by Brian Kennedy | Oct 15, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Vegas Golden Knights
Small sample size. Keep in mind that this is a small sample size. That’s got to be what SoCal hockey fans are telling themselves in the light of the hot starts their two NHL teams have had. The Ducks defeated the Jets Wednesday night, 4-1. They got scoring from their...
by Neal McHale | May 15, 2021 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Homepage, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, New York Islanders, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vegas Golden Knights, Washington Capitals
Predicting the Playoffs? You read it right. I can’t recall a time at this publication in which I went through the first round of the playoffs and wrote my predictions ahead of puck drop. I can’t exactly recall why I’ve decided to take myself out of...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 25, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Vegas Golden Knights
The Anaheim Ducks had no answer for the Las Vegas Golden Knights Saturday night in front of approximately ten percent of the usual Honda Center crowd. But then again, they weren’t supposed to. Entering the night, the Ducks were 3-6-1 in their last ten games and on a...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 15, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Vegas Golden Knights
You’d be forgiven if you thought the LA Kings were mixed up as their game versus the Vegas Golden Knights began. They were without one of their core, Jeff Carter, for the second game. That could have meant that management had given up on this year and decided to...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 21, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Vegas Golden Knights
Here we were again, mid-Sunday afternoon, Vegas in town to play the Kings. Local time 3pm. The NASCAR race from Atlanta still finishing up on TV. And LA hoping to avenge a 4-2 Friday night loss and keep their playoff hopes alive. They’d had the chance to pull within...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 20, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Vegas Golden Knights
The LA Kings have been on a bit of a run of late. Coming into Friday night with Vegas in town, they had points in 13 of 17 games. They beat St. Louis at home on Wednesday night, and came into the game sitting fifth in the division, three points behind those same...