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 | Dec 1, 2019 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Winnipeg Jets
Most nights, hockey makes sense. The better team gets the better chances, because they generate them. The weaker team hopes to pull off a miracle. Sometimes they do it. Fans go home happy when their team is the one who does the latter. That was the LA Kings peeps on...
by Brian Kennedy | Sep 24, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
It was Kings-Ducks Monday night in the first Freeway Faceoff of the year at Staples Center. Well, the unofficial first. It’s not a Faceoff, official-like, until the regular season. The fans turned up in OK numbers, especially those in the upper bowl. The press box was...
by Brian Kennedy | May 6, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage
When I saw both Edmonton and Anaheim fans filing out of the arena seats with about five minutes to go in the third period on Friday night, I thought of the rule we used to talk about in my Montreal neighborhood. It went like this: “Always get there for the warm-up....