by Brian Kennedy | May 19, 2022 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
“As I mentioned, the hurt in the locker room was deep team-wise, but it was very deep for Brownie. It’s very rare in this sporting world—forget about hockey—sporting world that one individual spends that many years, wins championships, and finishes the night...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 13, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
So much for the rumour mill. I spelled that in Canadian style, by the way, to make the point that rumors and hockey players don’t mix. Yesterday afternoon amongst SoCal hockey fans, people had Dustin Brown going somewhere—to the Islanders, to Toronto? Jonathan Quick...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 3, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Lots of storylines existed around the Kings and Ducks, playing their first game against each other on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The Kings had two Dmen out to injury. They also had a couple of guys sidelined by Covid protocol. The Kings had their purple and gold...
by Neal McHale | Jun 26, 2020 | Homepage, NHL
Why? Because, of course. That’s why. Because in the absurdly-twisted and wildly-strange year that is 2020, it was just too perfect for the NHL Draft lottery not to be impacted. Because when Bill Daly entered Friday’s lottery with eight–not seven...
by Brian Kennedy | May 26, 2020 | Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
We know a lot more about the NHL’s 2019-20 season than we did a day ago after Gary Bettman made a return to play announcement Tuesday afternoon. The basics of the plan are these: twelve teams from each conference will make the show, judged by points percentage. The...
