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...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 20, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The LA Kings needed their game in Anaheim Tuesday night. Desperately. Especially since the potential spot-stealer of their playoff berth, Vegas, had lost their game on Monday versus, of all teams, the non-playoff New Jersey Devils. Thus the Kings entered Tuesday’s...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 17, 2022 | Archived Features, Columbus Blue Jackets, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Jonathan Quick found himself starting in the LA Kings’ net for the third game in a row on Saturday night, despite having been pulled against Colorado in a 9-3 loss on Wednesday. The Kings had no room for fooling around, as they came into the game sitting third in the...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 5, 2022 | Calgary Flames, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Of late, the LA Kings have just kept winning. With a victory on Monday night versus Calgary, in fact, they would be but a point behind the Flames for the Division lead. They would do so only if they could overcome an early deficit. Calgary scored with just ten seconds...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 19, 2022 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
After the LA Kings went down to Tampa Bay 6-4, Coach McLellan spared no criticism. He wasn’t angry, on the surface at least. But he methodically dismantled the first three goals against. Make that four, because he added the fourth as a kind of afterthought. “We ran...