by Kenneth Cross | Mar 11, 2024 | Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning
Motivation in sports is a tremendous intangible that not every coach can use and it works for him or her. Success and respect has to be two of the major qualities in this part of the acumen of any game. On Thursday evening, the Tampa Bay Lightning fell hard in a 6-3...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 8, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles, CA–The LA Kings are hurting, which is to say, they have some key players on IR. Primary amongst those were day-to-day Adrian Kempe and Mikey Anderson on Thursday night, with Ottawa having made their way up the freeway from a game in Anaheim the...
by Kenneth Cross | Mar 8, 2024 | Calgary Flames, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA, Fla – Calgary Flames center Yegor Sharangovich scored two goals some 2:33 apart midway through the second period. Then, Jakob Pelletier added a third marker just 51 seconds after the second Sharangovich goal and the Flames dominated the Tampa Bay...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 4, 2024 | Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks
Anaheim, CA—The Ducks’ and Kings’ arenas are maybe 30 miles apart, though nobody speaks of miles here. Rather, it’s time. But on the weekends, particularly a sleepy Sunday where there’s no NFL or MLB drawing fans towards stadia, and thus onto the 5 freeway, a mile a...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 4, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils
Los Angeles, CA—Beware the backhand. In another day, one’s father would not allow the purchase of a curved stick because it was a sure way to weaken the backhand. If my dad had talked to Cam Talbot fifteen seconds into the game against New Jersey in Los Angeles on...
