by Brian Kennedy | Feb 14, 2023 | Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles—For Dustin Brown’s first NHL game, he didn’t know that there was player parking under the arena. So he found a spot in a nearby lot, paid the $20, and walked over to (then) Staples Center. Nobody on the way over knew who he was. Eighteen seasons later, he...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 14, 2023 | Los Angeles Kings
What’s doing with the LA Kings these days? They had two weeks off surrounding the All-Star game and by-week, and it was thought that they’d come back flat. Not good when the opponent to open the remainder of their season was the Pittsburgh Penguins, who were coming...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 12, 2023 | Los Angeles Kings
What do Jonathan Bernier and Martin Jones have in common? They both won Stanley Cups on the bench in support of Jonathan Quick. Even saying that, there’s Quick, as you’d expect, dominating the near- and middle-term memories of Kings fans. But there’s a new person in...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 9, 2023 | Los Angeles Kings
Remember when Roman Cechmanek was the LA Kings’ goalie? Of course you don’t, because Jonathan Quick’s outstanding performance in net, which stretches to nearly 15 seasons now, has erased memories—mostly bad ones—of almost every goalie who has put on the crown since,...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 23, 2022 | Los Angeles Kings
The LA Kings might be a bit artificially high in their placement in the Pacific right now, having played as many as three games more than the teams which surround them. But they are on pace to make the playoffs, bolstered in part by their good home record, which...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 6, 2022 | Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings
The Mighty Florida Panthers, winners of 58 games last year, losers of only 18, with a total record of 58-18-6, roared into the playoffs and then promptly won a series, after which they died. The scorers of 340 goals, they, as the cliché goes, outscored their problems...
