by Brian Kennedy | Feb 13, 2015 | Calgary Flames, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Efficiency. Expending only the amount of effort one needs to to get the job done. That’s great if you’re talking about your home AC unit or (if you’re not a car guy) your chariot. But if you’re a hockey team, and what you do is observed by some number of tens of...
by Matthew Dibiase | Feb 12, 2015 | Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The Los Angeles Kings are in danger of achieving one of hockey’s rarest feats: failing to make the playoffs after winning the Stanley Cup the season before. Repeating as Stanley Cup champions is a rare art, given to a precious few. The last repeat winner was the...
by Mary Walsh | Jan 30, 2015 | AHL, Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, ECHL, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
The American Hockey League has heard the call: “go west, young league, go west.” Beginning next season, the AHL will move five teams into California. This AHLien invasion will put an end to the Worcester Shuttle, a nickname for flying Sharks players back...
by Justin Cohen | Jan 29, 2015 | AHL, Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, ECHL, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
In an unprecedented but predicted move, the American Hockey League announced a radical change to its alignment Thursday, with five teams leaving the East and Midwest for the state of California. While many issues still need to be addressed, the league faces...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 29, 2015 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
The LA Kings were going to exit Wednesday out of the playoffs no matter what they managed to do against the Chicago Blackhawks. They entered the night at 52 points, three behind Calgary for the West’s last wildcard spot. Their one advantage was a game in hand on the...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 18, 2015 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Rob Blake joined Rogie Vachon, Dave Taylor, Marcel Dionne, Luc Robitaille, and Wayne Gretzky amongst the rafters at Staples Center on Saturday night. The guys hang out up there most of the time, watching today’s players trying to duplicate their feats of hockey...
