All Entries Tagged With: "Los Angeles Kings"
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 24-25-6 with 54 points through 55 games. After 55 games last season, the Bolts were 33-17-5 with 71 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eleven points. Tampa Bay is in 12th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, eight points out [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 23-23-5 with 51 points through 51 games. After 51 games last season, the Bolts were 31-15-5 with 67 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, eight points [...]
Ward Stops 47 As B’s Are Again Stymied By ‘Canes
Throughout my years of watching sports, I’ve never been fond of the expression “they just have your number” in response to being beaten repeatedly by the same team. However, watching each of the four meetings between the struggling Carolina Hurricanes and the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins I’ve begun to think that my belief is [...]
Kings GM Dean Lombardi on Penner and PancakeGate
Last night Dustin Penner offered an ‘open letter’ on MayorsManor.com to explain his side of what went down with his recent back injury and the surrounding media attention related to his eating of some ‘delicious pancakes.’ That story has gone somewhat viral since, with references and links on the Edmonton Journal, Puck Daddy’s Yahoo Sports blog, [...]
Kings’ Jack Johnson talks about his post-goal Tebow pose
Goal celebrations may be on the decline in the NFL, yet the LA Kings sure seem to be getting into the act. Fresh on the heels of Drew Doughty and Jarret Stoll doing the ‘love tap’ celebration a few weeks ago in Chicago, defenseman Jack Johnson posed for a quick ‘Tebow’ after he found the [...]
What are Drew Doughty and Darryl Sutter talking about?
In the period leading up to Darryl Sutter being hired as the new Kings coach many were talking about his aggressive, heavy handed approach. Yet, GM Dean Lombardi tried telling anybody who would listen at the team’s press conference last week, ‘He’s not a raving lunatic.’ In fact, to date, we haven’t seen much of [...]
Hawks Defeat Columbus to Keep Rolling in December
The Columbus Blue Jackets do not get paid in beer and pizza because they are a professional hockey team. Although there are times when it looks like the Jackets can’t really compete. Last night Columbus had a strong start as the Blackhawks still had visions of sugar plum fairies in their heads. In the end, [...]
Why the LA Kings hiring of Darryl Sutter makes sense
Life at the top is hard. It doesn’t matter if you’re the CEO of a major corporation, a head coach in the NFL or the GM of the LA Kings. The reason those people get paid big money is to make big decisions. There’s a sign in Dean Lombardi’s office at the Kings training facility [...]
Red Wings Blast Slumping Kings 8-2
Even though you’re reading this blog, you might want to check if the Red Wings had scored again. That’s how it been here at the Joe Louis Arena as of late. The Red Wings snapped their first one-game losing streak of the season as they blow out the Los Angeles Kings 8-2 on home ice. [...]
Rask’s 41 Stops Enough To Bury Struggling Kings
On Tuesday evening at the TD Garden the Boston Bruins were able to begin what they hope will be another extended winning streak, shutting down the Los Angeles Kings to the tune of a 3-0 victory. Backstopped by 41 saves from Tuukka Rask, –who recorded his 1st shutout since March– the B’s used two tallies [...]
GameDay: Kopitar, Struggling Kings Visit Chara-less Bruins
On Tuesday night the Boston Bruins will return to action for the first time since Saturday’s 5-3 win in Columbus as they get set to host Anze Kopitar and the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings, 13-12-4 (30 Points) are coming off a string of four straight losses, a streak in which they’ve been outscored 11-6 [...]
Detroit Red Wings Week in Review
With 28 games under their belt, the Detroit Red Wings (18-9-1) are one point behind the Chicago Blackhawks for first place in the Central Division. The team’s leading scorers are Johan Franzen (13 goals, 15 assists), Pavel Datsyuk (eight goals, 20 assists) and Valtteri Filppula (10 g, 15 a), who didn’t look out of place [...]
Life Without Chara? B’s Captain Befallen With Leg Injury
Sometimes the most undervalued players in Boston, Bruins’ captain Zdeno Chara has been about as steadily effective forces on the blueline as there is in the NHL. Often relied upon to shutdown an opponent’s top-line, — something Big Z has excelled at during his time in Black and Gold — Chara has more than proven [...]
LA Kings coach Murray still frustrated by Ethan Moreau
LA’s coach Murray (photo: D. Sheehan) Yestereday on MayorsManor.com, we posted comments from Ethan Moreau regarding the penalty he took late in the game on Wednesday vs. the Dallas Stars. Terry Murray was still a little hot under the under collar when asked about it yesterday, more than 36 hours later. “He took a horseshit [...]
Hawks Thankful For Jonathan Toews
On Friday afternoon the Blackhawks won because their best players were better than Anaheim’s top talent. The difference wasn’t much, but a team with Jonathan Toews should never be counted out. Led by a five point performance from Toews as well as a Patrick Sharp hat trick the Hawks avoided their fourth consecutive defeat. The [...]
Drew Doughty not sure what’s wrong, responds to Murray
Drew Doughty – LA Kings (photo: M. Zampelli) Two goals and five assists probably isn’t what GM Dean Lombardi had in mind when he signed the Kings top defenseman to an eight-year, $56-million contract in September. It was something acknowledged over the weekend, when coach Terry Murray spoke about Drew Doughty not giving the team [...]
Datsyuk Scores Twice As Red Wings Crown Kings
The gorilla is now off of Pavel Datsyuk’s back as his 12-game scoring drought is over. Datsyuk’s two goals and Jimmy Howard’s 23 saves led the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center. The win also snaps the five-game losing streak on the road for the [...]
What I’ve learned so far this season… by Kris Letang, Penguins dman
Penguins Kris Letang – sharp dresser ZZ Top were right. Every girl’s crazy about a sharp dressed man. Just ask center Jarret Stoll. Most of his Kings’ teammates have selected him as ‘best dressed’ guy in the room – although Brad Richardson disagrees. Regardless of who can lay claim to being the cat with the sharpest [...]
LA Kings captain Dustin Brown – just a big nerd?
Our new ‘What I’ve learned so far this season…’ series has already brought forth a myriad of mixed information. Drew Doughty shared who was ‘one of the best passers I’ve seen’ (and it wasn’t Anze Kopitar), Kevin Westgarth may be man crushing on one of the new Kings forwards, Trent Hunter spoke about being mesmerized [...]
Before and After: Terry Murray on starting Bernier vs. Devils
Kings coach Terry Murray has been all the talk in LA hockey circles this week, as he decided to rest uber hot Jonathan Quick – riding a streak of three straight shutouts – and put in back-up Jonathan Bernier for Tuesday’s game vs. the Devils. Barry Melrose went on NHL radio yesterday saying he would [...]
