by Brian Kennedy | Feb 8, 2018 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
It looked to be a boring game with few shots and an easy win for the home team in Los Angeles Wednesday night. The Kings opened a lead with just over a minute gone. Here’s the situation: right off a faceoff, the puck went from center to Kyle Clifford. He zipped a...
by Brian Kennedy | May 11, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage
In the end, it wasn’t a bitterly disappointed Edmonton team that spoke to the media after their game seven loss on Wednesday night in Anaheim. It was a group that said the things they might have been expected to, centered mostly around the fact that they are taking...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 29, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage
Could Edmonton’s supporting cast come up as big as they had in game one of the series with Anaheim? This was one question that needed answering on Friday night. No. But they wouldn’t need to, because as Todd McLellan said afterwards, “Every night you need a hero, and...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 29, 2017 | Homepage
“Kesler’s in the house.” Booooo! That was the reaction of the crowd at Staples Center on Saturday afternoon, understandably many of whom were Kings partisans. But when Kesler went in on Carey Price, deked and put one through the Canadiens goalie’s legs, the crowd went...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 27, 2016 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
WonderCon. It’s like ComicCon, but not held in San Diego. If that makes sense to you, you probably have a Wonder Woman or Batman costume in your closet. Leave it there. This is about hockey. So why mention it? Because it was going on next door to Staples Center on...
