All Entries Tagged With: "Drew Doughty"

Canucks and Kings Call for Reinforcements; Grabner in, Williams Out for Game Two

After 60 minutes of dominating hockey, the Vancouver Canucks were finally able to come together as a team coming up with clutch plays in overtime to defeat the Los Angeles Kings and take game one of their Stanley cup playoff race. Roberto Luongo’s clutch goal line save was just the extra kick the Canucks skaters [...]

Sedins, Luongo lead Canucks Cup Campaign; The Vancouver Canucks 2010 Playoff Preview

82 Games played, 103 points. Another regular season has come and gone, and once again the Canucks stand atop the Northwest Division poised for a lengthy playoff run. Unlike years past, this season’s playoff optimism is accompanied by a sense of expectation, and in some minds a certain sense of confidence in this year’s edition [...]

Playoffs are upon us

The Los Angeles Kings begin their quest for the best prize in all of sports, the Stanley Cup as they face off against the Vancouver Canucks in the first round of the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Bleeding clots; Kings clinch playoff birth

The Los Angeles Kings are in the playoffs and there is an opportunity they can be the dark horse of the Western Conference.

The Norris Goes To….

With the regular season coming to a close, the talk of who will take home hardware is ramping up, and will culminate in Las Vegas this summer.  The race for the Norris Trophy is as wide open as it’s been in years.  The usual suspects of Nick Lidstrom and Chris Pronger have paved the way for a brood of [...]

Vice Versa

The inconsistency of the Los Angeles Kings continues as the club attempts to find it’s stride heading into the second season within the NHL.

Olympic break hangover – cured

What has gone on in Los Angeles? An opportunity, which the team jumped on, in rebounding last night against Columbus.

They’re back

The Olympics are over.  Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown and Jonathan Quick are all coming home with medals. However, they are all coming home united as Kings again. On Monday night, the Olympic break proved beneficial to one team and not so much to the other. The Detroit Red Wings who seemed to be healthy for [...]

Don’t stop believin’

The 2009-10 Los Angeles Kings have overcome not only their own issues as a team, but how the league viewed them heading into the season. Now, this Kings team is proving exactly what they are capable of; of course in “cardiac” style.

My 2010 All-Star rosters… if there were actually a game

Below you will find my potential all-star selections if there were actually a game this season instead of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Each is comprised of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and three goalies. Every NHL team has at least one representative at the game; therefore some players had to be left out of the [...]

“Cardiac” Kings at it again

It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t impressive.  However, it was another two points for the “cardiac” Kings this afternoon at the Staples Center. The Boston Bruins, coming off a huge victory against San Jose, took it to the Kings after the first twenty minutes of hockey were played. Jarret Stoll opened the scoring a little passed [...]

Kings standing tall

The Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins are set to face off this afternoon from the Staples Center. A quick recap of the week that passed, and a discussion for this afternoons tilt.

Sharks’ streak stumbles in Kings’ moat

Riding an eight-game win streak, the Sharks couldn’t have felt more confident facing the Los Angeles Kings at HP Pavilion for another Pacific Division showdown. Apparently the Kings didn’t feel like obliging because the Kings throttled the Sharks 6-2 behind Quick’s 45 saves and Drew Doughty’s four assists. Though they more than doubled the Kings [...]

Kings mid-season report card

A mid-season report card and tonight’s starting line up.

Back in Action

The Christmas holiday has come and gone as did the eight days off for the Los Angeles Kings. With hopes of returning to action with a full, healthy line up coming into tonights contest against the Phoenix Coyotes; such is not the case. Jarret Stoll and Randy Jones will both be missing from the line [...]

Candidates for Team Canada’s roster for Vancouver 2010

Steve Yzerman, Team Canada’s GM, is planning on making the announcement of Canada’s final roster on December 30, 2009, a little more than a week from now. Yzerman will name his 23 man roster during the World Junior tournament in Saskatoon, Canada. Below you will find the three groupings for the 2010 Olympic hockey tournament: [...]

Western Conference looking up at Kings

The Los Angeles Kings sit all alone at the top of the Western Conference. A look at the teams performance up to tonight’s game against Calgary and some game notes.

Kings bite back as slumps end

A night when the Kings were not a favorite, or even a long shot, they came out on top. Erik Ersberg was announced as the starter for last nights game and Kings nation erupted. Everyone wondered what Terry Murray was thinking with the way the schedule coming up looked.  Tonight, the Kings are back home [...]

Keeping Up with the Joneses

GAME REPORT: Kings defeat Sharks in overtime. THE REAL STORY: For nearly a month now defenseman Randy Jones has been an offensive star for the Kings, even though his primary responsibilities are at the other end of the ice. Oddly enough, he wasn’t even on the team six weeks ago, let alone on the team’s radar at the start of training camp.

Conversely, second year defenseman Drew Doughty came into the season with high hopes…

Sharks comeback from two down, but lose in OT

The San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings went back and forth in a high-scoring game. The teams exchanged leads and chances throughout the night. Dustin Brown would score the OT winner unassisted just 1:16 into the extra period to give the Kings a 5-4 win. The Sharks have now dropped 4 of 5. Brown [...]