by Brian Kennedy | Nov 16, 2019 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Vegas Golden Knights
Kyle Clifford in a cowboy hat. That’s what greeted fans on the LA Kings website Saturday, along with the announcement that it was “country Music Day.” Anything to sell tickets, I guess, but to whom? Honestly, I don’t even know if there is a country music station...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 13, 2019 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, NHL
“Nobody comes to the rink to stay close or to have moral victories.” That was Todd McLellan’s pronouncement after the Kings won Tuesday night, and a good one. But that leaves a question: What’s a bad hockey team? Let’s venture some answers. One that doesn’t score...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 3, 2019 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
As a misread metaphor, Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) might have been better used for the LA Kings than the Anaheim Ducks as each team used the motif to promote its weekend games. The festival honors and celebrates the dead with “offrendas”—altars decorated to...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 6, 2019 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, NHL
Let’s not get weepy, but I’m gonna say this: had I been able to look ahead from my Montreal childhood and see myself in an NHL press box covering the game on a nightly basis, I would have thought it a dream. If only . . . . I worshipped the Canadiens, and I got to...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 2, 2019 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Just when you think there’s nothing much to see at the LA Kings’ game, pow! They pop two power play goals in the first four-plus minutes against Chicago. Chicago. One of the reasons fans braved the weather and turned up (OK, it’s not a blizzard, but the rain does tend...