by Brian Kennedy | Jan 15, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Winnipeg Jets
Judging by twitter (don’t stop reading, please), Jets fans love to hate their team. Now I know that that’s not exclusive to them, but with Winnipeg folks, it seems more intense somehow. Take Saturday night. The twitter feed with Winnipeg in town to play the Kings went...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 13, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
What a difference a couple of days make. Or three. Monday night, the Kings were in LA versus Dallas. They posted four goals and still lost the game on a goaltending performance that was mediocre. In fact, even the visiting goalie was pretty stinky, and got pulled....
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 10, 2017 | Dallas Stars, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Forget analysis. Here’s pure impression about what happened in LA on Monday night with Dallas in town. You decide at the end if what I saw corresponds to your stats-happy, super-fancy way of looking at the game. First period. Jordan Nolan seemed like he was never off...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 8, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, NHL
Look at the LA Kings’ record over the past six games, and things are pretty ho-hum. Three wins, three losses, including a 4-3 OT victory on Saturday mid-day versus Minnesota. But stretch it back a little further, say a dozen contests, and you’ve got a different...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 11, 2016 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Ottawa Senators
Nasty. That’s how things started Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Ottawa, by most accounts a rather docile team, came out hard, with Mark Borowiecki slamming Tyler Toffoli into the boards in the LA end and earning a five-minute major for his trouble. The Kings got...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 9, 2016 | Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
It’s easy to dismiss the Carolina Hurricanes, if you’re looking from out West. They’re from the south. They’ve lost their stars. Their roster, aside from Jeff Skinner, is a gang of nobodies, with the only person left from the Cup team of 2006 the goalie, Cam Ward. And...
