by Brian Kennedy | Dec 11, 2016 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Ottawa Senators
Nasty. That’s how things started Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Ottawa, by most accounts a rather docile team, came out hard, with Mark Borowiecki slamming Tyler Toffoli into the boards in the LA end and earning a five-minute major for his trouble. The Kings got...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 10, 2016 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Winnipeg Jets
Assessing a team’s performance is difficult based on a small sample. You might not be seeing their best on a given night. You might be uninformed about the larger picture regarding what they’re trying to do, seeing the team on days when that isn’t working. I get all...
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...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 4, 2016 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, NHL
The Habs actually held the Ducks close on Wednesday before losing in the shootout, and then they got in a bus, got on the 5, and landed in LA. There, they scratched a guy (Sven Andrighetto) and swapped a goalie (Condon out and Scrivens in) and proceeded to get in a...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 2, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Vancouver Canucks
What’s up with LA? Not the people, nor the city—the hockey team. Coming into Tuesday, they’ve won two of the last three and gained a point in the other. They lost two before that, but back to mid-November, they’ve won five of eight and had one OT point. So that’s 11...
