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...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 14, 2015 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Awful. There’s little more to say about the LA Kings’ performance thus far this season. Blame one of several things, as fans and media members have done in LA this week. Pick from the goalie, players lagging on the system, or the line combinations. The team has an...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 5, 2015 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Every time you turn around, the race for the last playoff spot in the West gets tighter. Saturday afternoon, Winnipeg beat Vancouver to sneak ahead of LA. Saturday night, the Kings had Colorado in town off a 4-2 win in Anaheim the night before. But just as Bruce...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 10, 2014 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Vancouver Canucks
Sunday night, the Anaheim Ducks looked to put a whumping on the Canucks something like the Kings had done 23 hours prior, when they’d beaten them 5-1 and chased Ryan Miller from the crease after two periods. They figured to be helped by two things: that Miller...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 9, 2014 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks
You know that saying, “Fifty is the new forty”? How about “red is the new black?” What about “Vancouver is the new Toronto”? In hockey terms, that’s just what’s happening. Here’s what I mean. Year after year, the Leafs’ games are played with promising...