by Brian Kennedy | Mar 12, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The LA Kings are hanging by a thread, not thanks to them, but thanks to their now-archrival, St. Louis, who beat the Ducks in the last minute Friday, then whacked the Islanders on Saturday before the LA-Washington game began at 7:30 California time. That meant that...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 5, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks
“Hello, LA Kings? Remember that goal you scored on Thursday by banking it off a Toronto defenseman’s head? We’re taking it back.” That must have been what happened for the Canucks to jump out to a 2-0 lead versus LA on Saturday night. The second goal saw Henrik Sedin...
by Neal McHale | Mar 2, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
There was a time when Jarome Iginla in anything but a flaming ‘C’ jersey–with a smaller ‘C’ stitched on the upper left corner–seemed taboo. On Thursday though, the 39-year-old will make his debut as a member of the Los Angeles...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 26, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Surprise! They yell it when you enter your front door and a birthday party previously unbeknownst to you is about to commence. They yelled at Staples Center, too, only this wasn’t any birthday party. It was a coming out party—Jonathan Quick was back! Was it...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 20, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The Kings and Ducks are in playoff races, with the latter being much more assured that all will end well than the former. Sunday night, they played each other. Several stories competed for attention while the teams competed for the win. I’ll give them to you here; you...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 19, 2017 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The Kings have come home. After playing nine of ten games away, they have played two at home. Things haven’t gone well. In fact, they didn’t go all that great on the road, either, though during one stretch in ten games including Saturday versus Florida in LA, they won...
