exactly what the LA Kings did in their 7pm start on Wednesday against the Caps. Too bad, because the Kings came out and controlled the game over the first few minutes, looking confident and...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 3, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
On the surface, mixing lines all up works. That might have been Anaheim Coach Dallas Eakins’ lesson on Monday night with the Kings in town. His line mixing and mingling continued as it has over the past weeks, and his team won a strong 4-2 game. Look closer. The...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 1, 2019 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Winnipeg Jets
Most nights, hockey makes sense. The better team gets the better chances, because they generate them. The weaker team hopes to pull off a miracle. Sometimes they do it. Fans go home happy when their team is the one who does the latter. That was the LA Kings peeps on...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 24, 2019 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Why are the Arizona as good as they are? They’re sitting second in the Pacific Division, and they’ve got 14 more goals than they’ve given up. Their offensive total coming out of Saturday is 68 goals for. They are only middling in both PK and PP, but they have 30...