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 18, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues
The Blues should have been playing the Kings for the second of a two-game set Wednesday night, but for snow. Snow? LA? This sounds like a “dog ate my homework” excuse. Well, according to the local freebie paper in the LA-area city where I live, there was once snow ...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 20, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Like many teams, the LA Kings have some questions to answer as this season cranks up. Some have already hinted at being resolved. One of those is, “How will Andreas Athanasiou, late of Detroit and Edmonton, fit in? First two games, excellent. Third game, versus...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 17, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild
In the on-again, off-again world of Covid, the LA Kings got their third pairing defensemen back on Saturday night, along with their best back-up netminder. Interesting thing was, none of that mattered because the team is not relying on the backline for composure so...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 10, 2020 | Archived Features, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The LA Kings had the chance to continue their spoiler ways as the Colorado Avalanche came into town on Monday night for a 7:30 pm start. The clue that the Kings are being taken seriously: Pavel Francouz was in the Colorado net. He’s the Avs’ “good” goalie, and he has...